Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Ok, so I started to use Mixx
yesterday and I must say… I really, really like it. Mixx is very easy to use,
the community seems to be wonderful and polite and the submit form is quick
and easy.
I’ve only been using it a short time and it appears to be a terrific Social
Networking Site. However, I understand that 24 hours isn’t exactly enough time
to have enough facts to support my case. So, if you need some Mixx Facts and
Information check out these 22 Posts that have plenty of Mixx Yummy Tidbits.
Oh, and when you sign up for Mixx… look for me there. My Mixx Name is TheNanny612.
22 Posts that have plenty of Mixx Yummy Tidbits
Mixxing
In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the Newest Social News
Network - Tamar explains why we should all start using Mixx now and not
wait until a later.
What
A Mixx Up: Interview With Mixx Founder Chris McGill - Brian Wallace interviews
Chris McGill, founder of Mixx.
12
Reasons to Join Mixx and Abandon Digg - My man, Tad, offers 12 reasons to
join Mixx.
A
Digg Clone That Might Actually Make It - Vandelay gives us some details
on Mixx and why he thinks that this Social Bookmarking site is here for the
long haul.
Digg
Refugees May Be Heading To Mixx - TechCrunch offers some details on Sphinn.
Most
Popular Diggers Leave Digg for Mixx - Techpin
Add
Mixx to the Wordpress Sociable 2.0 Plugin - Lobo Links helps you add a Mixx
icon to your Wordpress Sociable plugin in less than 5 minutes.
Getting
into the Mixx - The Affiliate Truth offers his views on Mixx.
Diggers
vs Mixxers - JBWEBDEV gives its opinion on the differences between Digg
and Mixx.
Mixx:
My Blend of the Web - Stephanie Weingart shares her thoughts of Mixx.
I
Love Mixx, but I’m Still a Digger - Glen of Viperchill tells you the
reason why he loves Mixx, but why he still is a Digger.
10
Things I Like Most About Mixx - Kim at zanypixel.com tells you the 10 things
she really digs Mixx.
Top
Digg Contributor’s are Frustrated: Is Mixx the Answer? - InventorSpot gives
their views on Digg / Mixx.
Is
Mixx Actually Becoming a Viable? - parislemon.com and his thoughts on the
Mixx Social Networking Site.
Mixxing
Your Blend of the Web - The Tech Brief thinks that Mixx is a bit more inviting
than Digg, giving users the ability to use Mixx’s features within the
boundaries of private groups.
Mixx Locations
- SEO Wife loves the fact that Mixx offers a way to add a location.
Digg
users flock to Mixx - TECH.BLORGE.com talks about the fact that Conspiracy
theories and unfair rankings have left many Digg users dissatisfied and heading
over to Mixx.
Frustrated
with Digg, head over to Mixx - Technology Bites posts details on Mixx and
discusses what everyone is talking about…. frustrated Digg users moving to
Mixx.
Tired
of Digg? Then Try Mixx - Steven Wilson Marketing.com
Why
Digg Should Be Scared of Mixx - LinkBaitMe.com discusses why he believes
Mixx should be causing Digg to be a bit alarmed.
It’s
In The Mixx - The Digg Coach gives a bit of info about Mixx.
Thrown
In The Mixx - The Tweed Couch tells us why he has become a dedicated user
of Mixx.
Technorati Tags:mixx, social networking, social bookmarking, social media, web 2.0, social media marketing
Posted in Link Love, Mixx, Social Bookmarking, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Web 2.0 | 18 Comments »
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
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After reading a post regarding Women
having an easier time in Social Media yesterday I wasn’t ready for
my past insecurities to come flooding back to me. After all, Wingnut’s
post was just poking fun at an
issue that is certainly not new in the virtual world. But, I think the reason
it started to get to me more and more over the past 24 hours is because the
gender issue hit a sensitive spot for me.
Before the World Wide Web became my place of business I worked full time in
a very stressful, high paced business that was made up of more than 95% men.
