PUBLIC MARKS from misspaige with tag blogging

The way it works is people send trackbacks to other blogs, always with the anchor text "The Indie Virus". The reason trackbacks are used is because search engines reguard them as more important than links (supposedly). Blogs that have been infested by The Indie Virus then pass it on to others.

Many of the BlogHer-organized panels were on topics of interest to the BlogHer community not strictly related to gender, for example an excellent panel on what happens when you mix personal blogging and professional life. At the same time, part of what BlogHer does is point out sexism in the blogosphere (e.g., the dismissal of “mommybloggers” by people who think it’s dandy for boys to blog about their toys), so some of the BlogHer panels did address those issues.

Weinberger takes blogging -- and blog-reading -- seriously. But he won't read your every word. He couldn't possibly.

The famous tech blog, Engadget, is under fire tonight for allegedly plagiarizing stories. I first heard of this story via RSS from the Blog Herald (the entry is now removed for unknown reasonshere) and subsequently from ProBlogger. The story is surfacing over at Digg which could mean legitimacy or a wildfire case of mistaken understanding.

As previously widely speculated, Six Apart, the makers of the TypePad blogging platform and MovableType blogging tool today announced that they have closed a Series C round of financing of $12 Million.