Blogging News: Page 58

This is page 58 of the blogging news archives.

George Clooney Says Arianna Huffington Threatened Him (March 16, 2006): Yesterday, George Clooney said in a statement that he did not write the blog post that the Huffington Post posted on Monday.

The Press Release is Alive (March 15, 2006): Susan Getgood at Marketing Roadmaps has a post declaring the press release is not dead.

The Confusing World of Tags (March 15, 2006): Tagging has made finding things easier but it is far from perfect.

Did George Clooney Blog for the Huffington Post or Not? (March 15, 2006): A blog post on the Huffington Post attributed to George Clooney was very popular on the blogosphere earlier this week.

Have Blog-related Firings Decreased? (March 15, 2006): The truth is there were not many blog related firings in the first place.

Reading Blogs to Get Lucky (March 14, 2006): Can reading blogs improve your sex life? That's the gist of this article from Can West which cites a recent Ad Age article.

WeSmirch Tracks Celebrity Gossip (March 14, 2006): WeSmirch is a new memetracker that focuses on celebrity gossip.

Politics Popular Topic on Maktoob (March 14, 2006): A Strategiy.

How Many Blog Posts Per Day is Too Many? (March 13, 2006): Some blogs, especially group blogs, post ten to twenty times per day.

PostSecret Dominates 2006 Bloggies (March 13, 2006): The winners of the 2006 Bloggies have been announced.

Opinmind Offers Blog Add-on (March 13, 2006): Opinmind, a search engine that lists bloggers' opinions, has a new feature called StikIt.

Dave Winer Plans to Quit Blogging (March 13, 2006): Dave Winer has blogged that he will quit blogging.

Tagworld Raises $7.5 Million in Financing (March 13, 2006): TechCrunch reports that Tagworld has completed a round of venture capital financing for $7.

BlogExplosion is For Sale (March 12, 2006): BlogExplosionm has announced they are putting BlogExplosion.

From Walled Garden to Personal Playground (March 11, 2006): The Mercury News has an interesting article that ties up all the recent product launches, acquisitions and rumors into a believable theory about what Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are up to.

Blooker Prize Short-list Announced (March 11, 2006): The short-list for the Blooker prize has been announced.

Blogstorm Follows Google's Acquisition of Writerly (March 10, 2006): A blogstorm has erupted in the tech blogosphere over Google's recent acquisition of Writerly, an Internet based word processor.

New Email Service From Microsoft Provides Blogging Tool (March 10, 2006): Betanews.

Podcast by Phone With Gcast (March 9, 2006): Gcast is a new free podcasting service from the people that created the popular GarageBand.

China Temporarily Shuts Down More Blogs (March 9, 2006): The BBC reports that China has shut down more blogs including Massage Milk, a blog that has provided critical coverage of the Chinese media and government.