• If I Quit Blogging What Would I Do With Myself?
  Over the past few days I’ve been thinking seriously about what would happen if I really did quit Blogging. So I decided to have some fun with it. Heck, why should O.J. get all the attention? So far I’ve narrowed it down to these five options...

• This Is The End My Friend … The End of the Blog that is
  Social Networks are all the rage now. International corporate big-wigs smell the moola as they salivate over the success of MySpace. Then there was MyBlogLog, Blog Catalogue, Facebook, Mybook, Yourbook (I made those up) and these are only just a drop in t

• What is Original Content and Copyright Infringement?
  Plagiarism has been an ongoing plight ever since the invention of the written word and the blogosphere is no exception. So today I will attempt to resolve this issue (hopefully) once and for all. Recently reader Jaffer asked the question: I think people

• Online Internet Security - How Much is Enough?
  After my own recent disaster with a trojan horse virus it was time that I revisit the A B C's of internet security. Here is a complete overview of what you can do to improve your odds of not becoming another online statistic...

• Blogging Is All About Community and Self-Expression
  Blogging is all about community and self-expression. It is the closest thing that we have to direct democracy...

• How To Podcast and Video Blog
  Video tips on how to create a compelling podcast...
• New Media Marketing and Blog Podcasting
  I found this excellent video showing how easy it is to put audio in your blog as a podcast, video as a vblog, a video podcast or a video blog. This tutorial will help you to bridge the gap between old and new media in simple, easy to understandable terms.

• Definition of a Pro Blogger - Setting the Record Straight
  According to the definition there are a lot of allegedly “pro” bloggers who are grossly perverting the term “professional“. But as you can see it has absolutely nothing to do with making money from blogging or if you should happen to publish on Wo

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• Do Blogs Create More Noise than Signal?
  This sort of conversation is always brought up by the elitists who resent the fact that they might have to shout a little louder to be heard. Oh well... live with it...
  (tags: blog+bloke, instabloke, blog, weblog, blogging)
• How To Win Friends and Influence your PageRank
  Sounds like a page taken right out of Dale Carnegie's classic book doesn't it? No doubt if he was still alive today today he would have updated it with a chapter on blogging...
  (tags: instabloke, blog, blogging, blog+search, blog+resources, computers+and+internet, search+engine+optimization, google, seo, pagerank)
• News at the Speed of Light
  If you haven't been reading the Bloke's other news sites then you should. I've created two for your viewing pleasure. The first is called News @ the Speed of Light. It's a great place to start your day where you will find all of the latest
  (tags: blog+bloke, instabloke, blog, blog+resources, digg)
• Google Ping, Google Blog Search, and Google News
  So what does Google News and Google Blog Search have in common? A common interface, that's what...
  (tags: instabloke, blog, blogging, blog+tools, blog+search, blog+resources, computers+and+internet, search+engine, google)
• 7 Ways to Optimizing Your Blog
  Here are the 7 ways they recommend for optimizing your blog...
  (tags: instabloke, blog, weblog, blogging, blog+resources, computers+and+internet)

But not for reasons you would think:

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• Bloke's Tips for a Successful Blog: Part 1
  Much has been said about what makes a blog successful . Not one to mince words I've decided to cut through all the hoopla and sum it up with the following simple steps. If you follow these diligently your blog can't help but be successful.
  (tags: instabloke blog weblog blogging blog+tools writing write computers+and+internet technology website+design)
• Bloke's Tips for a Successful Blog: Part 11
  This is a continuation of my first post entitled "Bloke's Tips for a Successful Blog". It started out as only a few tips which very quickly evolved into much more. If you arrived here first I recommend that you read part 1 first.
  (tags: instabloke blog weblog blogging blog+tools writing write computers+and+internet website+design)

What's all the Buzz in the Blogosphere?

Or should I say reading. It's not everyday that Blog Bloke is quoted by the mainstream media. So imagine my surprise when I noticed incoming traffic from CBS News today quoting my post about Sifry's state of the blogosphere:

"Sifry’s data also shows the much-hyped divide between bloggers and the mainstream media may be artificial. By ranking bloggers’ links, the research shows “clearly, people (bloggers) are still paying a lot of attention to mainstream media stalwarts like The New York Times, CNN, and The Washington Post.” In fact, bloggers link to these sites about three times as often as they link to blogs like the popular Boing Boing.

Some bloggers are concerned about this trend. As Instabloke writes: “By encouraging bloggers to link to their news stories, traffic is being re-routed back again to the mainstream media websites. It's a vicious cycle where bloggers are the obvious losers. They've effectively hijacked our new-found fame and it's a very clever strategy when you think of it.”

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