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Thoughts On Google And China
Google’s decision to second-guess its relationship with China has raised some interesting questions recently. Namely, whether Google’s decision sprang from their moral opposition to censorship, or simply from a decreased financial interest in a country with a much more popular search engine, known as Baidu. So far, the controversy appears to be more of a commercial, as opposed to a political dilemma. A private, business-related concern. But whenever the question of morality, of a battle between good (Google) and evil, comes into play in the news, you can be sure that the blogosphere will start freaking out.

Spam Continues to Try To Pollute The Universe
I occasionally hear things from people about how “spam is on the decline.” This always entertains me because immediately after receiving an email like this, I get a 200 message comment spam attack on my blog and three IM windows pop up in Trillian with random people I don’t know saying “Hi” with a link to what I’m sure is something truly evil.
The Top 5 Uncommon Timesavers for Bloggers/Writers
Greetings from a jazz bar in Sardinia, Italy!
The 7 Commandments of Blogosphere (and Life) Self-Defense
I love and hate blogs. One minute I feel like David Weinberger and the next I feel like Andrew Keen.
It's Better to Fail Quickly
Mitchell Ashley has an excellent post up titled Fail Early, Fail Often. I'm seeing a little more chatter about failure, introspection about how it feels, and suggestions about how to turn it into a positive (or at least effective) experience making the rounds.

Your Website As Persuasion Machine
The combination of the Internet, the Web, and technology has democratized business almost beyond recognition. Today the small, nimble, clever adaptor has the competitive advantage over their bigger, slower moving, 'we've-always-done-it-this-way' competitors; but the confluence of the Web environment and digital technology is one thing, how to use it effectively is another. Not every trendy social networking gimmick, user generated irrelevance, and pointless viral voyeurism is a productive business communication tactic.

What B2B Marketers Can Learn From the Crocs Catfight
Verbal weaponry on the new final frontier: The Blogosphere.
Pro-Blogging – Powerful Way To Make Online Income
Problogging is writing or blogging for the purpose of directly or indirectly reaping online income by leveraging on readership, online presence, traffic, credibility and of course popularity.
The Value of Blog Commenting
This is an article for bloggers about the value of blog commenting in the quest of building up a dominant blog in any niche in Page Rank, search engine rankings, and traffic.
What Are You For?
Resist. Resist. Resist. That seems to be the congressional model these days. Whatever one party is for, the other is against. Before an idea makes it to the blogosphere, opposing party political pundits are railing against whatever approach or bill or stance was taken.

Proven Strategies to Turn Blogging Into Profits
In this article I provide a few crucial ideas and suggestions on how to benefit financially and professionally from blogging. There was a time when blogging was limited to a small number of people. Now it has exploded into a mini-industry. Fortunately, there are so many tools, services and technological devices available to bloggers. These unlimited resources can help business professionals turn blogging into a money-generating activity, enhance their image and propel their business forward.

How to Get Double Digit Responses to Your Email Newsletters
I’m happy to say that I’ve enjoyed double digit open rates and sometimes even double digit click rates for many, many of my newsletters this past year. Following these common sense tips means you can, too.
Andrew Sullivan on blogging
One of today's most respected writers and social commentators talks about the phenomenon of blogging.
Positioning, “Social Polarity” and Vibrant Blog Communities
Blog communities and commenters play a role in defining the blogs they socialize in. What’s your community of blog commenters like? If you had a chance to build your blog all over again, what would you do differently? Blogs are great tools for knowledge sharing, and in essence the blogosphere is one gigantic self-organized online network of individuals sharing their raw and unedited thoughts openly. It’s a vibrant and ongoing conversation, and the saying “there’s strength in diversity” holds in this case.

Why the Internet Matters in Africa
If anyone doubts the power of the internet in Africa, they need to look no further than what is happening in Kenya right now. Kenya is balanced on the precarious edge of a cliff that could quickly descend into even more riots, bloodshed and government heavy-handedness. The people I’m talking to via Skype/email tell me that there are gunshots going off as we type… This isn’t Zimbabwe (yet), but it is still bad.

Personal Web Hosting
These days, it’s not just teenagers and fan clubs that are getting into building website. Anyone who’s anyone – or rather, anyone who wants to be taken seriously in today’s professional world – needs to have their own personal website. This article will help you fill in the blanks when it comes to the why’s and how’s of personal web hosting.

