Blogging News: Page 33

This is page 33 of the blogging news archives.

Wallstrip Raises Over Half a Million (January 6, 2007): Wallstrip, a witty video blog covering the stock market, has raised over half a million in funding according to GigaOm.

PayPerPost No Longer Acquiring Performancing Assets (January 5, 2007): PayPerPost recently announced the acquisition of some Performancing assets.

Iraq's Interior Ministry Confirms Existence of AP Source Jamil Hussein (January 4, 2007): An Iraqi police officer named Jamil Gholaiem Hussein is going to be arrested for talking to the press.

Nielsen BuzzMetrics Ranks Top 100 Posts of 2006 (January 4, 2007): In a previous post we posted Nielsen BuzzMetrics list of the Top Ten most linked to posts of 2006.

New Google Reader Feature Tracks Personal Reading Trends (January 4, 2007): The Official Google Reader blog has announced that addition of a new Google Reader feature called Reader Trends that lets you track how many items you read from the feeds you subscribe to.

2007 Year of the Widget? (January 3, 2007): Business 2.

Redirecting Splogs Found on Google's Blogger Service (January 3, 2007): Steve Rubel posts on Micropersuasion that spam blogs on Google's Blogger service are linking to blogs and then using redirects so that when bloggers go visit the blog that linked to them they are redirected to an affiliate website.

Buzz for BuzzFeed (January 3, 2007): Memetrackers like Techmeme, Megite and Chuquet are great tools for finding some of the most discussed and most interesting current stories.

Nielsen BuzzMetrics Ranks Top Blog Posts of 2006 (January 2, 2007): Nielsen BuzzMetrics has released its list of the top blog posts in 2006.

Senator Obama Thanks Bloggers For Helping Spot CNN Error (January 2, 2007): CNN made a major blunder in a segment about uncaptured terrorist Osama Bin Laden.

A Blog Without MyBlogLog is Still a Blog (January 2, 2007): Dave Winer has posted a response to the ongoing blog comments argument.

Tech Blogs Bump Conservative Blogs From Technorati Top Ten (January 1, 2007): The top blogs on the Technorati 100 have changed significantly since this time last year.

The Official Google Blog is a Blog Despite Lacking Comments (January 1, 2007): Here we go starting the new year with a topic we have seen many times before.

New Year's Party on YouTube (December 31, 2006): CNET reports that YouTube is bringing in the year with messages and music from Warner Music Group artists as well as videos from YouTubers from around the globe.

John Edwards Announces Presidential Bid on YouTube (December 30, 2006): John Edwards has always been a tech savvy politician.

Jessica Cutler Sex Blog Case Going To Trial (December 29, 2006): The Jessica Cutler sex blog lawsuit is about to go to trial, according to CNN.

Top-Cited Wikipedia Entries by Bloggers in 2006 (December 28, 2006): Nielsen BuzzMetrics has released data about which Wikipedia articles bloggers most referenced from January 1st to December 10th.

PayPerPost Acquires Some Performancing Assets (December 28, 2006): TechCrunch reported yesterday that PayPerPost would be acquiring Performancing, a provider of blogging tools and a blog advertising network.

If You Give a Blogger a Laptop (December 27, 2006): If you give a blogger a cool Acer Ferrari laptop he or she will love you -- or at least talk about you.

Taiwan Quake Impacts Internet Services in Asia (December 27, 2006): Recent earthquakes near Taiwan -- the strongest a 7.