CategoryPro Blogging News

Is anyone going to blogon 2005? – the social media summit – in October? Looks like it could be a worthwhile conference to attend looking at the speakers that they’ve already announced. Check them out! Opening Keynote by Seth Godin, Author and Entrepreneur Steve Hall, Publisher and Editor of Adrants, ...more

Nick Denton has responded to criticism of the critique by Jason Calacanis of the Behaviors of the Blogosphere Study in an article at CickZ where he’s quoted as saying: ‘”I know it galls Jason Calacanis that his sites are about as memorable as Burger King franchises, and that none register ...more

‘Watch for more business deals and from places you wouldn’t expect them. I’m hearing from several of my friends, for instance, that AOL is looking for media properties blogging networks.’ Robert’s post on Blogging as Business is fascinating – I think he’s right too – big business (and I mean ...more

Well it seems that yesterday’s ‘Behaviors of the Blogosphere’ Study Results have ruffled a few feathers in the past 24 hours with a number of bloggers pointing out some of the problems, inconsistencies and biases in the study. Not the least of these is Jason Calacanis who whilst maintaining he’s ...more

Jacob at Blogging Pro has reached the $100 per day from Adsense milestone – it’s a goal that so many bloggers have but that can be so elusive – he writes: ‘I did it! I finally reached my goal of breaking $100 in 1 day of Adsense earnings. $102.26 to ...more

It looks like someone doesn’t like Jason Calacanis – I just spotted this Adsense ad in Google when I did a search for his name. You’ve got to wonder what gets into people’s minds to pay for ads like these to appear.

Stephan Spencer has posted of his experience of the Earnings from Search and Contextual Ads session at SES today. I have to say as I read it that I’m very jealous of him as this would be one session I would love to have been at – partly for the ...more

Rick E. Bruner has pointed to a fascinating report into Blog Reader Behaviour (pdf) that has some very promising findings for those of us exploring blogging in the commercial sphere. The key findings of this study by ComScore are: 50 million U.S. Internet users visited blog sites in the first ...more

There has been a bit of a buzz around the blogging community in the past few days with the release of Microsofts blog publishing network – MSN Filter – a network of blogs looking to give the inside scoop on music, sport, TV, style and technology. MSN describe it as: ...more