I earned my spot there, but getting there and staying there was not an easy
one for me.
A bit of My Professional History
I started working for this business back in 1994…. I was just 23. I started
as a temporary with the hopes to gain a permanent position after 30 days. After
all, up to this point I got every job I had interviewed for. I am an over achiever
and a perfectionist. Not always a great combination for me as I tend to be very
hard on myself, but past employers seemed to have liked those traits.
The first month at this business went extremely well. I had a strong grasp
of my responsibilities, got along well with my colleagues, and my immediate
boss mentioned many times he was impressed with my work. But, what made me feel
that the permanent position was "in the bag" for me was when the President
of the Company pulled me in to his office to tell me that he was thrilled with
my work and that I was ready to be on my own. “Yes, this job is mine!!”
6 Months later and I was still a Temporary employee. Talk about frustrating!!
What the heck was I doing wrong? I couldn’t understand. After all, this
Company was spending a fortune to keep me as a temporary. Why wouldn’t
they just hire me full time? Well, it wasn’t long before I got my answer.
I was called in to the office of the Sales Manager, who was also one of the
three owners of the Company. We started talking about my position at the Company
and he mentioned that the outcome of the project he was now giving me would
determine whether I got the Permanent position at the Company. It was then that
he told me that up until this point that he was the "thing" that has
held me back from the permanent position. Apparently, he had many conversations
with the other two owners and he would not agree to hiring me permanently until
I had proven myself. He didn’t think I could handle the job as I was a
young attractive woman. These were his words… not mine.
WHAT?! I was devastated. After all, I couldn’t change this.
I couldn’t take my knowledge and skills and fix this one. I am a woman…..
a SMART woman.
I couldn’t fix the gender issue, but the one thing I could do was try
even harder to impress him. I could prove to him that even a young lady could
keep up with this high paced, stressful business. And, that’s exactly
what I did.
11 Months from the month I started that job I finally got that permanent full
time position and I stayed there 8 years.
I left that place of business in 2001 and started working out of my home as
a Webmaster. Once I started my Webmaster business I rarely had interaction with
others in the professional sense. I was my own boss and the absence of human
interaction was a well needed change of pace.
Enter Social Media
As the Web World evolved my business as a Webmaster needed to evolve as well.
I needed to add
human interaction back into my Business. Enter Social Media.
I had no idea that when I started adding Social Media into my business activities
that the same
anxieties of working with others in my past professional life would come
back and haunt me.
This is not directly about Wingnut’s post…. I actually enjoyed his post.
The issue is my past insecurities of being a young female professional in a
man’s world. I earned my spot then and I will keep trying to earn my spot
in the Social Media world now as well.
Technorati Tags:social media, gender differences, web 2.0, insecurities, business, social networking
Posted in Social Media, Social Networking, Web 2.0, Websites | 14 Comments »
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
If you are a Small Business Owner the thought of Social Media Marketing can be
very overwhelming. There are so many options out there for Social Media Marketing
that the already very busy Business Owner might shy away from Social Media all
together.
Since Social
Media is so important to see the true potential of your Web Business I want
to show you some some ways that a Small Business Owner can start getting their
feel wet to Social Media Marketing without taking a huge plunge.
Add Social Networking Buttons to your static Webpages
There is no reason that only Blogs should enjoy the benefits of Social Bookmarking
buttons. Static Websites can benefit from this social media marketing activity
as well. Social Bookmarking is a way that users can tag their favorite sites
with different keywords which help them to organize the content. Tags help others
find your content and to help search engines see your content.
Adding Social Bookmarking Buttons to a Web Page will make it very easy for
someone to bookmark an article or product from your website. When a page from
your website is bookmarked it makes it very easy for your webpage to be shared
with others on the web. Plus, it is another way for search engines find a link
to one of your webpages and spider your site.
Check
out these Social Bookmarks. Choose which Social Bookmarks fit your Website’s
content best.
