Archive for April, 2006
Posted: Tue 4.25.06 @ 9:08am EST in Blog News, Networks
Yep, that’s right folks, there’s a new Bloglogic title coming soon. I’ll be writing this one myself on a topic I’ve been into and passionate about for 7 years.
I already have about 40 post titles written down on a yellow legal pad. Those will be the anchor posts, plus, the industry and subject matter is hugely hot and has been for years.
Gimme about 2 weeks (probably less) to get this one off the ground properly though.
Oh, and it’s on a really cool little 5 letter domain name I registered a couple of days ago. That one wasn’t easy to find, lemme tellya 
#2 Oh… look for a few of the network wide changes I’ve been talking about too.
Posted: Mon 4.24.06 @ 4:26pm EST in Blog News
Wow, another major (not WeblogsInc major, but big enough) blog related sale announced today. BlogExplosion has been sold. Congrats to Jeff, Thomas (the previous owners) and Jeremy Wright who brokered the deal.
From the BE Newsletter…
We are pleased to announce that BlogExplosion has been sold to Stephen Sartain and a group of private investors this weekend. We had competitive bids all through last week and finally was decided on Saturday afternoon.
Stephen has bought two sites from us previously with great results and has extensive experience running sites like BlogExplosion. Our final closing price was in the six figures and well beyond our minimum bid of $100,000. We also want to extend a huge thanks to Jeremy Wright for doing an amazing job brokering the sale of BlogExplosion for us.
Posted: Mon 4.17.06 @ 7:45pm EST in Blog News
Ok, ok… maybe borrows would be a better word. Hmm. On second (or third) thought, ahh nevermind
I’d like to congratulate Tobias Buckell, the guy who writes over at Healthacker on his new gig at BloggingOhio.com, one of what could very well be the beginning of a series of regional blogs published by Weblogs Inc.
Jason Calacanis talks briefly about the new site here.
I really think this local or regional blog thing could be a big hit soon. The blogosphere is growing at such an alarming rate and blogs are popular enough these days that there should be no problem getting enough local readers to kick off such a venture. Also, think about all the people who move away from their city who’d love to read up on home town news as it happens. Travelers? Yup, they’ll want to know what’s hot in an area before they travel there.
Local blogs will also serve advertisers and marketers online more effeciently than major ad outlets that rely on geotargeting to push ads to local customers. An ad for a local Ohio based business will not only be exposed to local customers, but people from there or travelling there as well.
There’s a ton of other positives but you get the picture.
Now before you ask how I feel about a guy who for my blogs writing for someone else, I’ll say this. I hire all my bloggers as part timers and independant contractors. They are in business for themselves as freelance writers and I’m tickled pink that I can be a part of helping them become professional bloggers.
Congrats Tobias!
Posted: Mon 4.17.06 @ 4:36pm EST in Blog News, Networks
In a recent post about the pros and cons of Coffee over on Healthacker, Tobias linked to a great article by Bill Nadrazky which got me thinking…
As a blogger, how would I survive without coffee? Would the blogosphere even exist without caffine?
To me, coffee is to blogging what smoking joints and popping acid was to the porn and music industries back in the 60’s and 70’s - it amps up a bloggers creativity/energy level to a point where even the ugliest and silliest stuff seems worth doing or getting passionate about.
Think about it. How would the blogosphere have evolved had most bloggers not been coffee drinkers? Imagine how empty that little ‘write’ window would have looked, and stayed, for millions of people.
As one of my hero’s, Capt. Janeway from the sci-fi series, Star Trek Voyager, once said - “Coffee. The best damn organic suspension in the galaxy.“
Posted: Fri 4.14.06 @ 11:48pm EST in Blog News
I just noticed my PaulShort.com site, the one I tried to kill off, now has a Google Page Rank of 6.
Sheesh.
Posted: Mon 4.10.06 @ 11:52pm EST in Blog News, Networks
Well, everything here in the Bloglogic bunker seems to be running smoothly.
The newest addition to our little family, Healthacker.com, is chugging right along. Traffic is growing steadily, Tobias is doing a great job of posting cool health related stuff, comments are happening nicely, etc. All in all, I feel that site has great potential and staying power.
I’m in the process of adding an email newsletter and possibly even a forum over there too. I think that since the blog is so new it’ll benefit greatly from these new additions. There’ll be multiple ways for readers to get their content and the forum will serve as an extension of the commenting features. They’ll add that connunity aspect to the site where readers can post original stuff and talk amongst themselves.
Gadgetizer is motoring right along as well. Tiago is settling in nicely as the new editor and the site and readership seems to be adjusting well to the new voice. Traffic is up by about 40% and hanging at that level. Haven’t done much in the way of promoting the new forums over there, but will be getting some discussions happening in the near future.
All is well for now.
Posted: Fri 4.7.06 @ 3:32pm EST in Blog News
Hey folks, later tonight, around 1-2am EST the server we’re hosted on may experience some downtime.
I’m reconfiguring some stuff, upgrading things, etc. and will probably need to do multiple reboots and debugging during those times, so the sites may go down intermittantly.
Hope you don’t miss us too much!
Posted: Sat 4.1.06 @ 5:22pm EST in Blog News
In a freaky mixup due in part to a drunken LA attorney’s misspelling of a few words on the contract, Jason Calacanis went to work for Google instead of Bloglogic.
Sucks to be Jason right now though, the pay is a lot better here
Posted: Sat 4.1.06 @ 2:02pm EST in Blog News
After months of negotiations, I’m pleased to announce that Bloglogic has acquired one of AOL’s most prized possessions, Jason Calacanis, for $1997.03 CAD. The contract was inked earlier this morning at a Starbucks in Brentwood CA.
Jason was not present at the time the contract was signed but is said to be handling the news well.