Make Your Blog a Destination, Not a Bump in the Road
Social media has been billed as the greatest thing that ever happened for business. Where else can you set up your show table and hawk your goods -- products/services -- to everyone in town. But you\'re not really interested in reaching everyone and frankly they\'re not all that interested in you. Nope you\'ve probably got a few thousand or if you\'re really lucky 10s of thousands of people you want to/need to communicate with on a regular basis to share information about your organization, its plans/programs/products and keep them informed about activities, ideas, goals. Those are some of the fundamental reasons - and being an industry thought leader is one -- you want to produce a blog.

Inspiration
During my time away from blogging about entrepreneurship in Africa, I have been inspired by the works of my neighbors ( in the Africa blogosphere). So I wanted to highlight a few of the posts that have left me in adoration.
Staying Real, Credible With Mom Bloggers
They're half the world's population, control/influence 2/3 of the purchases, spend over half the U.S. GDP. They're women, females in business and online. Usually their sites, blogs, outreach is filled with information, assistance, guidance that even guys can understand. But muck up your communications, work with them and they can be mean, vicious -- a force to be reckoned with!!!! Unfortunately lots of marketing/communications folks miss golden opportunities because they either dismiss their knowledge, expertise, influence or they talk to them in a condescending manner...mistake dude. Big mistake !!!!

Staying Real, Credible With Mom Bloggers
They're half the world's population, control/influence 2/3 of the purchases, spend over half the U.S. GDP. They're women, females in business and online. Usually their sites, blogs, outreach is filled with information, assistance, guidance that even guys can understand. But muck up your communications, work with them and they can be mean, vicious -- a force to be reckoned with!!!! Unfortunately lots of marketing/communications folks miss golden opportunities because they either dismiss their knowledge, expertise, influence or they talk to them in a condescending manner...mistake dude. Big mistake !!!!

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Business Blogs...The Deep End of the Pool
The blogosphere is a tremendous opportunity for executives at every level to deal 1:1 and 1:many with customers, prospects and other interested parties. It is not just another PR tool. It is a management tool for communicating with people. But you need to know the pros, cons of the blogosphere before you jump into the deep end....
Blogs…Can the Social Community Be Commercialized?
The blogosphere is a relatively new phenomenon that has arrived on the scene and a growing number of people are advancing the idea that it is a great opportunity for companies to sell ideas, products and services economically. The problem is that people forget that the blog also allows people to "push back" in a very public manner. The blogosphere remains a community activity of personal and like-minded people communicating together. Other opportunities have emerged in the Web 2.0 world and perhaps...just perhaps a business blog may not be the best solution.
African Digerati: Emeka Okafor
Emeka Okafor is the first in the African Digerati series of interviews. He is a well established member of the African blogosphere, a leading thinker, and a doer. Not mentioned in this interview is the fact that he is also managing and coordinating one of the world’s top technology conferences that will be in Africa for the first time this year: TED Global. He has made a huge impact on me, and I believe his blogs should be considered regular reading for anyone interested in technological development in Africa.
The Quandry: Building Web Apps in Africa
One of the debates that rages amongst the developers, designers, and strategists across the African blogosphere is what types of web and mobile applications are being built in Africa. When we look at the available web applications and mobile offerings around the continent, we generally ask ourselves two questions:
Inspiration
During my time away from blogging about entrepreneurship in Africa, I have been inspired by the works of my neighbors ( in the Africa blogosphere). So I wanted to highlight a few of the posts that have left me in adoration.
Positioning, “Social Polarity” and Vibrant Blog Communities
Blog communities and commenters play a role in defining the blogs they socialize in. What’s your community of blog commenters like? If you had a chance to build your blog all over again, what would you do differently? Blogs are great tools for knowledge sharing, and in essence the blogosphere is one gigantic self-organized online network of individuals sharing their raw and unedited thoughts openly. It’s a vibrant and ongoing conversation, and the saying “there’s strength in diversity” holds in this case.

What Are You For?
Resist. Resist. Resist. That seems to be the congressional model these days. Whatever one party is for, the other is against. Before an idea makes it to the blogosphere, opposing party political pundits are railing against whatever approach or bill or stance was taken.

What B2B Marketers Can Learn From the Crocs Catfight
Verbal weaponry on the new final frontier: The Blogosphere.
Blogging: Optional Luxury or Necessity
Technorati's State of the Blogosphere series chronicles the rise and evolution of the Blogosphere as we know it. Since 2004 there's been an explosive growth and application of this new approach to publishing.
The Benefits To Bloggers Of Search Engine Optimization
Are you a blogger? If you are a blogger or, if you plan to start your own blog soon, then you should know the fundamental role that search engine optimization (SEO) plays in the life of a blogger. Being aware of its benefits, can make you a valuable blogger and can make your blog count in the blogosphere and the entire World Wide Web....
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