Blogging News: Page 26
This is page 26 of the blogging news archives.
Bush Cites Iraqi Bloggers as Evidence Surge is Working (March 28, 2007): Editor & Publisher reports that President George Bush cited some blogs posts from Iraqi bloggers in a speech as evidence the surge is going well.
Insurance Company Tells Law Firm They Won't Cover Blogs (March 28, 2007): Macworld reports that a law firm in New Jersey decided to hold off on setting up a blog after their insurance company told them the blog would not be covered under their malpractice insurance policy.
Sports Media Challenge Ranks Baseball Blogs (March 27, 2007): A company named Sports Media Challenge has compiled a list of what they say are the top ten best baseball websites.
Guardian Says Some People Are Blogging Less (March 27, 2007): The Guardian has an article that says many people are blogging off and abandoning their blogs or not posting as much as they used to.
Blogger Receives Death Threats (March 26, 2007): Kathy Sierra, who blogs at Creating Passionate Users, has canceled her appearance and presentations at the eTech conference after receiving death threats.
YouTube Announces 2006 Video Award Winners (March 26, 2007): Last week YouTube announced a spur of the moment video awards contest.
Educational and Offbeat Podcasts Popular (March 25, 2007): USA Today has an article about how people are using podcasts to learn more about some very specific topics like "Lectures on Byzantine emperors" and "Five-minute drills on grammar.
Top Feeds on Feedburner (March 25, 2007): Frantic Industries has post (no longer available) with the top forty feeds from Feedburner.
InfoWorld to Shutter Print Edition (March 25, 2007): Paid Content is reporting that IDG's InfoWorld is shuttering its print edition to focus on its events and website.
Cigar Magazine Adds Blogs (March 24, 2007): M.
School Will Suspend Students That Have a MySpace Profile (March 23, 2007): The Detroit News is reporting that a Michigan Catholic school called St.
News Corp and NBC Universal Team Up Against YouTube (March 22, 2007): The L.
SnipUrl Offers URL Shortening With Tracking Statistics (March 22, 2007): A lot of people using Twitter are using Tinyurl.
Twitter Cat Performing Site Maintenance (March 21, 2007): A cat is busy improving the Twitter.
Improving Your Rank in Google Blog Search (March 21, 2007): Google Operating System has a very interesting post about how Google Blog Search ranks search results.
Who Blogged the Very First Post? (March 20, 2007): Who blogged the very first post of all-time? Who is the blog father? CNET has an article about the start of blogging that includes an interesting timeline on blogging.
Study Analyzes Search Spam and Blog Farms (March 19, 2007): A technical paper has proven what most everyone already knew.
Twitter Pwnd by Its Own Popularity (March 19, 2007): Twitter was slow earlier today and it now appears to have crashed completely.
Twittery Twools For Twits (March 19, 2007): Twitter is the top search on Technorati today as its popularity continues to soar.
YouTube Holding Belated Video Awards Contest (March 19, 2007): The Associated Press is reporting that YouTube is going to release a list of the best YouTube videos from 2006 tomorrow.