Category: blog technology

New Technorati Search: Beyond the Blog

Posted by: Heather Green on May 23

The new Technorati is sleek. It allows you to plug in one term, and see all the different ways that thing appears, whether video or blogs or whatever. It takes away the notion that, oh, you know you’re looking for a blog post or a podcast and just assumes you’re looking for information, and blogs, and podcasts make up that information. And that’s a good thing and a sign of maturity.

Your Favorite Web 2.0 Shopping Services/Tools?

Posted by: Heather Green on November 27

I don’t know if you noticed…but it’s that holiday time of the year. I was in Georgia where my cousin had totally decorated her house inside and out (complete with…

Six Apart’s Vox Launches

Posted by: Heather Green on October 26

Six Apart launched its new blogging service Vox today. I am curious if anyone else has used it and what they think of it. I like this idea of public…

Capturing Insight

Posted by: Heather Green on October 03

Musings on whether private blogs might be a good way to track research or reporting.

Is There a Blog Conundrum?

Posted by: Heather Green on September 14

I was in Waycross, Georgia last weekend for my cousin’s wedding and unexpectedly, blogs came up. My relatives love me and they proved their love by saying that they were…

Trackback Spam—Is It Worth It?

Posted by: Heather Green on August 28

So, I am tempted to simply turn off trackbacks at this point, the spam is like 10 or 20 to 1 real trackback. I just wanted to see what other…

Vox: Smart Move for Six Apart

Posted by: Heather Green on June 30

A little about SixApart’s Vox, how it breaks down barriers to blogging, and how it allows for different levels of conversation.

Blogs: They Dance, They Sing

Posted by: Heather Green on April 24

A new blog technology called MyChingo lets you hear readers comments, rather than read them. Will audible blog spam be next?

Six Apart Does Widgets

Posted by: Heather Green on March 30

To liven up blogs, Six Apart adds widgets from Indeed, Technorati, Rollyo and 29 others and opens up its widget API.

Advice on Handling Comments?

Posted by: Heather Green on March 08

Steve and I could use some advice on what to do about comments. Or more specifically, comments on a particular post. Last September, Steve wrote about a feature on Friendster…

Having trouble blogging remotely

Posted by: Stephen Baker on March 01

Working with Ecto, a remote blogging tool, and I feel slimed

Six Apart’s Mena Trott mum on Comet

Posted by: Stephen Baker on February 27

Six Apart’s Mena Trott says that new Comet product will begin beta testing this quarter—but provides no details.

The weakness of blog analytics

Posted by: Stephen Baker on January 25

Blog analytics confuse liquors with girls named Gin.

Yahoo and Six Apart

Posted by: Stephen Baker on December 12

Six Apart bucks the trend as it forges alliance with Yahoo for small business blogging

The End of Scarcity

Posted by: Heather Green on November 28

A little on the newspaper skill of finding the right size word to fit a tight space.

Is Google That Innovative?

Posted by: Heather Green on November 08

Would Google be as innovative without the passel of competitors around it? Tristan Louis investigates.

Remember marketers: Google hates flash

Posted by: Stephen Baker on October 22

Blogs strong in flash could be weak in Google rankings

Blog innovation: Evolution meets Intelligent Design

Posted by: Stephen Baker on October 18

Blogs evolve a bit like viruses, but with an added dose of intelligent design

Revisiting Memeorandum

Posted by: Heather Green on October 13

Michael Arrington at TechCrunch has an ode to Memeorandum

Do the Giants Win?

Posted by: Heather Green on October 05

Fred Wilson asks whether point services (think Flickr) or end to end ones (think portals) are going to win the masses. The question strikes a chord with me because just last week I was wondering about the future of one of the company’s he’s invested in.

Breaking out the Ning

Posted by: Heather Green on October 04

On the launch of Ning, a free service co-founded by Marc Andreessen to help people build their own social apps.

Google Search And Spam Blogs

Posted by: Heather Green on September 20

Of note as the search blog wars heat up: Fred Wilson says he’s seeing the same rash of blog spam at Google’s new blog search engine as Jeff Jarvis reported…

Update to Steve Rubel’s Blog Search Test

Posted by: Heather Green on September 15

This just in….Technorati is winning Steve Rubel’s informal blog search test, which the Micro Persuasion blogger set up amid all the hubbub about Google Blog Search….

What’s Google Blog Search Up to?

Posted by: Heather Green on September 14

Steve Rubel has set up a test to see if his concerns about Google Blog search are justified.

Seen Any Smart Reviews of Google Search?

Posted by: Heather Green on September 14

Am I right in that it is the traditional Google tool, ranking by the most popular blog posts? If so, not sure this is the main blog search engine for me.

Search tagging: What if some blogs are hogs?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on September 12

Does Technorati’s blog-finding system benefit cheaters?

Sploid Redesign

Posted by: Heather Green on September 09

On Sploid’s redesign and what it could mean for the presentation of video and photo news online.

Del.icio.us Tags and Companies?

Posted by: Heather Green on September 06

Looking for examples of marketers or companies that are using tags on del.icio.us to track the buzz around a product or service or collaborate on a project.

Bloglines Crashes—-And it’s Fun!

Posted by: Heather Green on September 01

How Bloglines is very clever in how they handle a database crash.

Monster growth area: corporate blog search

Posted by: Stephen Baker on August 26

We’ve seen more than once how it can hurt companies to turn a deaf ear to the blogs. Dell is just the latest example. The business question now: Who makes…

Everyone’s drooling…

Posted by: Heather Green on August 23

News from Tech Crunch about yet another blog analytics tool

Help IceRocket create its blog ranking

Posted by: Stephen Baker on August 20

Mark Cuban is looking for help in setting up IceRocket’s blog rating system.

Blog rankings keep coming. PubSub next?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on August 18

PubSub promises blog rankings soon—but they’re not likely to be based on clear and explicit criteria.

The biases of links and the quirks of blogrolls

Posted by: Stephen Baker on August 09

Links to a Zephoria post with lots of analysis about links and blogrolls

Tackling Tagging

Posted by: Heather Green on August 08

As we consider adding tags, a backdrop of thoughts on the difficulty and possible problems of using them.

Favorites List

Posted by: Heather Green on August 02

On Steve Rubel’s kind mention of us and his recommendation that people share their list of top 10 favorite blogs via a Technorati tag.

The Search for Influential Bloggers

Posted by: Heather Green on July 20

Will tools that efficiently and quickly unearth influential blogs or blog discussions become the holy grail for marketers?

Study tests BW blog—and users say Huh?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on July 12

A user study shows that most Websurfers are mystified by blog tools and lingo.

Get That Geekiness out of Blogs

Posted by: Heather Green on July 12

Small study by Catalyst Design Group finds that navigating blogs and RSS is confusing for folks.

What’s the Worth of Blog Search?

Posted by: Heather Green on July 11

Chat with Joe Kraus, co-founder of Wiki upstart Jotspot about the true utility of blog search services.

Where Blogging Techniques Can Make Sense

Posted by: Heather Green on June 21

Comment on how it would have been livelier if Salon had used blogs instead of publishing the email exchange of two heavy hitters.

Bob Wyman on importance off Yahoo’s blo.gs

Posted by: Stephen Baker on June 16

Points to PubSub’s Bob Wyman on the importance of Yahoo’s purchase of blo.gs

Can Amazon catalog the blogs?

Posted by: Stephen Baker on June 15

Dave Pollard says that Amazon is perfectly placed to catalog the blog world

Yahoo races ahead in blogs

Posted by: Stephen Baker on June 15

In the developing tech world of blogs, Microsoft is emerging as just another player.