Start Commenting on Blogs
Commenting on Blogs is a great way to get Incoming links to your Website. The
more links you have coming in to your Website not only brings in new potential
customers and clients, but it can also move you up in the search engines.
Making comments on Blogs is a great way to not only increase incoming links
to your website, but it is also a way to get the attention of the readers reading
the blog post and the blogger himself. If done correctly and often enough you
might even become a known expert in your field or niche. Check out Lifehacker’s
guide to weblog comments for lots of great Comment Tips.
Participate in Answer Sites
Participating in Answer Sites, such as Yahoo!
Answers and Answers.com,
is not only an excellent way to get links coming in to your site, but it is
another wonderful way to become known as an expert in your field. Make a point
to spend some time on one of the major answer sites and answer the questions
that you know you have the correct answers to. Place a link to your site in
your Profile and you will find not only will people look towards you for their
answers, but they might even become frequent visitors to your site. This form
of social media marketing is excellent if you are a service based small business.
Choose an Answer site that you want to work with and spend at least an hour
or two there each week to reap the true benefits of this type of Social Media
Marketing.
For more information check out Yahoo!
Answers, Answers.com,
Social Networking
Social Networking is a way of interacting with other people in a web community
setting. These web communities can be niche specific (professional,
dating, pets,
friends to name a very
few) or the communities can be very broad (StumbleUpon,
Digg, MySpace).
The whole point of any of these Social Networking Sites is to help form relationships
between people with a common interest from all over the world.
For a Small Business Owner utilizing a Professional Social Networking site,
such as LinkedIn, is
so important. With Professional Social Networking sites you will be able to
create your Business Profile which summarizes your professional accomplishments.
Within your Social Networking Community you will be able to locate clients,
find Business opportunities, search for jobs, discover connections, locate former
colleagues, clients, and partners and locate other professionals with the same
interests as you. It is very similar to Business Networking in your Local Community,
but you are not limited to location. You will be networking with professional
people from all over the world.
Check out some Other
Social Networks not Mentioned above.
Have Customers Review you Online
The major search engines have come a long way when it comes to local search.
Google supports searching by IP address. Which means that Google can target
according to the geographical locale of the searcher’s IP address. This
is great news for small businesses who make their living by selling items or
services to people in their community or surrounding communities. If Google
and the other major search engines have your Business in the local search engine
directory it could bring you to the top of the search engines in your area for
your keyphrase or niche.
To make sure that your business will appear in the local search for your area
make sure to go to the following links and submit your Business address, phone
number and other business information. Many people no longer use phone books
to locate local businesses, they use the Web to find them. Make sure they can
find you too. Click on the following links to Local Search Engines, Directories
and Yellow Pages and enter your Business’s information.
While you are adding your Business listing to the above Local Search Engines,
Directories and yellow pages do a bit more research to see which of these also
offer reviews. Once you have done that follow the simple steps below to have
your customers review your business.
- Go through the listings above to see which have review capability.
- On a Postcard or Index card simply ask your customers if they would like
to review your business. Make sure to include a link to one of the Local Search
Review sites on the card. You can even offer them a coupon or discount off
a future purchase for your review.
- Send these Review Cards out to your Customers.
Many of the above Search Engines, Directories and Yellow Pages will show your
reviews next to your Business Listing. If you have great reviews this could
bring you a lot of extra business.
Twitter
If the thought of starting a Blog seems frightening at this point, but you
wanted to participate in something that lets you stay in touch with your customers
or clients… maybe Twitter is for you.
You don’t have to be a wiz at writing to use Twitter as you will only have
140 characters to get your point across. But with a bit of Networking on Twitter
to find the right followers it might be the perfect place to announce sales,
new products, or services. For more information on using Twitter as a Marketing
Tool check out The
Big Juicy Twitter Guide. Here Caroline offers you detailed information on
how to use Twitter.
