This is page 11 of the blogging news archives.

Al Gore Joins Twitter and Quickly Gains Many Followers (November 17, 2008): Former Vice President Al Gore recently made the move to join Twitter.

Joe the Plumber to Become Joe the Blogger? (November 15, 2008): Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became known as Joe the Plumber during the 2008 election.

Top Blogs Bloated Says Pingdom Study (November 7, 2008): Pingdom analyzed the Top 100 blogs on Technorati and found that many of them have large-sized front pages primarily because of the use of a lot of large photos.

Big Demand for Today's Historic Print Newspaper Editions (November 5, 2008): Wonkette's funny headline that "Barack Obama Saves Print Newspapers For Entire Day" has some truth behind it.

Phil Rosenthal is Blogging at Tower Ticker (October 29, 2008): Media columnist Phil Rosenthal has a new blog on chicagotribune.

A Plant Joins the Blogosphere (October 25, 2008): The Telegraph reports that a pot plant named Midori-san has joined the blogosphere.

AOL Applauds Its Own Blog Success (October 23, 2008): AOL has released a press release applauding their blog success on the third anniversary of the Weblogs Inc.

The FAIL Meme Continues (October 22, 2008): Everyone is using the term FAIL now to signify failure and screw-ups and this may mean the meme is close to peaking.

Glam Launches Men's Blog and Ad Network (October 21, 2008): Glam.

Britney Spears Starts Video Blog (October 16, 2008): Following the launch of her steamy new video, Britney Spears has come out with a revamped britneyspears.

AOL Closes AOL Journals; Sends Users to Blogger (October 14, 2008): AOL is shutting down its AOL Journals and Hometown services. AOL is providing AOL Journal users with a special link to move their journal to Google's Blogger service.

Engadget Named Official CES Blog Partner (October 14, 2008): AOL's Engadget technology blog has been named the Official Blog Partner of the 2009 International CES.

New Rules Let Congress Use Third-Party Websites (October 7, 2008): CNET reports that new House rules allow members of Congress to post content on third-party websites such as YouTube or Twitter.

Tina Brown Launches The Daily Beast (October 7, 2008): Former Vanity Fair and The New Yorker editor Tina Brown has launched her long-planned website called The Daily Beast.

Four Songs About Twitter on YouTube (October 6, 2008): There at least four Twitter songs on YouTube.

Evangelical Alliance Names The Ten Blogging Commandments (October 5, 2008): The Evangelical Alliance recently came up with the "Ten Blogging Commandments.

Amit's Bike Took Another Picture (October 3, 2008): Yahoo! created several bikes that take photos every 60 seconds and upload them instantly to Flickr.

Crowd Fusion Launches Tech Gadget Blog Called Obsessable (September 30, 2008): A new technology blog and resource called Obsessable is powered by Crowd Fusion.

AOL Launches More Blogs (September 29, 2008): AOL has officially launched two blog sites: PopEater, a celebrity gossip blog, and LemonDrop, a women's blog.

Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to Make Facebook Movie (September 14, 2008): Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has written hit tv shows and films including The West Wing and Charlie Wilson's War.