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Warning for all G-Mail users who use the RSS feed feature via Bloglines. I just got a bit of a shock when I checked a search feed at Bloglines to find a headline that looked very familiar. In fact it was familiar because I’d written it myself. This might not ...more

Jason Calacanis comments on my post on Weblogs Inc’s new Star Spam system and writes: ‘Darren: I have not given all the details on the system yet, but it does handle automated comment spam. Blogsmith (our blog platform) forces folks to validate every comment via email right now, so if ...more

Looks like the real way to make money from blogging is to write a report on the topic of blogging (business blogging to be more specific) and then to charge $695 for it. That’s the approach that e-marketer are taking with their latest report • What are the three main ...more

My post last week on What’s Wrong with Blogging has proved to be the hottest post on ProBlogger this week. 45 people have left comments and trackbacks (so far) so its obviously hit a nerve. The discussion is ‘negative’ in nature as I’d asked for (although one or two couldn’t ...more

Jason Calacanis posted a couple of days ago on Weblogs Inc’s new Comment Spam Fix – The Star System – which allows bloggers to award commenters ‘stars’ for productive comments. They have the new system up and working at TV Squad and it seems to be being received pretty well. ...more

You gotta love stories of online success like this one: ‘Lastminute.com, the British online discount travel agency and icon of the former Internet boom, has agreed to be bought by US travel group Sabre Holdings in a cash deal worth 577 million pounds (843 million euros, 1.075 billion dollars)….’ Read ...more

ProBloggers everywhere will love Google’s latest feature – the Google Content Blocker that removes annoying content from pages so that readers just see ads. I like this section especially: What can I do once the content is removed? Click on the ads: Just click ’em (you don’t even have to ...more

Blogtalk Downunder is getting close now – and some of the papers being presented are truly mouth watering stuff. Papers released so far include: Chris Chesher – Paper – Blogs and the crisis of authorship ZedTycho.com: Kevin Leversee, Barry Steele, Scott Farrell & Mark Neely – Panel – Desire Lines, ...more

It seems that Google is considering integrating its Blog application – Blogger – with its email application – GMail if recent comments by Google’s Biz Stone are anything to go by. He also says that there is the possibility of an ‘enterprise Blogger version’ as well as new features like ...more