Ahmed has written a great post over on Tech Soapbox about the recent Google PageRank shuffle, and how Matt has written:
I’m glad the WordPress community took such a strong stand against them in themes. Countless blogs could have been penalized just for the theme they were using, not related to anything they did or did […]

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By now I am sure pretty much everyone has heard about Darren’s $54,000 ProBlogger Giveaway, but I wanted to make sure the people reading this blog were notified so that they would get a chance.
Darren has posted the list of prizes, and they range from little things, all the way up to iPods, hundreds of […]

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Over on Problogger.net, Darren asks a very good question, and backs it up with the the insane attention certain events and services have been getting over the last little while. I have seen more posts about BlogRush than I ever care to see about one single product or service.
I was over at Techmeme earlier today […]

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David Airey, a great logo designer in Scotland created a contest to give away over $4000 in prizes and services to celebrate his blog’s first anniversary.
The contest includes dozens of great supporters, and some insanely amazing prizes, including blog consultation, a USB podcasting kit, graphic design work, advertising and more.
The top three prizes, labeled […]

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David Airey, a great logo designer in Scotland created a contest to give away over $4000 in prizes and services to celebrate his blog’s first anniversary.
The contest includes dozens of great supporters, and some insanely amazing prizes, including blog consultation, a USB podcasting kit, graphic design work, advertising and more.
The top three prizes, labeled Gold, […]

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Anthony asked me back again for another episode of his Blogger Talk podcast, and I couldn’t say “no”.
He is looking for other people willing to guest host on the show, so if you are interested, contact him via BloggingDosh.com.
We discussed how Blogger is Spreading a Virus, Fake Steve Jobs was a Blog Hater, New Features […]

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I couldn’t believe was I was reading. Shoemoney was asked to pay $5000 to a DMOZ editor to keep his site listed in the directory.
Seriously!?
A while back I got a email from a guy claiming to be a DMOZ editor saying that I had to pay him $5,000.00 or he would have my site: […]

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What happens when you release a WordPress theme based on a very popular website design? You get links, lots of links. That is exactly what happened to the iLemoned blog, as he released the Dark Theme.
It is based on the last design used by Wolfgang Bartelme at Bartleme.at.
The theme has been tested on WordPress […]

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Blog Herald has an interesting post on Twitter, and how it could become a haven for people trying to get a little boost on search engines like Google and others.
Twitter status pages themselves are starting to get indexed by the search engines, and I would think many of these have been getting good Google PageRanks […]

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Over on David Dalka’s blog he makes note of some interesting news coming from the Yahoo owned MyBlogLog.
There are several changes in the works:
1) The biggest news is that there will be a rebranding of MyBlogLog. The exact timing and new brand were not revealed. (YahooBlogLog or MyYahooLog? Time will tell.)
2) A complete site redesign […]

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Darren Rowse has had some interesting prizes for his previous group writing projects, but I don’t think any will strike up as much interest as the $1001 prize he currently has available for his latest group writing project.
The subject for the project is “Top 5″.
Here is what Darren says about that:
Your task with this […]

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Darren Rowse has had some interesting prizes for his previous group writing projects, but I don’t think any will strike up as much interest as the $1001 prize he currently has available for his latest group writing project.
The subject for the project is “Top 5″.
Here is what Darren says about that:
Your task with this project […]

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No, we are not talking about being dooced today, but instead we are talking about if becoming a problogger because of the telecommuting, can kill a career. The post is from a Bloggy Network blog, LifeSpy, where Alex references a post from Network World.
From LifeSpy:

There are really stark differences between a 9-5 work and problogging. […]

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When you create a service for people to use, it is always great when people leave nice reviews of what you have created, so Matt and Automattic must be very happy to see Robert Scoble singing its praises.
I just took a short nap. About an hour and a half.
While I was sleeping on the couch […]

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Ahmed has posted an interesting behind the scenes look at the payment model for Bloggy Network. It is interesting to note that Bloggy Network is one of the few, nearly only blog networks that pays a flat fee.
So when it came to Bloggy Network and our paid bloggers, we never took on a pay-per-post model. […]

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If you have a WordPress or Blog related event coming up in the next few months, please let me know, as I’d love to profile the connections people are making at these events. I ask that you please give me at least two weeks notice for the event, as last minute posts really don’t do […]

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b5media, one of the bigger blog networks out there, is currently looking for some new talent to support the writers they already have in positions like:

Advertising Sales Representative
WordPress Developer
Operations Manager
Affiliate Manager
Music Phreak
Print Designer

Could be a great opportunity for the right person, so check out their full post on these job postings.

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I just joined Twitter about an hour or two ago (my twitter), and my second impression is that it’s slow moving. I can get a whole blog post or two done before Twitter updates a preference or posts a message. My first impression, before I even signed up was “this is rediculous!”
I really don’t get […]

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SplashPress Media is on a roll with its acquisitions of Tubetorial, a video tutorial site, and Cutline, a theme and community. Just recently they also added the Performancing brand to their network.
From 901am:
According to David Krug, “Over the last year Tubetorial has defined itself as a destination for people looking to learn on the web. […]

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If you have ever wanted to be a part of a blog network, but not all the way, then Syntagma might be the place for you, at least if you fit into one of their network magazines.
The move will allow external sites inclusion in our rolling feeds, plus graphic representation on the portal and participation […]

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