From the monthly archives:

May 2009

Speedlinking - 10 Posts I Read Today

by Darren Rowse on May 31, 2009

Lately I’ve been sharing more links to the things I’m reading via my Twitter account than here on the blog - however today I thought I’d do a ’speedlinking’ post for old times sake. Here’s 10 links I came across in my RSS reader today:

How the Web and the Weblog have changed Writing (how writing itself has changed because of the availability of the Web and the Weblog)
12 Eye Catching Top Brand Websites to Boost your Creative Approach (not about blogging but interesting to track design trends)
Review: 31 Days to a Better Blog Workbook (the first review of my workbook that I came across)
WordPress and WordPress MU to Merge (sounds like a useful development)
Top Ten Myths about Google Analytics (from the Google Analytics Blog)
Five Ways to Speed Up Page Response Times (because slow loading web pages suck)
The #1 Conversion Killer in Your Copy (And How to Beat It) (wisdom from Sonia Simone at CopyBlogger)
10 Wordpress Tips to Make Your Blog Look Like a Website (just what the title says)
10 Golden Rules of Social Media (basics but good rules to work by)
10 WordPress Plugins Guaranteed to Save You Time (a couple that I’d not seen before)

What have you been reading?

Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger.

Speedlinking - 10 Posts I Read Today

Deeper or wider

by Seth Godin on May 31, 2009

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What Blogging Platforms Do We Use? [POLL RESULTS]

by Darren Rowse on May 30, 2009

Last month I asked readers what blog platform they are using?

The results were clear with 43% of ProBlogger readers using WordPress.org, 29% using Blogger and 13% using WordPress.com.

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This isn’t the first time I’ve run this survey. The first time I ran it was in January of 2006 - since then I ran it again in November 2007. Here are those results:

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The top two platforms still remain #1 and #2 although WordPress.org has taken pushed out their lead but from there on in there’s been a shift with MovableType taking a step back and WordPress.come surging. Also interesting to me is the ‘Other’ category. When we ran this survey in 2006 there were many more platforms mentioned.

Keep in mind that this is just a survey of ProBlogger readers. While we have some diversity in our community we’re just a subset of the wider blogosphere and I’m not sure that these stats are representative of all bloggers.

Post from: Blog Tips at ProBlogger.

What Blogging Platforms Do We Use? [POLL RESULTS]

The next Google

by Seth Godin on May 30, 2009

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Another Googler Joins The Obama Administration

by Matt McGee on May 30, 2009

The New York Times reports that Google is losing Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs, to the Obama administration. He’ll be the administration’s deputy chief technology officer, serving below the recently appointed CTO, Aneesh Chopra. McLaughlin has been with Google since January 2004. His earlier work included time as VP and Chief Policy [...]

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