All of these Social Media Marketing Ideas are a wonderful way to get your business
name out there, increase your incoming links, and increase traffic and sales.
All of these Social Media Activities take some work. However, if your time is
limited or you feel apprehensive about jumping head first into all the Social
Media Activities that are out there, just try one of them and see how it goes.
Get a taste of it. If you find you enjoyed it and it brought you increased traffic
and/or sales maybe add another Social Media activity. You can do as little or
as much as you would like. No need to feel intimidated by Social Media…. do
it at your own pace.
Technorati Tags:social media, social media marketing, social networking, social bookmarking, small business
Posted in SEM, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Twitter, Websites | 19 Comments »
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
Social Media is an important part of my daily routine. Since I started adding
Social Media to my Daily Schedule I’ve seen an increase in daily traffic,
incoming links, sales on my Preschool
Curriculum eCommerce site and I’ve met the most amazing, brilliant
people that enjoy the same interests as I do.
It sounds wonderful, right? Well, up until last Friday I would have said an
energetic, “YES!!” Now, I’m not so sure.
Last Friday I was comparing what my goals were for that week and what I actually
accomplished. I was horrified to see that I fell short on many of my goals for
that week. For me, that rarely happens. I am ridiculously structured. I need
to be… I run a business out of my home while taking care of three children.
Schedules and "To-Do" Lists are what helps keep my crazy busy life
a bit more sane. So, when I saw my list having tons of items not crossed off
I was determined to see where all of my time was going. This is what I came
up with:
The following times aren’t exact, but gives you a rough idea of the
time I spend doing particular daily duties.
7:30 am
- Get up and start getting my 5 year old ready for School and make sure my
11 year old is awake and getting himself ready for school.
8:30 am
- Feed 4 year old Breakfast.
- Check email
- Print off ABC Home Preschool orders for the last 24 hours
- Process all Credit Card transactions
- Email Customers with their ship dates.
9:30 am
- Use my Feed Reader to check out the new Posts on my Favorite Blogs
- Stumble
and Sphinn posts appropriately.
- Comment on any Posts that I feel I can contribute to.
- Bookmark posts to come back
to later.
10:30 am
- Check out what’s new on Sphinn. Sphinn items I find interesting
- Stumble and/or Bookmark items I find interesting from Sphinn.
- Comment on Sphinn items.
- Check what’s new on FaceBook.
Respond to FaceBook messages and Notifications.
11:30 am
- Quick Stop at MyBlogLog
to see who stopped by my Profile
- Reply to Messages
- Quick Thank-you emails for Stopping by.
- Check what pages StumbleUpon friends sent me to check out…. Respond to
each.
12:30 pm
- Lunch for 4 year old and myself.
- Work-out and Shower.
2:30 pm
- Finish Writing a Post for one of my Blogs
4:00 - 9:00 pm
- Dinner, Homework and Family Time (Trust me, this time is not a break….
I’m sure you Mommies and Daddies know what I’m talking about.)
9:00 pm
- Begin online research on the next days post.
- Make Notes on the direction I want to go with post and any outbound
links I want to use
10:30 pm
- Process orders for ABC Home Preschool
- Package Orders for tomorrow’s shipment
12:00 am
- Go through Feed Reader once again
- Make Posts and Comments on other Blogs
- Sphinn / Stumble Posts
- Go thru Sphinn once again
- Stumble a bit
- Twitter
- Try to finish catching up on emails
Bedtime is between 1 am and 3 am. Lately it is closer to 3 am.
Keep in mind a few things about the above generalized schedule:
- Nowhere did I mention any interaction or quality time with my children.
I have a 4 year old who spends his days with me. So, the work I mentioned
above is done around my time with him during the day.
- I mentioned nothing about extracurricular activities for my children which
happens at least 3 times a week in which I also attend.
- In addition to this blog I have many
other sites that I work on.
- On a daily basis I speak and / or chat with the people I network with online. This
must be squeezed into my daily schedule.
