Category: General

A big fear among newbie bloggers is how to handle things when a rogue commenter starts using your blog’s comments as their own private graffiti board – especially if they start hurling abusive language at you or other commenters. We call these folks trolls. I’ve recently been strucky by a rather ornery fellow who has […]

Mark your calendars!! Before you take one more step and jump on the business blogging bandwagon you need to ask yourself several crucial questions: What is a blog and how does it work? How is that different from a website? What’s the investment? How much is it going to cost me!? Do I need a […]

“Nobody was asking me to write a column, and almost all previous attempts to even publish op-eds were denied,” says Andrew Samwick, professor of economics at Dartmouth College, also known as Vox Baby. Now he has total autonomy — and readers. Blogs mentioned: Econbrowser Macroblog Voxbaby Brad DeLong Economists View Global Macro

Jason slams comScore’s report that was funded in part by Nick for not including data from Jason’s company. The fallout includes accusations, mutterings and of course – cracks on fat people.

The hair still hypnotizes me though. http://donaldtrump.trumpuniversity.com/

Media Matters tracks a lie from The Drudge Report to FOX News.

Chris Bowers and Matthew Stoller have released a report on the growth trends in the blogosphere for progressives.

The Legal PR Bulletin has posted an article by Richard S. Levick of Levick Strategic Communications on how companies can defend themselves against online critics, titled “A Virtual Omnipresent Enemy.” Levick warns: “It is only a matter of time before blogs become commonplace weapons allowing well-organized adversaries to both disseminate and preserve shrewder anti-corporate messages. […]

The report, which was sponsored in part by Six Apart and Gawker Media, found that nearly 50 million Americans, or about 30 percent of the total U.S. Internet population, visited blogs in Q1 2005. This represents an increase of 45 percent compared to Q1 2004. And I’m guessing that this is folks that knew that […]

File under ‘shocker of shockers’: Don’t do it just because everyone else is. Do it because you have an objective in mind. Other discoveries: Be sure you don’t blog trade secrets Make sure your blog has an objective Don’t ogle co-workers or students Don’t get too personal At least they didn’t say What about the […]