The latest version of this blog-editing tool allows you to insert keyword specific text ads directly into the body of your blog post. The tool is Read the rest of this entry »

David Sifry’s latest “State of the Blogosphere” presents some staggering numbers on the growth of blogs.  Here are some quick stats:

* There are more than 35 million weblogs (as tracked by Technorati)
* Over 75,000 new weblogs are created every day
* Over one million posts are added to the blogosphere every day
* Almost four million bloggers update their blogs at least weekly
* More than 19 million bloggers are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created

Sifry, the founder and CEO of Technorati, also reports that while spam blogs are more prevalent these days, the actual amount of spam in the blogosphere is less than 10 percent overall. Regardless, the problem does not appear to be going away and will need to be dealt with somehow in the months to come.

Some interesting statistics from Ad Age’s 2006 Interactive FactPack:

* My Space is now the second most trafficked blogging destination with 11.3 million unique visitors in February 2006.  Blogger is at the top with 15.6 million.
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USA Today has launched a branded RSS reader, “My USA Today.”

Of course, the average user will have no idea that this new service is actually a web-based RSS reader.  As a matter of fact, there are no references to “RSS” Read the rest of this entry »

Everywhere you turn on the Internet, there’s a link for a blog… On the site of my undergraduate University, my bank, my car manufacturer, Read the rest of this entry »

I regret to inform you that in accordance to the law, as of January 5th, 2005 you are no longer allowed to flame others namelessly through email or blogs.

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Social Security reform. Dan Rather. Harriet Miers. What do these things have in common? They were all derailed by blogs. Beltway Read the rest of this entry »

Left-leaning blogs have been fairly unanimous in condemning DIck Cheney, Scott McClellan and other Bush administration officials for Read the rest of this entry »

I attended an interesting panel at last week’s Internet Caucus State of the Net conference. The speakers examined the growth of blogging and “self publishing” and the different means for spreading messages Read the rest of this entry »

“Too many folks think “branding” is what airlines do when they repaint the planes every few years, or what banks do when they refresh all the signage in Read the rest of this entry »