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For further details on the available positions, read the entire entry at SEJ here. Or check out the CM job description at MyBlogLog.
Blog Toys
Check your blog's readability level
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Blog Toys
Now this is a fun little blog toy, another badge to flash: the Blog Readability Test from Critic's Rant.
Simply plug in the URL for your blog, website, social networking profile, etc. and find out whether your content is readable at a kindergarten, elementary, high school or post-grad level.
Simply plug in the URL for your blog, website, social networking profile, etc. and find out whether your content is readable at a kindergarten, elementary, high school or post-grad level.
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MyBlogLog hiring
Courtesy of Search Engine Journal comes the info that MyBlogLog is currently hiring for the following positions:
"...community manager to become a core member of team and a key public face of the service. This person will own customer service, fixing problems where possible and routing more complicated issues to the development team."
"In addition to the Community Manager role, MyBlogLog is also looking for a LAMP Engineer..."
About MyBlogLog:
"MyBlogLog enables you to take advantage of your existing presence on the Web and ties it into communities of like-minded readers and authors to add context to the conversations in which you take part."
"...community manager to become a core member of team and a key public face of the service. This person will own customer service, fixing problems where possible and routing more complicated issues to the development team."
"In addition to the Community Manager role, MyBlogLog is also looking for a LAMP Engineer..."
About MyBlogLog:
"MyBlogLog enables you to take advantage of your existing presence on the Web and ties it into communities of like-minded readers and authors to add context to the conversations in which you take part."
For further details on the available positions, read the entire entry at SEJ here. Or check out the CM job description at MyBlogLog.
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How much is your blog worth?
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Your blog is likely a labor of love, and therefore priceless by any standard - however, one guy developed a fun little tool that can help you calculate the value of your blog in actual good old fashioned currency, cash money...
Simply enter your blog's URL and the code does the rest - using a 'link to dollar ratio' comparative to the AOL, Weblogs Inc. deal - or something like that. Apparently it's based on the number of incoming links to your site (but only those that Technorati is aware of) So keep in mind, if you, like Bloggapedia, have been slow to jump on the Technorati bandwagon your 'value' will be completely misconstrued and the resulting total appraisal could well end up hurting your feelings.
Bloggapedia has well over 5,000 backlinks according to Google (but we all know how slow they are to update these things....) and then there's our nearly 48,000 backlinks according to Yahoo! - we think they should rewrite that little applet to consider those too...
In any case, you can easily publish the result on your own blog or website, as we've done here (we've added our own little 'disclaimer' to the text inside the box to make it very very clear where this dollar amount comes from - anyway, if you're big on Technorati we suppose your blog will have a relatively higher implied value):
Simply enter your blog's URL and the code does the rest - using a 'link to dollar ratio' comparative to the AOL, Weblogs Inc. deal - or something like that. Apparently it's based on the number of incoming links to your site (but only those that Technorati is aware of) So keep in mind, if you, like Bloggapedia, have been slow to jump on the Technorati bandwagon your 'value' will be completely misconstrued and the resulting total appraisal could well end up hurting your feelings.
Bloggapedia has well over 5,000 backlinks according to Google (but we all know how slow they are to update these things....) and then there's our nearly 48,000 backlinks according to Yahoo! - we think they should rewrite that little applet to consider those too...
In any case, you can easily publish the result on your own blog or website, as we've done here (we've added our own little 'disclaimer' to the text inside the box to make it very very clear where this dollar amount comes from - anyway, if you're big on Technorati we suppose your blog will have a relatively higher implied value):
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Not just a blog, it's a virtual classroom!
PHP Blog Manager, the new blogging tool that gives us this fabulous customized look, has just upgraded the user control panel to include a live chat room!
What a cool idea!
Each blog account manager may add users, assign passwords and permissions, etc. allowing others to participate and post in the blog at their discretion. Now all of the members in a blog group can meet inside their blogging accounts via the Group Chat feature.
The feature is still in the beta stages, with lots of promising updates soon to be added in - but even in this early phase it provides a quick and easy way to generate ideas as a group, have meetings, and even run a virtual classroom.
You can check out the feature by registering for an account here.
What a cool idea!
Each blog account manager may add users, assign passwords and permissions, etc. allowing others to participate and post in the blog at their discretion. Now all of the members in a blog group can meet inside their blogging accounts via the Group Chat feature.
The feature is still in the beta stages, with lots of promising updates soon to be added in - but even in this early phase it provides a quick and easy way to generate ideas as a group, have meetings, and even run a virtual classroom.
You can check out the feature by registering for an account here.
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Tell Me All About It...
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Yet another fabulous toy to add to your blog, allowing you to communicate your mood to site visitors via a tiny emotional cartoon graphic - iMood.
Granted, this isn't something you'd want to add to your professional blog - but it's a sweet little accessory for those with a more casual blog, or for the younger generations.
Granted, this isn't something you'd want to add to your professional blog - but it's a sweet little accessory for those with a more casual blog, or for the younger generations.
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Rain or Shine
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Here's a cute little 'weather pixie' you can add to your blog to let visitors know what the weather is doing wherever it is you blog from...
It's easy to add to your blog, just find your local pixie, copy and paste the HTML into your blog template, and you're all set!
It's easy to add to your blog, just find your local pixie, copy and paste the HTML into your blog template, and you're all set!
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