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Gravatar Profiles Go Public, Privacy Concerns Arise

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

The Blogosphere just became much more of a personal place with the announcement of public profiles for everyone on the Gravatar Blog.

With the change, many of the avatars (small images that represent the authors) on blogs and websites will link to a public profile, complete with a biography, contact details and personal links.

The Gravatar service acts as a “centralized identity point.” Rather than uploading avatars and filling in biographies on multiple websites, individuals only need to fill out information in one location (Gravatar.com) and websites will have access to that information. (more…)

Tags: automattic, blog security, gravatar, technorati
Posted in Blogging News | 2 Comments »

InfoLinks In-text Advertising Network Comes to Google Blogger

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Article first published as New In-text Advertising Network Comes to Google Blogger on Technorati.

With in-text advertisements, bloggers can hyperlink keywords as advertisements and earn PPC (pay per click) dollars every time a hyperlink is clicked. Services like InfoLinks, Kontera and Vibrant provide the ad network and tools to install the advertisements on a blog.

InfoLinks recently released a new widget, which will allow Google Blogger blogs to earn revenue with in-text ads through the InfoLinks network. Similar widget and plugins have been released for sites that run on Joomla and WordPress platforms.

Before you go and implement in-text contextual advertising on your blog, consider some of the ups and downs.

The advent of in-text advertising is comparable to the advent of in-show and in-movie advertising in television and movies. Differing from traditional forms of advertising like commercials, product placements within the media itself can sometimes give consumers powerful subliminal inclinations to buy a product or service.

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Tags: advertising, blogging for money, google blogger, technorati
Posted in Blog Marketing, Blogging News | 1 Comment »

[Gawker - Valleywag] Google CEO ‘disses’ blogging

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Google CEO Eric Schmidt made some comments to the American Society of News Editors that may have raised eyebrows in the blogging community (via Valleywag via Nieman Lab):

There is an art to what you do. And if you’re ever confused as to the value of newspaper editors, look at the blog world. That’s all you need to see.

Gawker blogger Ryan Tate points out that Schmidt “runs the biggest single blog network in the world, which makes it all the more bizarre that the Google CEO was insulting bloggers at a newspaper conference.”

Yes, newspaper editors need to take a very close look at the blogging world. According to Technorati, full time bloggers who advertised on their site made an average of $122,222 in the year 2009. Meanwhile The New York Times, strapped for cash, is mortgaging its headquarter building.

Tags: google, google blogger, technorati
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