Tag: blogs

  • Congrats to Conor O'Neill

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    on the launch of Blognation Ireland earlier today. Conor (from review aggregator LouderVoice) is the editor of Blognation Ireland and the publication promises: to bring you all the latest news from the world of Web2.0 and mobile in Ireland Subscribed.

  • Google Reader saved my life!

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    Well, that might be exaggerating it slightly 😉 Still, I was away recently on holidays for three weeks and I didn’t bring my laptop with me. I was offline. Cut off from the infostream for the first time in months. Then one evening, while walking my son Enrique around the local plaza, I noticed there…

  • Is there even a short-term gain for Viacom here?

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    Much has been said about the fact that Viacom are suing Google for $1bn because YouTube (now owned by Google) hosted Viacom copyrighted shows. Technically, Viacom are well within their rights to sue Google for this copyright infringement but what good does it do Viacom, apart from adding up to $1bn to their bottom line,…

  • Arguments against business blogging?

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    A couple of commenters on a recent post raised issues I hear time and again when I discuss the advantages of blogs for businesses: Blogging has a poor perception Blogging takes too much time Blogging allows people to make negative comments on your site Let’s deal with each of these points: 1. Blogging has a…

  • Top 100 Irish blogs

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    Justin Mason has put together a list of the top 100 Irish blog sites by Technorati rank and by inbound links. Jason obviously put a huge effort into doing this and serious kudos to him for doing it. If it weren’t too difficult to do Justin, a monthly report of these numbers would be fascinating…

  • Blogs fuel internet growth

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    Netcraft have posted their November 2006 Web Server Survey and there are a couple of interesting findings. The main one is that the number of websites has exceeded 100m for the first time ever. In the November 2006 survey we received responses from 101,435,253 sites, up from 97.9 million sites last month. Of those 100m…

  • Les Blogs 3 registration now open

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    Loic has announced the opening of the registration for Les Blogs 3. It is on in Paris on Dec 11th and 12th, and costs €300 (excl VAT) if you register before November 11th. The event has been renamed Le Web 3 to better reflect the broader focus on Live Web applications and not just Blogs…

  • Last night's blogger's dinner

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    Last night’s blogger’s dinner was a great success – thanks to Pat for organising (and paying for) it. Shel Israel and Rick Segal were the guests of honour and both had lots of interesting info to impart. Rick talked up MusicIP – I missed the start of the conversation but I assume MusicIP is a…