It’s been just about a month or so since I switched from Akismet to Defensio. The Defensio team are good friends of mine – Carl Mercier (uber-developer in charge of things over there) and Mat Balez (as good an instigator as any). They asked me to alpha test their WordPress plugin and I was happy […]
The Blogging A-List Is Far From Dead
The A-list debate rages on. Every couple of months it rears its head as people argue over whether the A-list exists and whether it remains relevant. In this latest installment, Hugh MacLeod is arguing that social networks and social networking tools (Facebook, Twitter, Pownce) have given people more power and ability to build their own […]
The Ultimate To-Do List For Bloggers
Wendy Piersall has instigated a great to-do list project for bloggers called The To-Do Wish List Group Research Project. She has a list of 31 topics – all related to blogging and helping bloggers – and she’s asking people to pick a topic, research it and write about it on their own blogs. Link love […]
Technorati Displays New Authority Ranking
Technorati just released a new feature. I went to check incoming links to Instigator Blog on Technorati and found the interface had changed. You’ll see that my blog has a new score called Authority. But the number of incoming links has been removed. My Rank still shows up although it’s gone up quite a bit […]
More People Spread Link Love With DoFollow
Turns out we’ve got a movement on our hands. I wrote about removing NoFollow from your blog just about a month ago. Since then more and more people have followed suit. I didn’t start the movement, but it’s nice to be a part of it and push it along. For those catching up, NoFollow is […]
Domain Name Registrar Changes
A quick note: I’m in the midst of changing the domain name registrar for Instigator Blog. If you experience any problems with accessing the blog please let me know; but everything should shake out in the next 24-48 hours. Thanks!
We Don’t Need a Blogger Code of Conduct
You can’t police the blogosphere with process and systems. Nor should you. I completely understand where the Blogger Code of Conduct is coming from, the sentiment is a worthy one, but it won’t work. Those that decide to support the Code of Conduct are already abiding by its basic tenets: Be nice. Be smart. Be […]
Are You An Entrepreneur Blogger?
b5 media has a great opportunity for an entrepreneur blogger. They’re looking for an entrepreneur – someone with business experience – to write their blog Startup Spark. Yup, they’re replacing me! For those that remember, I launched Startup Spark a few months ago, but with the increased pace of my new startup – Standout Jobs […]
Great Montreal Blogs for April Blogtipping
A day late, but worth the wait. Blogtipping is the invention of Easton Ellsworth. Smart guy that Easton. A community builder, blog evangelist and generally nice person…Easton created blogtipping to give people a chance to do 2 things: Promote cool blogs by picking 3 blogs you like and listing 3 great things about each; and, […]
Four Great Blog Resources
Over the last week I came across 4 great blog-related resources that I wanted to share: 66 Ways To Build Links in 2007 – Brandon Hopkins has a huge list of ways to build links. It’s one of those blog posts you should bookmark and keep re-visiting every so often. Marketing and promoting your blog […]
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