In the world of blogging there are many ways to get the writers job done. Blog editors desktop software pings all bloggers use some if not all. The most successful blogger or ProBloggers as they are called used many of these tools and services so now you can to. Multiple Blog Services Blog Submissions Pingback [...]

Can Google solve the social monetization puzzle? Business Week had an article recently about; Making Social Networks Profitable (http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_40/b4102050681705.htm) - which talks about Google’s (patent pending?) social user ranking system to identify influencers for more targeted Ad Delivery. It’s altogether unsure exactly which patent they are talking about, but some recent patent publications may shed some light on the matter. One such approach was from Google; a patent dubbed by some (http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/07/google-preparing-friendrank-technology/) as a ‘FriendRank’ which was released back in July of this year; Network ...

More acquisition news from the TechStars Demo Day: madKast will soon be acquired by ShareThis, a widget company that allows users to share a blog post or news article across multiple services like Digg and MySpace. madKast, which we covered last October, is also a widgetmaker, allowing users to share posts through web services as well as through other routes like SMS messages and email. Details of the upcoming acquisition are scant at this point, as madKast is currently unable to disclose any further information (the deal will not be complete for a few days). ShareThis, which closed a $15 ...

Unveiling the Grid Empire, because you always knew we were here. Long have you heard of secret societies online. Hidden groups of internet power users from the social search linkbait and marketing world just beyond your view. Underground alliances of supposed blackhat web3.0 optimizers, internet marketing’s elite, social media rock stars and whitehat sem hero’s. Well [...]

As a reserve currency, all other currencies are derivatives of the dollar (in the same way that all currencies were derivatives of gold and silver a century ago). Therefore when America's debt burden becomes too onerous it effects everyone else. The simple fact of the matter is that our national debt can never, and will never, be paid back.

For years now, on an on-again/off-again basis, Google has had issues with the way that they treat 302 Temporary Redirects. Going back at least as far as 2004, you can find discussions about websites getting hijacked in the serps, all due to problems arising from the way that 302’s were treated. The issue was [...]