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Improve Your Blog’s Traffic with Blogrush

September 15th, 2007

Today I signed up for Blogrush, based on the recommendation of several blogs I trust from around the blogosphere. So far, it seems to be very similar to the Good Blogs, in that you place a widget on your website and display links to other websites. The difference is that they attempt to [...]

Ultimate Guide to Using StumbleUpon

September 9th, 2007

How To, Web Based Apps

While browsing around the internet you may have noticed people mention StumbleUpon or seen a “Stumble It!” link posted at the bottom of many blog entries (you can find one at the bottom of this post). If you haven’t used StumbleUpon before, you probably aren’t familiar with what exactly the service is. My hope [...]

Del.icio.us To Get A New Look and Features with 2.0

September 6th, 2007

Technology, Web Based Apps

According to the official Del.icio.us blog, it looks like they are now offering a taste test of the new look they have been working on for their site, dubbed Del.icio.us 2.0.Â In addition to the revamped UI, it looks like they have been working hard on some additional improvements, including an improved search engine and [...]

Convert and Download Online Videos With ConvertTube

September 5th, 2007

Web Based Apps

If you’ve been looking for a way to download online videos directly to your computer, your iPod, PSP, iPhone, or even your even mobile phone, ConvertTube now has you covered.
ConvertTube is a free online application that allows you to easily convert your YouTube (or others) videos to one of several formats, including .mpg, .mov, .3gp, [...]

What Stuff Do You Bookmark?

September 3rd, 2007

Web Based Apps

As with everything else, a couple of years ago the world began to move their bookmarks online with the invention of social bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us and Yahoo’s MyWeb2. Since then, those of us that prefer to have our bookmarks private (like myself), now also have the option of using a service like Google [...]

R.I.P. Technorati

August 17th, 2007

Web Based Apps

Yesterday Technorati CEO David Sifry announced he was stepping down from his position as CEO, as well as news that Technorati has been forced to lay off 8 employees. Is this the end of Technorati?
After Technorati’s ranking problems they’ve had recently, their current lack of relevance in the blogging world, and the fact that close to a month later I still haven’t [...]