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To Protect Freedom of Speech

Jan 20, 2007 No Comments »

Microsoft, Google and Yahoo!, along with some other search engine companies, in collaboration with a few NGOs, are going to develop a code of conduct to promote freedom of expression and privacy right, according to a PC World blog post titled Google, Microsoft, and Others Agree to Code of Conduct. All these companies in the past (they continue to do so) have sold their souls to gain markets in repressive countries like China. Google hides all the search results the Chinese authorities don’t like.

Technorati Tags: online privacy, freedom of speech, google china, yahoo china, microsoft china

Ignorant About Blogging

Dec 13, 2006 No Comments »

The Blog Herald in a post titled Blogging Ignorance Spares No One - Even Within Tech Community lambastes a so-called technology columnist who says:

You can quickly come to 90 percent of content if you add up the self-absorbed blogs of tweens, teens and college kids; the hate blogs; and, of course, the many, many abandoned blogs. Of the remaining 10 percent, you then eliminate topics that don’t interest you. You now are way under 1 percent—yet you have literally hundreds of blogs to choose from.

I don’t normally use harsh words but this is a silly piece of writing. Although he uses Blogger (which in itself speaks volumes about his technological awareness) his only exposure to blogging perhaps has been Myspace.

Technorati Tags: blogging, blogging ignorance, blogging in news, blogging news

Does Geography Affect the Way You Blog

Dec 09, 2006 No Comments »

I posted a comment at The Blog Herald for a post titled Does Geography Make a Difference but apparent they have some server issue because my comment was not saved. So I’ve decided to write a small post on the issue. I guess the new owners of The Blog Herald are from the Philippines so people are naturally wondering how this is going to affect the editorial content of this well-known blog originally started by Duncan Riley.

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Feed publishing best practices

Nov 30, 2006 No Comments »

Every blog these days uses RSS feeds people can subscribe to. These days I’m extensively using RSS feed subscriptions to track my favorite blogs and websites. If you don’t already know it, RSS means Really Simple Syndication and as the expression aptly makes it clear, people can easily syndicate your content and consume it using various free and commercial RSS feed readers or republish it on their websites.

Niall Kennedy is a feed syndication geek (wow! I didn’t know there were syndication geeks too ) and he had posted this wonderful post titled Feed publishing best practices. He takes out the viscera of all the RSS terminologies and presents it to you in all its glory.

Technorati Tags: RSS feeds, RSS syndication, RSS publishing, blog syndication

Beginner’s Guide to Digg

Nov 30, 2006 No Comments »

The PronetAdvertising Blog is gradually becoming one of my favorite blogs because one, there topics are so unique, and two, they are so relevant. Take for instance this article titled The Beginner’s Guide to Digg; it is so elaborate that you want to kick-start your Digg-based Internet marketing campaign right on! I haven’t thought much of Digg but the problem with me is that till now I haven’t thought much of many things and the consequences are hurtling down upon me like an avalanche. Like, online marketing — methodical, well-planned and scientific online marketing — has been no where on the map of my future schemes. This is the most essential part of your online existence. I’ve been doing this for my clients but have been lagging far behind when it comes to promoting my own business. But I’m gradually trying to put things back in order and you’ll soon observe some interesting changes :-).

Technorati Tags: digg guide, digging, seo digging, digg