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DogTime: the largest blog network you’ve probably never heard of

The DogTime Blog Network from DogTime Media is a blog network many may have never have heard of, but you'll be wagging your tail in surprise at the stats. The blog network is run alongside the general pet ... continue

Huffington Post expanding into sport, tech and books

Arianna Huffington's uber-blog The Huffington Post is expanding its coverage into three new areas: sport, technology and book. An ad placed by the Huffpost at MediaBistro calls for editors as follows: The Huffington Post is looking for web editors ... continue

British Schools May Trade History For Twitter

Students in the U.K. may soon swap out some history classes for Twitter education, if a recently proposed suggestion gets adopted. The idea is part of a government review of the primary school curriculum in England, the ... continue

Advertising may be broken but it’s the only game in town

I would bet that if one was to keep count during any given week in the blogosphere how many times they’ve heard that advertising is broken or if you depend on advertising as a business model ... continue

Live Writer Backup has a new release

There are two programs; both of which are Windows only, that I would never want to be without as a full time blogger. The first of course is FeedDemon the best RSS client around and the ... continue

Celebrity blog network Buzz Media takes $12.5 million

Celebrity blog network Buzz Media (formerly Buzznet), which owns the Celebuzz sites among others has raised $12.5 million in a round led by Focus Ventures that also included Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures and Sutter ... continue

The award for the worst article about blogging this month goes to Forbes

Times are tough in the mainstream media, but this tough? Tara Weiss at Forbes writes in Blogging Your Way Into A Job that you should "Set yourself up as an authority on the work you do" because "It's ... continue

Inside the Web Habits of Twitter Users

Twitter users are most likely to head to Google or Facebook after tweeting, according to some new research released today. The data, compiled by analysis firm Hitwise, looks at clickstream statistics to determine what Web sites are ... continue

Is the future of web advertising big ad units?

27 large US online publishers with a total reach of 66% of the US market have agreed to try three new big online ad formats. The new units: The Fixed Panel (recommended dimension is 336 wide x 860 tall), ... continue

Mashable Acquires Blippr

It's all happening at Mashable at the moment. Fresh off a new site design and deal with Disqus, the popular social media blog has acquired micro-reviews site Blippr. Blippr allows users to "discover, talk about, and organize great ... continue

Lijit adds some comment goodness to its search

If you aren’t familiar with Lijit (shame on you if that is the case) they provide a nice little service for blog owners to improve the search results of their blogs for their readers. I have ... continue

Nice try at sarcasm Mr. Lyons

Dan Lyons seems to have retired to a life of taking pot shots at the very blogosphere that made him more than a nobody in the larger scheme of things. It’s too bad though that he didn’t ... continue

Creating a logo for your blog [blogging 101]

In our Blogging 101 series we covered a range of areas you'd need to look at while setting up a blog, but there's one small thing that can help with looks and branding: a logo. A logo for ... continue

Former Podtech CEO John Furrier launches Silicon Angle

Former Podtech CEO John Furrier has entered the tech blogging space with a new site Silicon Angle. Writes Furrier: I’m launching this new blog siliconANGLE in the effort to create a different approach to blogging and collaboration. siliconANGLE.com ... continue

What are the biggest blogs worth? 247 Wall Street gives it a shot

Valuing a blog isn't always the easiest exercise (see our previous post here on valuations). Valuing blogs at the top of the market are harder again, because top brands don't follow traditional multiples. Harder still: valuing the ... continue

Blogging verticals: hot and not verticals for February 2009

I was asked by someone this week what my advice would be for verticals for new blogs. While I gave a few tips privately, I thought I'd share some verticals that are worth looking at, ones to ... continue

Outbrain gets a revenue model, and it’s rather clever

Outbrain has today launched its "Sponsored but Good" program, an advertising product that offers contextual links within its recommended reading unit. Outbrain is perhaps best known for offering post ratings, but along with ratings Outbrain also offered recommended ... continue