1. 08:52 2nd Jul 2009

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    Yes, having a place you can call home online still matters. But you better make sure that it is dynamic and socially connected the social hubs. Louis Gray says your blog is your castle. But the problem is the big blog platforms like Blogger and TypePad have really fallen behind the curve. Blogs are fragmenting. They’re virtually isolated from the social hubs. Posterous lets you post everywhere at once plus it syndicates reader comments into Twitter, Facebook and even Friendfeed if you use Backtype. Tumblr I believe can do the same. These companies are redefining publishing by making a blog format more social. The blog needs a reboot. I am excited to learn more about Tumblr when I meet with them later today.
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    My Stats Reflect How the Web Is Changing - The Steve Rubel Lifestream

    Steve Rubel makes a good post, although it makes me chuckle for two reasons:

    1. He is just now discovering that Tumblr-style blogging > traditional blogging. That is, conversations > announcements.
    2. I can’t believe how much hype FriendFeed still gets. Quantcast puts them at 200,000 uniques a month. That’s pathetic. A traffic driver? Only if you’re a techno-insider. The number of unique visitors to FriendFeed has actually declined 27% over the last 3 months.

    My apologies for the somewhat odd quote snippet. All of the formatting and links are lost, which is unfortunate. Shame on you, tool.

     
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