As we reported earlier, Disqus released its new version today with support for local comment storage and a range of other features. Part of the upgrade was a brand new WordPress API plugin, the non javascript plugin that allows comments to be seen by search engines on the local site, and the main reason I […]

2.0 commenting service Disqus today launches Disqus 2.0 with a range of new features including local comment hosting.
One of the most common arguments against using Disqus has been the hosted nature of the service, with comments residing on Disqus alone without a local copy. The new Disqus confronts the criticism head on, by offering a […]

Commenting 2.0 provider SezWho has signed distrubition deals with Entrecard, Creative Weblogging, and Izea that will see SezWho reputation profiles exposed to millions of new users.
Entrecard’s blog ad network has added SezWho as a way to reward bloggers who participate on the site. Bloggers whose SezWho comments receive high ratings through SezWho will receive Entrecard […]

Blog toolkit provider JS-Kit has acquired blog commenting service HaloScan. Haloscan offers a blog commenting system that competes in the commenting 2.0 space against Disqus, Sezwho, Intense Debate and JS-Kit itself. JS-Kit had previously partnered with Haloscan to offer JS-Kit’s rating tools within HaloScan powered comment threads.
JS-Kit isn’t often collectively bundled with the Disqus, Sezwho […]

2.0 commenting service Disqus has updated their API WordPress plugin, adding support for Seesmic commenting.
The API version of the plugin, unlike the more commonly used Javascript version, renders text on a blog so that it can be seen by search engines, one of the main selling points for those who like the idea of using […]

Plugin blog commenting provider Intense Debate has announced inline support for FriendFeed comments.
With the new feature, Intense Debate users select FriendFeed from the control panel, enter their FriendFeed account details, and FriendFeed comments are then automatically included in the comment thread on their blog. Intense Debate notes though that as FriendFeed doesn’t support comment threading […]

Embedded commenting system Disqus has rolled out inline support for Trackbacks.
Existing Disqus users can enable trackback support by entering the configure menu and simply checking the “enable trackbacks” box, and new users will be offered this with setup.
I’ve put in an email to Disqus CEO Daniel Ha to clarify whether the new feature will present […]

The business of blogging is changing. A movement that arguably spawned social media and widespread user generated content is no longer ignoring the web 2.0 changes that have followed its rise. Open and sharing have replaced closed and walled, and a new generation that knows nothing other than cross-network platform agnostic networking expects that the […]

SixApart has launched a full scale assault on Automattic’s Akismet spam service with the launch of TypePad AntiSpam.
Michael at TechCrunch notes that TypePad AntiSpam takes a multi-headed heuristic approach to detecting and blocking comment spam on blogs and in his testing was superior to Akismet. Mollom is another new service in this space (I covered […]

There’s been a lot of talk around the way Shyftr deals with full feeds, so I thought I might add my two cents worth via video. Note towards the middle when I’m referring to monetizing feeds from other sites I meant to emphasize full feeds/ content as opposed to the FriendFeed model of headlines only.

One of the most common arguments against Blogging 2.0 is that it threatens advertising revenue by diluting a blog as the ultimate point of conversation around a topic.
Blogging 2.0 brings new challenges and distribution models, but does it necessarily affect advertising, and if it does, how might the game change?

Blogging 1.0: the electronic newspaper model
It […]

Another weekend means another bitchmeme, and this weekend it was all about FriendFeed. Scoble has a good summary of the debate so I won’t rehash it all, but I did want to throw something into the mix:
Ultimately it’s all about the user.
Years ago I got into a debate with Scoble over full feeds vs […]

Editors note: I’d actually started writing this before this post hit Techmeme, so I’ve updated this post to fit.
Disqus is an embedded commenting system that’s getting a lot of viral support lately, and even some money via Fred Wilson and others.
Disqus, not unlike the original incarnation of CoComment offers centralized comment tracking, threaded messages and […]