This is page 56 of the blogging news archives.

Beebo Reflects Upon Ancient Blog A-list (April 4, 2006): Beebo has a reflective post that includes a list of the the most popular links posted by weblogs from September, 2000 (Metalog rankings).

Blogs and Social Networks Drive Web Traffic (April 4, 2006): The Washington Post reports on a new study from ComScore Media Metrix that showed major traffic gains for blogging and social networking sites like Blogger.

Microsoft's JobsBlog Generates Job Leads and Hires (April 4, 2006): A post on Microsoft's JobsBlog says that in 2005 nearly 3,000 resumes were submitted because of Microsoft's JobsBlog and of these at least 37 hires were linked directly to submissions from the JobsBlog.

Eponym Launches a Blog Hosting Tool in 2006 (April 3, 2006): ponym must believe that 2006 is not too late to launch a blog hosting tool.

Julie Powell Wins Blooker Prize (April 3, 2006): Julie Powell has won the first annual Blooker Prize for her book, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, One Tiny Apartment Kitchen, which is based on her blog called The Julie/Julia Project.

New York Times Gets Blog-like Redesign (April 3, 2006): The New York Times has redesigned their homepage and website.

Clooney Suggests Flooding Gawker Stalker With Fake Celeb Sightings (March 31, 2006): Page Six reports George Clooney has an idea that will make Gawker Stalker less effective at providing recent celebrity sightings.

New Blog DealBreaker Provides Wall Street Gossip (March 30, 2006): DealBreaker.

Women Still Underrepresented on Alists (March 30, 2006): Kami Huyse at Overtone Communications blogs that only 10% of the blogs in the Top 50 spots on the Technorati 100 have women bloggers.

Snakes on a Blogosphere (March 29, 2006): The upcoming movie called Snakes on a Plane starring Samuel L.

AP Only Credits Blogs That They Know (March 29, 2006): It appears that the Associated Press only credits blogs that they know -- even if they are made aware of the fact that the source was a blog.

Is Your Blog Hot or Not? (March 28, 2006): Jim and James, the guys behind the Hot or Not website, have set up a Hot or Not side for blogs called Blog Hot or Not.

Oops! Google Deletes Its Own BlogSpot Blog (March 28, 2006): SearchEngineWatch reported yesterday that Google's BlogSpot blog at googleblog.

PR Bloggers Discuss New Strumpette Blog (March 28, 2006): A new blog called Strumpette has launched with the goal of stirring things up in the PR industry.

School Fails to Block Students From Blogs, MySpace (March 27, 2006): The Associated Press reports that students almost immediately hacked their way back to blogs and MySpace after they were blocked by technicians working for the Fort Wayne Community Schools.

BootsnAll Launches World Cup Blog (March 27, 2006): The BootsnAll Travel Network has launched a World Cup Blog that features fan blogs written for all all 32 teams competing in the World Cup, which starts in June.

College Admissions Officers Read Blogs and MySpace (March 26, 2006): Teens here is another good reason to be careful what you blog about and what kinds of photographs and comments you make in MySpace or similar social networks.

Google Reader Provides Linkblog Tool (March 26, 2006): Google Reader has a new tool that lets users share the favorite RSS posts they have read with others.

Blog Chat Add-ons: 3Bubbles, Gabbly and Mobber (March 25, 2006): Three more ridiculous Web 2.

MSN Spaces Plans Name Change (March 24, 2006): An article from the MediaPost says MSN Spaces will be changing its name to Windows Live Spaces later this year.