Blogging News: Page 62

This is page 62 of the blogging news archives.

Over 97% of Humans are Blogless (February 4, 2006): The latest count of blogs by the Blog Herald finds 200,000,000 blogs worldwide.

BlogPulse Debuts BlogPulse Live (February 3, 2006): BlogPulse, a provider of blog search and blog analysis tools, has announced the launch of BlogPulse Live.

The Blogosphere and the Mohammed Cartoons (February 3, 2006): Bloggers are discussing the widespread outrage in the Islamic world about cartoons that were recently republished in several European newspapers.

Gawker Launches Valleywag to Cover Silicon Valley Gossip (February 2, 2006): Gakwer has launched Valleywag, a tech gossip blog covering San Francisco and the Silicon Valley.

New Blog Covers All Things Craft Related (February 1, 2006): Whip Up is a new multi-contributor or group blog covering handmade and craft related items and projects.

Amazon Assigns Each Customer a Plog (February 1, 2006): Amazon has launched a new service called Amazon Connect that delivers posts by authors directly to customers.

Microsoft Modifies Blog Censorship Policies (February 1, 2006): Microsoft says it has modified its policy to allow blogs that it has shutdown at the request a local government (like China) to still be viewed by other countries.

A-Listers Criticized by Non A-Listers (January 31, 2006): Here is a roundup of some of the latest criticism of some of the A-list bloggers.

Ask Amy Slams Blogs (January 31, 2006): In a response to MySpaced Out, a woman whose boyfriend was spending too much time on MySpace flirting with other woman, Newsday's Ask Amy gives a response that is overly critical of blogs in general -- especially personal blogs.

Rocketboom Auctions Ad Space on eBay (January 30, 2006): Rocketboom, a popular video blog, has placed advertising space up for auction on eBay.

Comparison Time: Emailing and Blogging (January 30, 2006): Hey, do you send email? Then you are a blogger -- or at least you could be.

Bloggers Concerned About Google AdSense's Rich Media Plans (January 30, 2006): Google Adsense has been testing rich media in its advertisements.

New MSN Spaces Includes Ads, Improved Search and Better URLs (January 30, 2006): Microsoft has upgraded the MSN Spaces blogging and social networking service with new features including an upgraded search engine that is supposed to slowly improve over the next several days.

AOL Building MySpace Rival (January 30, 2006): A BusinessWeek article by Jon Fine says that AOL is planning to develop a MySpace-like community tool that will be launched from its AOL Instant Messenger platform.

Athlete Blogs Banned at 2006 Winter Olympics? (January 29, 2006): A Kyodo News article says Japan is advising their athletes not to blog during the 2006 Turino Winter Olympic Games because it is banned by the Olympic Charter.

Blogging as a College English Course (January 29, 2006): A class from the University of Missouri taught by Dr.

Can Newspapers Compete With the Blogosphere? (January 29, 2006): Jack Shafer at Slate has an interesting article about the future of newspapers.

AT&T Claims to Deliver Blogging in Ad Campaign (January 28, 2006): AT&T delivers blogging? Several blogs have been discussing an unusual AT&T billboard and what it might mean.

Eleven Members of Congress Have Blogs (January 28, 2006): CNET has an article that discusses the growing number of blogs by U.

Meet Vernon the Death Row Blogger (January 27, 2006): The Guardian has an article about the Vernon Lee Evans blog.