Dipping into the Blogpond

A few days ago I read a highly controversial, but very interesting post on TechCrunch by Dan Ackerman Greenberg, about the marketing of viral videos.

Blogpond.com.au fortnightly update for 29th November. New blogs debuting in the top 100, new blogs to Bumpzee, and news from around Australia.

This is a list of Australian blogs ranked 101-200 according to my top Australian blogs formula.

Anybody who wants to employ social networking to promote their website or blog needs to understand that members of social sites just simply do not respond to spam. There are many (often unwritten) social rules.

Everybody is sick of spam. Spam emails, spam blog comments, spam blog posts and spam on their profiles. It can seem like a an opportunity ripe for the picking, and be done with all good intentions. But my advice is follow the ekiN principle – JUST DON’T DO IT.

Is it just me or is there a crazy amount of money spent on elections? Consider the cost of the 2004 election – $117 million and the 2007 election is predicted to eclipse that by a long way.

Often I see people inadvertently burning two feeds (or more); one that is the default for the domain and another for FeedBurner.

In what may come as a surprise to many viewers, and bookies, Natalie Gauci has won the 2007 Australian Idol competition…. I am surprised, but I think Natalie is a wonderful performer, and a worthy winner. In a lot of ways, I know Matt thinks that coming runner up is a blessing, so I genuinely don’t think he was too disappointed.

Is it just me or is it pretty quiet on the blogosphere today? It probably has a lot to do with the U.S. being in turkey mode and Black Friday, and Aussies caught up with election stuff (you did remember, right?). No doubt the cogs will get back into gear shortly.

Having caught the lethargy myself (yet having made it thus far for NaBloMoPo), I present to you a few videos for your amusement / entertainment.

I sense a blacklash, a revolution, a mutiny… well maybe not, but how about some election 07 fun? So there is an Election Blackout in force. From Andrew: Laurel Papworth just raised the question on Twitter – with the media blackout now in place for tomorrow’s Australian Federal election, is there a blackout on non-media […]

On Hope and Honey, you can create your own wedding website to keep yourself organised and keep everyone up to date with wedding preparations. Included is a blog, online rsvp (including meal choice and special dietary needs), links to gift registries, guest list management , maps to venues, guestbook and photos. I understand there will be an interface whereby the guest information can be exported for easy reference.