Category: Business blogging
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Google launches online rss feed reader
In case you missed it, Google launched their online feed reader application Google Reader (in Beta) on Friday. Google Reader has an amazing interface built in Ajax and uses a “Lens” analogy for reading feeds. I can’t help but think though that the interface actually sacrifices usability for looks. The interface seems, almost, to get…
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What exactly is RSS?
Have you heard about RSS and wondered what exactly it is? Well in technospeak RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and it is a family of XML file formats for web syndication. To put it more simply, the technology behind RSS allows internet users to subscribe to websites that have provided RSS feeds so that…
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Do Google Ads make cents II – the sequel
As you may have noticed, I have started adding Google Ads to the posts on this blog, as well as to the blog itself. I took a look at the site stats, and decided which of the old posts receive the most traffic and I have added Google ads to these posts. Again, like the…
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Blog for sale – apply within!
I see on Dave Winer’s blog that he has confirmed the rumour that he sold Weblogs.com to Versign – he neglected to say how much for! The rumour mill is putting a figure of ~$5m on it. Couple that with the news that AOL are buying Weblobsinc.com for somewhere between $25-$40m, and the news of…
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Do Google Ads make cents?
I have finally added Google Ads to this site. Why? Well, when I hear that Jason Calacanis just sold his company for $25-$35m on Google Ad revenues of $1m annually, I decided I need to try doing something similar! So I figure, if I can get $100,000 Google Ad revenue, I’ll be able to sell…
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Weblogs Inc to be bought by AOL
I see PaidContent.org and Reuters are reporting that AOL are about to buy Weblogs Inc. network for $25m! Weblogs Inc was set up by Jason Calacanis two years ago as a network of blogs and includes under its umbrella titles such as Engadget and Autoblog. According to Calacanis, Weblogs Inc earns in excess of $1m…
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Scoble switches to WordPress
I see Robert Scoble is switching to WordPress as his blogging engine of choice – way to go Robert! His new WordPress-powered blog will be on the hosted WordPress site WordPress.com at the address http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/. Although this site uses WordPress, I haven’t tried the hosted version of WordPress so I can’t comment on how different…
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Subscribe button II
Ok, FrankP and Alan (from Spoiltchild) had a great discussion in the comments of my post about using a Subscribe button and between them came up with the idea of combining a Subscribe button with a Help button – the Help button to lead to an explanatory page about Subscribing and RSS. Frank designed a…