Dipping into the Blogpond

It’s weekly update time. 1. New blogs added to the Top 100 Australian Blogs http://harpzon.com http://microformatique.com http://swollenpickles.com http://www.rossdawsonblog.com http://www.freedomtodiffer.com http://www.roadlesstravelled.com.au Alister Cameron (yes, the star of 1 vs 100) wrote an interesting post today mentioning his thoughts on how Google’s BlogRank would make collating a list like this much more accurate. You might also notice […]

I’ve been reading a lot of hype over the past few days about Particls, which is an Australian startup. I’ve visited the site a few times, but couldn’t really grasp the benefits. I finally figured the best way to check it out would be to download it and just have a play. Anything that could […]

It’s nice to see Read Write Web following up on an earlier post – this time the Top 60 Australian web 2.0 applications in Australia (full list and overview is here) guest authored by our own Ross Dawson. Ross is showcasing 5 of the list at an invitation only event on June 6 in Sydney. […]

As an Australian business owner, I’ve often lamented (more so privately than here) the lack of a localised press release service – along the lines of SBWire, and thought there HAS to be a market for a similar service in Australia. During a Google search today, I came across a site called Killer Startups, and […]

Popular Australian blogger Frank Arrigo has an entry on Wikipedia. I’ve known about this for a couple of days, because the entry references the Top 100 Australian Blogs list. The entry is being considered for deletion, much to the amusement of Frank, who hasn’t entered into the debate. Laurel has dramatically stepped up to the […]

No, not THAT kind of housekeeping, just a couple of quick things. 1. New blogs debuting this week on the Top 100 Australian Blogs EightBlack Semfire Search Engine Marketing 2. New blogs on the Bumpzee Community (50 members and 66 blogs now) My Shiny New Shoes Laketrees Pink Apple Geek Etiquette Jack of All Trades

I’ve been busy preparing for a presentation tomorrow, so haven’t updated the index yet. In the meantime thought I’d share this video – a classic set up. Youtube plugin – thanks to Robert Buzink.

Sorry for the interruption folks. Seems I’ve ended up with 2 feeds again, so am just testing a feed redirection from the (WordPress default) “blogpond.com.au /feed” to my FeedBurner feed. There’s a handy little plugin that does this for you if you have a self-hosted WordPress blog, and there’s also one for WordPress.com blogs as […]

There were enough blogs added that I felt another update was warranted. We’re now up to 46 members and 60 blogs. 2 more members and we’ll be beating the “Online Entreprenuers” community… New blogs added to the community:- Personal Income Blog Matt Vapor’s Blog Bargain Blog Love Forever Blog The Big Move When I grow […]

Isn’t it funny how words evolve? Do you remember when…. A mouse was something you caught in a mouse trap A keyboard belonged on a piano A disc was something you slipped in your back, not your computer A router was a piece of machinery A virus was something you went to the doctor about […]