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This past week, WebProNews interviewed Matt Cutts of Google on his latest project, Google Friend Connect API. Cutts had some awesome things to say about his new project:

What got my attention was when Cutts referred to a WordPress plug-in that will be integrated using this API. This would be a great feature for bloggers, because you could jump from one WordPress blog to another without having to enter your name, e-mail, URL, etc. when leaving a comment. You would automatically be signed in using your Google, Yahoo, OpenID, or AIM account.

What are your thoughts on this new API from Google?

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I hope all of you are well. Here is this Thursday’s pick..

Et tu, Twitter? – Will New Social Media Render Blogging Obsolete?

Why Bloggers (All People) Need To Count As Journalists

How To Dominate Your Niche

5 Plugins to Keep WordPress Secure

How To Take Your Blog to the Next Level… Once You’ve Got a Start

Happy Blogging!

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When I started to take over this blog from Chris Crum, one of my first posts was about NaBloPoMo back in ’08. I was wondering if there are any new contenders for this year (’09) that are up to this?

If you are unfamiliar with NaBloPoMo (shortened for: National Blog Posting Month), it is a challenge for bloggers to post every day (including weekends) for a full month revolving around a topic/theme (as delegated by the official website).

Any previous NaBloPoMo’ers around that want to share their experience?

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Hi everyone! I just found this nifty WordPress plugin while looking at my Twellow Pulse, and thought I would share it with you.

Business Directory For WordPress allows you to add a web directory to your blog in just a few, quick, and easy steps. This is a great way to promote business websites on your blog, and from an SEO standpoint, provide a backlink from your blog to a specific business.

Feel free to try this plug-in out!

Happy Blogging!

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Happy Thursday! Here’s this week’s pick…

Google Threatened by Twitter?

Google Friend Connect Opens Up To Blogger

How To Get Life Out Of Old Posts

Is There Such a Thing as a Saturated Niche?

5 Ways to Make an Empty Ad Slot on Your Blog Work For You

Happy Blogging!

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RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feeds have become really popular in within blogging circles. Using an RSS reader, a user can read content from multiple websites/sources without having to visit the actual source.

From a blogging perspective, this means that a blogger can read all of their blogroll/blogging associates’ posts within one place without having to go to multiple sites to read them separately. This would be a big inconvenience if a blogger has a large blogroll, or a lot of blogs to read.

I have found that subscribing to my blogroll’s RSS feeds are a great way to keep updated with their happenings. If you have a medium-large amount of blogs that you want to be updated with on-the-go, I would highly recommend subscribing to their RSS feeds.

With this premise in mind, the more the blogosphere grows, everyone’s blogroll with grow with it. Will we one day get to a point where we do not actually post to a blog, but post to a place where it will automatically push the post through an RSS stream, and the post not really having a central location?

What are your thoughts on the future of RSS-related blogging?

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