Share What You Love/Hate About Blogging

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Bella DePaulo, a blogger for both Psychology Today and the Huffington Post has a nice blog entry today devoted to the eight things she loves about blogging, and the three things she does not.

I’m a huge fan too, Bella! In fact, when I have periods of time where posting is not an option, I find myself suffering from Blogging Withdrawal.

We’ve spoken about this before, but since it’s a light and fluffy Friday, why not take the time to share your favorite thing about blogging AND your least favorite thing below.

It’s a fun exercise that could help rekindle your blogging passion, give you greater insight into your blogging actions, or simply, a way to vent about what blogging aspect drives you crazy.

My favorite from Bella about what she does NOT like about blogging:

Blogging doesn’t pay the bills.
If it did, I could make a career out of it.

AMEN!

Anonymous Blogger? Think Again!

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The media can be a bloggers’ friend or foe. In the case of detective constable Richard Horton of Lancashire, England – it’s the latter.

The High Court has ruled that a national newspaper was entitled to reveal the real name of the one-time anonymous blogger. [Read more…]

PollDaddy Now Offering Rating Widgets

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I logged into my PollDaddy account this morning and was pleasantly surprised when I found a new feature waiting for me: rating widgets.

The free tool is currently in early beta, but it gives blog owners the ability to add “rate this post” functionality with minimal work. The sweetest part is that you can use your own images, meaning that whatever widget you create, can match the look and feel of your site.

There are two widget options:

– Star rating. Gives the reader a scale of 1-5 to rate your content. It will also display the number of votes received.

– Nero rating. Gives just 2 options to the reader and would be used like a simple positive/negative scale. For example, thumbs-up or thumbs-down.

Just add a snippet of code to WordPress or your blog platform and you’re in business.

Read more on the Polldaddy blog.

New Notable Firefox Add-on

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Everyday I find myself adding more and more apps to my Firefox experience. The latest is notable. It’s name? Notable.

An add-on for Firefox 3, the app lets you capture Web pages for feedback with a single click. You can leave notes for yourself or ask others for their opinions. [Read more…]

Google to Search Twitter?

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File this one under ‘we knew it was coming.’

There are unconfirmed reports that Google will build a search engine that will allow users to better filter results – similar to the process currently used for a Google blog search.

With a growing number of people relying on Twitter (and other micro-blogging sites) for the latest news and trends, a universal search solution is desperately needed.

It is probably safe to assume that the priority of search results will be determined by Twitter prowess, including the number of tweets and retweets you have, the frequency in which you post, current events, frequently used keywords, and, of course, the number of followers you have.

We already know that Google is crawling Twitter, now we just have to sit back and wait for the other shoe to drop.

As if you needed another reason to become a more active Twithead!