Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category
Blogging Becomes Mainstream
Written by admin on October 17, 2008 – 8:18 pm -In a Technorati-sponsored survey of bloggers (by Decipher) conducted between July and August 2008, results revealed a 2-to-1 male/female ratio among bloggers worldwide. Technorati openly admits that the gender skew could be at least partially attributed to “the type of people that come to Technorati and register.”
It also looks like the lines between blogging and the mainstream media have disappeared. That’s another key-finding of this survey. “Blogs are now mainstream media,” said Richard Jalichandra, CEO of Technorati, “We’ve certainly seen that with the number of professional, semiprofessional and passion/enthusiast bloggers who are creating real media experiences. At the same time, you’re also seeing mainstream media come the other direction to add blog content.” Source: eMarketer.
Tags: Blogging, weblog
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50 Online Applications and Sites to Consider
Written by Henk on August 7, 2008 – 11:14 pm -Great post on Chris Brogan’s blog. Chris is the cofounder of the PodCamp new media conference series and a social media veteran. In this post “50 Online Applications and Sites to Consider” he created a list of 50 websites and online applications that people itching to experiment or move deeper into social media need to know about.
The list includes everything from the obvious to the obscure and encompasses a diversity of categories, from blogging and microblogging sites to a variety of social networking, bookmarking, and news sites.
Tags: , Blogging, microblogging, social bookmarking, social media
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Google launches Knol – a wiki with bylines
Written by Henk on July 25, 2008 – 8:10 pm -Google’s newly launched social-informational site, Knol, is described as being very similar to Wikipedia’s community intelligence model, but with one major twist: Knol articles are given bylines. The articles, are single-topic, stand alone entries and are not updated chronologically as in the Wikipedia model.
Knol has also publishing tools similar to single blog pages. But unlike blogs, Knol encourages writers to reduce what they know about a topic to a single page that is not chronologically updated.
Google plans to implement a ranking system for articles written on similar topics, which will push relevant articles to the top and encourage competition.
Tags: , blog, google, knol, weblog, wikipedia
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BlogWorld & New Media Expo
Written by Henk on June 29, 2008 – 12:06 am -The 2008 BlogWorld & New Media Expo will take place September 20-21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with the exclusive “Executive & Entrepreneur” conference beginning September 19th. BlogWorld is still a unique industry-wide tradeshow, conference, and media event dedicated to promoting the dynamic industry of blogging and new media.
In addition to the only industry-wide exhibition, BlogWorld features the largest blogging conference in the world including more than 50 seminars, panel discussions and keynotes from iconic personalities on the leading-edge of online technology and internet-savvy business. Read more »
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DutchCowgirls “Online is niet langer mannenwereld”
Written by Henk on June 23, 2008 – 8:56 pm -Sinds enkele minuten geleden is DutchCowgirls.nl live, het eerste Nederlandse marketing- en techblog gemaakt door vrouwen. En daar zijn we best trots op. De site gaat over merken, producten en marketingcampagnes en richt zich op mannen en vrouwen die bovenmatig geïnteresseerd zijn in internet, marketing, gadgets en alle andere mooie dingen.
Mede-oprichter van DutchCowgirls en al jaren bekend blogster op DutchCowboys, Marjolijn Kamphuis: “Af en toe lijkt het alsof de online wereld vooral het domein is van de man. Vrouwen zijn net zo goed geïnteresseerd in technische dingen die mooi en nieuw zijn, en kijken daar vaak net even anders tegenaan. Vandaar dat we meiden met deze interesses een eigen spreekbuis wilden geven die ruimte biedt aan die typische zaken die hen juist opvallen.’
DutchCowgirls is niet zo maar een spin-off van DutchCowboys maar een bewuste keuze om in het veld van van marketing en communicatie blogs een nieuw en ander geluid te laten horen. Door het in het verlengde van DC te plaatsen krijgt het juist extra lading.
We geloven dat de som der delen sterker is dan het orgineel en dat is niet altijd zo.
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Robert Scoble is spending less time blogging
Written by Henk on April 4, 2008 – 11:47 pm -As people spend more time on a variety of social networking platforms, they are spending less time blogging, and it’s having an effect on the blogosphere. Social networks, according to Robert Scoble, are replacing a lot of the functions that blogs used to perform — and are doing them faster, better, and in a way that’s more targeted.
Scoble “Visit my FriendFeed and you’ll see why I’m blogging less (it shows you what I’ve been generating on other services). When I started this blog in 2000 there wasn’t Twitter. Wasn’t Upcoming.org. Wasn’t Google Reader. Wasn’t Flickr. Wasn’t YouTube. Wasn’t Seesmic“.
Robert did his keynote about this subject at the Next Web Conference in Amsterdam.
Picture by Markies
Tags: , Blogging, nextweb, robert scoble, twitter
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Keyword research for Bloggers
Written by Henk on February 24, 2008 – 11:35 am -Copyblogger writes : Keyword research can be the difference between a successful blog and one that goes nowhere, but it often seems as if many bloggers think it’s something that doesn’t apply to them, or is “only for SEO.” To the contrary, keyword research goes way beyond search engine optimization, and is all about discovering what real live people are actively interested in.
That means keyword research helps you choose profitable blog subjects, identify content topics that are in high demand, and spot monetization methods that work. With that in mind, Copyblogger associate editor Jonathan Morrow and I have put together a 5-part comprehensive guide to keyword research for bloggers that walks you though the entire process using real-life niche examples.
Tags: , blog, bloggers, copyblogger, keyword, Research, seo
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Google en Twitter’s Super Tuesday mashup
Written by admin on February 7, 2008 – 10:00 pm -Google en Twitter hebben de handen ineen geslagen en samen een mashup gemaakt die de laatste berichten van Twitteraars in Google Maps plaatst. Het opvallende aan dit nieuws is dat Google onlangs het Finse Jaiku heeft overgenomen en dat is nou net de grootste concurrent van Twitter. En een terechte opmerking op TechCrunch; “het is te hopen dat Twitter in de lucht blijft”. Dat hopen wij ook! (Bron: DutchCowboys)

Tags: google, mashup, super tuesday, twitter
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Problogger: 13 Questions to Ask Before Publishing a Post on Your Blog
Written by admin on February 6, 2008 – 9:49 pm -Problogger has an interesting post on how to write a good blog post. If you keep these 13 questions in mind while writing a post on your blog you can be sure that your post contributes to “the blogosphere”. This might be a good starting point for the bloggers here at our brand new Blog Idea Factory blog
Via: The Next Web
Tags: B Idea Factory, Blogging, Problogger, Writing
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Dutchcowboys 5.0
Written by admin on January 25, 2008 – 1:00 am -Met deze laatste versie van DutchCowboys breekt er voor ons en voor jullie een nieuw tijdperk aan. Content is al lang niet meer iets wat van boven naar beneden beweegt over je blog. Content is iets wat je kunt ontsluiten, wat een bron heeft, gerelateerd is en een omgeving heeft.

Dat kan alleen in tekst of beeld, maar ook met audio en video zijn. We willen daarom content op meerdere manieren vormgeven en tonen, dat kan zijn door alleen (clickable) headers te plaatsen, het beeld – wanneer relevant – belangrijker te maken, het indexeren met behulp van tags, channels, relaties en andere vormen. Minder belangrijk nieuws gaat niet langer boven oorspronkelijke postings, achtergronden en visies behoren langer te worden verbonden aan de homepage.
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Tags: , dutchcowboys, freshheads
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