Dipping into the Blogpond

What motivates people to display their subscriber count via a chicklet? Do you display yours? At what point would you display?

Sphinn.com. Can digg go and get dugged? A look at the latest digg “clone”

Update for the week ending 19th July.

ACCC vs Google - Google are pretty vigilant when it comes to protecting trademarked terms. But the thought that they’d have to vet all sponsored ads to ensure there was in fact an “association, sponsorship or affiliation” is ludicrous. I’d suggest the responsibility should rest with the advertiser, not the medium….

To write a completely authoritative guide on the nuances of StumbleUpon would take a week - not to mention tons of screen shots! So as a compromise, I’ve outlined what I think are the most important features to understand as a beginner, and you can start exploring from there….

There’s a lot of talk about “white hat” and “black Hat” Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) practices (and of course the grey area in between)… That made me wonder about “meta tags”, and where that fits in with all this “black vs white hat” SEO….

1. New blogs debuting in the Top 100 Australian Blogs

How to Live Online
Small Office Australia Blog
TV Tonight

And I’m so proud of myself - I finally got the links working within the table
2. New blogs on the Australian Blogs Community
Should You Eat That?
Pacific Highlander
Falling Brick
PoeARTica
3. Aussie Blog Post of the Week
Unfortunately, this isn’t a […]

I’ve been writing a list of blogging and IT related tips - chances are you may well know most of these but I thought I’d write them up into a post. FireFox Alexa toolbar, Feedburner Pro, Co.mments, SEO help, StumbleUpon, Blogsearch, Ask.com

Buying blog comments is just plain wrong… Setting up a website that sells them is worse.

I don’t know if you’ve heard the buzz about Pownce? It could turn out to be a bit of a fizzer, but it’s certainly created a lot of hype. I’m not going to do a review because, basically, they’re everywhere.
But I now have another 6 invites if anyone wants to give it a go. First […]