Archive for March 1st, 2006

Trackbacks at PRWeb

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Steve Rubel alerts us to  PRWeb’s use of trackbacks, presumably to support the universal use of said technology.
He raises a great question:
So, here’s a question. Will press releases ever gain the ability to
also send trackbacks? I imagine this would cause blogger outrage.
Taking this a step further, if trackbacks become a web standard, what
will happen when [...]

Focused Business Podcasting

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Businesses that are podcasting can take the advice of popular and successful bloggers. Stay focused on your tight niche topic.
If You Don’t Know The Purpose of Your Blog Neither Will Those Reading It
Perhaps I have stated the obvious but really, if you cannot decide
what the purpose of your blog is then you will struggle [...]

Vista Close To Completion

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Looks like Vista is not far from being done. In fact, cNet says they are ‘boxing up‘ Vista right now:
Microsoft did not disclose pricing for Vista, although Goffe said Vista Business will be priced similar to XP Professional, while Vista Home Basic will have a price tag similar to Windows XP home. Vista Ultimate will [...]

RSS Newsletter

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Not long ago I suggested it would be interesting to create a printable newspaper of your company’s rss feeds, especially if your company produces many, many rss feeds.
Megite is an option for you. Matthew at Megite created a personal page for me here, and then I requested he do it for all the [...]

Traffic Results vs. Time Spent

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

While all blogs are different, due to subject matter, writing quality and writing quantity, typically you won’t see a huge surge in traffic, until your blog begins performing well in the search engines. 
There is no ‘typical’ case study to see, but you can get an idea of one blog’s story by seeing the results [...]

RSS Feed’s Misuse: Feed Hijacking?

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

Syndicating someone’s feed ON your site is not an uncommon practice.  Notice at the top right-hand section of this page, we’ve pulled the RSS feeds of several different weblogs and podcasts. 
However, if there’s syndicated news on a blogsite, you can be assured it is there with permission of the owner of the site.
But, if [...]