For Pakistani bloggers’ take on the their country’s escalating tensions after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, visit Pakistani Bloggers.
Originally posted on December 28, 2007 @ 7:33 am
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For Pakistani bloggers’ take on the their country’s escalating tensions after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, visit Pakistani Bloggers.
Originally posted on December 28, 2007 @ 7:33 am
According to the latest custom report of Nielsen Online, MySpace and Blogger.com are still the leading social networking site and blogging platform, respectively.
However, Facebook remains one of the fastest growing social networking sites with 89% growth compared to the same month last year. The number of visitors also increased from 19.5 million in October to 22 million this month. In fact, Facebook has outpaced MySpace this month in terms of Alexa ranking.
Unfortunately, the sites Classmates Online, AOL Hometown, Reunion.com, AOL Community continue to decline at different paces.
This scenario is similar with blogging platforms. Blogger.com is the undisputed leader with 49% growth but visitors was down from 34.1 million last month to 33.6 million this month.
The challenger, WordPRess, is the talk of the town with its impressive 310% growth, the fastest in the industry. More importantly, it has retained the number 2 spot for the 2nd month now.
The declining Six Apart managed to grow by 22% to stay on the 3rd spot. Will its decision to open source help improve its performance?
via MarketingVOX
Originally posted on December 17, 2007 @ 7:44 am
From Oliver Starr of Blognation
At some time between 7:30 and 8:10 AM on Sunday Morning December 2nd, 2007, Marc Orchant, my fellow author on this blog, as well as one of my closest friends sustained a massive heart attack while working in his home office. At this time Marc is in critical condition at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Critical Cardiac Care Unit, Bed 3. He is not expected to regain consciousness for the next 24 to 48 hours.
I was notified by Marc’s wife, Sue and asked to help notify Marc’s colleagues, friends and other business associates. Marc was scheduled to go to Seattle, WA as well as Ojai, CA this coming week. Obviously he will not be able to attend either event. Those of you that have association with either of Marc’s scheduled appearances at these locations, please notify those that require notice of this turn of events.
According to Sue Orchant, Marc was up early Sunday morning as is his normal custom. Sue told me that he was working in his office from about 7:30 AM until 8:10 when Sue says she heard a strange noise in Marc’s office. When she went to investigate she saw that Marc was not sitting in front of the computer like he normally does and was slumped over between his desk and a small couch that is in the room.
Initially, Sue said, she though he was leaning over doing something to their Golder Retriever but then she realized that he was not conscious. Fortunately, Sue has basic medical knowledge and after verifying that Marc was not choking and had a clear airway she began to perform CPR while their son, Jason, called paramedics.
The ambulance arrived in less than 10 minutes and technicians immediately took over performing CPR and administered treatment with a cardiac defibrillator. Marc was rushed into emergency open heart surgery where an angioplasty was performed to restore circulation in the blocked artery.
Sue went on to tell me that in spite of Marc’s apparent good health, he has severe occlusion in both his other arteries and they too will require treatment soon. That, however is a secondary concern as is the condition of Marc’s heart muscle. The primary concern and the question that cannot be answered until Marc regains consciousness is the nature or extent of any neurological damage as a result of insufficient oxygen reaching Marc’s brain.
While Marc still had what appeared to be normal color when Sue found him she is uncertain as to the exact time that Marc suffered the infarction. It is also unknown if Marc had stopped breathing or been without oxygen for any length of time prior to her discovery of the situation.
Currently Marc’s immediate family as well as his brothers and parents are in or on their way to Albuquerque to be with Marc. Sue has asked me to keep Marc’s colleagues and friends in the technology community updated as information becomes available. Please do not contact Sue for updates. I will publish any information that I have in multiple venues to keep people informed of any changes in Marc’s condition.
For those of you that wish to send flowers, cards, or other gifts, Marc is at:
Presbyterian Hospital
Cardiac Care Unit Bed #3
1100 Central Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106the hospital switchboard number is 505-841-1234.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Marc and his family in this difficult time. Marc is one of the finest human beings that I have ever had the good fortune to know and I pray that Marc makes a full and speedy recovery.
Originally posted on December 3, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
By Leo Blanco
MarketingCharts reports the 10 leading social networking and blog sites for October 2007, based on the list by Nielsen Online. MySpace.com and Google’s Blogger.com remain the undisputed leaders among numerous social networking and blog sites today.
Despite the impressive and consistent performance of Facebook resulting to more than 19 million visitors or 125% growth, it is still a distant second place in the social networking category.
Although MySpace registered only 19% growth, its massive member base of more than 58 million is strong enough to hold its number 1 position.
However, sites Classmates Online, AOL Hometown, AOL People Connection, and Reunion.com all suffered a decrease in number of visitors.
The trend is quite similar among blog sites. As expected, Blogger.com retains its number 1 position and it’s still ahead by 20 million visitors compared with second best, WordPress.com.
The battle for 2nd place is a close struggle between Six Apart Type Pad and WordPress.com. In the September report, Movable Type was in second place. This month, WordPress has already overtaken Six Apart.
Originally posted on November 16, 2007 @ 12:54 am
By Leo Blanco
Are you nuts about Southwest Airlines?
Visit Southwest Airline’s blog, Nuts About Southwest, and you may have a crack at winning a free trip to Las Vegas, including complimentary airfare on Southwest Airlines, a three-night hotel stay at the MGM Grand, and registration to the BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the world’s biggest blogging conference, scheduled at the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday
– Friday, Nov. 7 – 9, 2007.
Southwest Airlines, the Official Airline of BlogWorld Expo is offering a full travel package to the lucky blogger who submits the most popular caption for a photo, provided by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
“This contest is just a way for us to have a little FUN with our bloggers, and, really, to celebrate the relationships we’ve built with them over the past year,” says Paula Berg, Southwest Airlines spokesperson and official “Blog Girl” for the airline.
Originally posted on October 20, 2007 @ 4:04 am