So what tools and technologies make Web 2.0 possible? With a little bit of help from the Wikipedia, here are the terms and their definitions. Social software Social software enables people to collaborate through computer-mediated communication and to form online communities. It can encompass older media such as mailing lists and Usenet, but more recently … Read More
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3 Ways to Use RSS to Your Advantage
RSS (or Really Simple Syndication) feeds, provides the underlying power of blogs – and provides a wealth of marketing benefits. Wikipedia defines RSS as: A family of XML dialects for Web syndication used by (among other things) news websites and weblogs. The abbreviation is used to refer to the following standards: Rich Site Summary (RSS … Read More
Is Your Blog Platform Meeting All Your Needs? Part II of II
Despite paying for more feature-laden tools or implementing an open source solution, even these blog platforms are can be missing elements. What we’d like to see added in future releases: Offline Editing (since you are not always tethered to he Internet, you might want to generate posts for later upload) Tables (it should be easy … Read More
Is Your Blog Platform Meeting All Your Needs? Part I of II
While many people build their blogs using the free versions of Blogger, WordPress, or Xanga, businesses who want to develop corporate blogs often find that they a need more robust platform. Which Features Do You Need? At the very least to run a corporate blog you should look for: Custom Design (beyond included, overused templates) … Read More
Blogs to Fit Every Need
Did you know that there were several types of blogs to create? Maybe one of them can fit into your plans. Podcasting – This type of blog provides a web feed of audio files (although, increasingly, people apply this term to any video and other media available for anyone to download). “Blogcasting” “rsscasting,” “webcasting,” and … Read More
What Can Blogs Do?
Add content chronologically. The main components of a blog are posts, bits of commentary that are arranged chronologically, with the most recent at the top. Most blogging services and software like Blogger and Movable Type employ easy-to-use Web-based forms. But bloggers — those who create blogs — can also submit posts via email and can … Read More
How Do I Read A Blog?
Most blogs are published both on web sites and as feeds. To put it simply, the feed means that you don’t have to visit the site to read its content. You can subscribe to updates and have them delivered to you. How Do I Start? The fastest way to start is with online news aggregators. … Read More
How Do I Find Blogs?
Once you found one or two blogs you like they will link to more blogs. And more, and more… You could also try searching for blogs in search engines that specializes in blogs/feeds. You should of course add your own blog to all of these as well. Check out: Blogwise Feedster Daypop Blogdigger Blog Search … Read More