Twitter, FriendFeed, FaceBook, LinkedIn and Del.icio.us are just a few “social web” applications on an ever growing list. What, or who, is popular today may not be popular tomorrow, and what’s unknown today might be the “next big thing.” When everything was just a blog, it sure was a whole lot easier. We had Technorati [...]

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Yes, I know I wrote about this topic on Monday. Unfortunately, I forgot to cast my vote for my favorite article from the list. That being said, I’m casting my vote for “Twitter: Why It’s So Great And How To Effectively Use It” by Tibi Puiu.

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PureBlogging started a Group Writing Project a couple of weeks ago. The challenge was to write a “how-to” article and submit it to the project. Unfortunately, the turn out was small with only 15 submissions in all — my May 21st post about Fixing a Windows Unmountable Boot Volume was one of the 15.

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In a recent post at CenterNetworks Allen Stern outlined the concept of ad-free RSS full feeds for $1 per month. It’s an interesting concept which sparked some lively discussion, however, who would pay for something they can get for free?

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I don’t get a lot of “real” comments on my site, but I certainly get more than enough spam comments. If you run a blog, then you know what I mean. Comment spam is an annoying comment that contain links to adult content, replica rolex watches, ring tones or other unrelated material. Recently the total amount of comment spam appearing on my site has become so large I was finding it difficult to scan the spam comments to extract the few false positives caught by my comment spam filter, Akismet (comment spam filter plug-in for WordPress). It became clear I needed something else to help Akismet fight off the spam, but what?

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Dealing with comment spam, overt and on the fringe, is a daily nuisance that nearly every blogger has to deal with. Recently, however, fellow blogger David Airey was the victim of something much worse than comment spam: David was the victim of a domain name thief.

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If you haven’t heard, the latest release of WordPress (2.3.x) comes with built-in tag support. Now, instead of using a plug-in like SimpleTags or Ultimate Tag Warrior to insert tags, WordPress 2.3.x allows you to enter a list of comma separated tag words in a dedicated field at the bottom of the post. This new [...]

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There is no shortage of advice on how to succeed with your blog. I’ve written a couple of posts suggesting that consistent posting and starting slow are key elements for success. Of course, I believe I have violated my own advice (but that’s for another day). What I’m wondering now is whether a topical [...]

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Do-Follow the popular movement that disables the default WordPress “nofollow” setting for comments does attract comment spam. I know, I’ve blogged about this before but I have to get up on my soap-box one time with a little new information.
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Amazon is releasing a new electronic book reader: the Amazon Kindle. Similar to the Sony Portable Reader (which I own) the Kindle offers the same low battery consumption, very sharp black on semi-white background and a host of other features similar to the Sony Portable Reader. Matter of fact, under the covers I [...]

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