- Daily tweaks and article writing for my static websites
The above schedule was just to give you a very rough idea of how my basic work
day goes. And, how much time, at a minimum, I work on Social Media. My plate
was full before Social Media entered my life. Today my plate is over flowing.
I love Social Media I just need to learn how to manage my time with it better.
If I attempt to keep going at this pace with a schedule like this I’m
sure Social Media will take my life. I am determined to come up with a Time
Management Plan for Social Media that works for me. As it is something that
is not only working for my business, but that I love very much.
During my research in the past couple of days I came across three wonderful
posts that offer some time management skills when it comes to Social Media.
- My
Half Hour Social Networking Plan - In this three part series Kevin Palmer
gives us the details of his 30 minute Social Networking Plan. Kevine breaks
his plan down into three posts 1. The
First Ten Minutes 2.
The Second Ten Minutes 3. The
Final Ten Minutes
- The
10-Minute Daily Guide to Building Your Social Media Profile - Ben Yoskovitz
offers some of his amazing Time Management Tips for Social Networking.
- 7
Ways to Own Social Media Before it Owns You - Brian
Wallace explains that Instead of suffering from social media overload,
look at a few other disciplines and tips for help.
So, please…. please Help Me!! Social Media is trying to take my life….
Do you have any suggestions? I would love to hear them.
Technorati Tags:social media, time management, social networking
Posted in Blogging, Facebook, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Time Management, Twitter, Web 2.0, Web 2.0 Basics, Websites | 23 Comments »
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
For the most part my Preschooler has no problem following these basic
rules. Why is it that many adults in the Online World have trouble following
these basic rules that most Parents instill in their children?
I believe that the rules we were taught growing up can help
us in achieving Online Success.
Rules my Preschooler Follows
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Basic Rules for Success
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- Honesty is always the best Policy
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- Don’t put more in your mouth than you can swallow
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- Know you own limits. Doing an exceptional job on one project is
so much better than doing a mediocre job on many projects.
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- If you accepted a project you must follow through.
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- Don’t play with another toy until you put away the toy you were
last playing with
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- Complete the project you are working on now before you start a new
project.
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- Treat others the way you want to be treated
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- Even in the Online World tact is extremely important. Please, remember
honesty is important, but there is a way to be honest tactfully in
comments and blog posts
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- Just because it is the virtual world please and thank you is extremely
important. One of the things you don’t want to be known for is rudeness.
Follow the basic rules your mom taught you and you can’t go wrong!!
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- Do things because they make you happy
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- Blog about things that make you happy not because you think they
will make you money or bring you more viewers… your readers are
smart and they will notice.
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- Stop watching TV!! Go outside and play.
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- Knowing when to back away from the computer is very important. Keep
yourself happy and having fun in other areas in your life and your
professional life will be better for it.
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- Surround yourself with friends that make you laugh and bring you happiness.
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- Remember that surrounding yourself with certain people because it
will bring you success is not the same thing as friendship. Surround
yourself with people that make you feel good and bring you happiness.
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Technorati Tags:blogging, etiquette, success
Posted in Blogging, Social Networking, Tips and Tutorials, Web 2.0 Basics | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
Twitter, I just don’t get you. I hear
people talking all the time about how wonderful you are. I hear them saying
how you are not only a fun Social Networking site, but that you can also be
a great Marketing Tool. But, I don’t see you that way. So far you have been
a complete waste of my time.
Maybe I haven’t given you a chance. It could be I hear you, but I’m
not really listening. Honestly, I’m not sure you are listening to me either.
I have a lot to say…. Why do you stop listening after 140 characters?
Many years ago, I decided to start cutting out the things in my life that were
not good for me. You know, the things in life that take and take, but don’t
give back. Twitter, you appear to be one of those things to me.
You keep asking me the same question over and over again!! Over the past year
I have answered you so many times. Yet every time I answer you all I get
back is the same annoying question, “What are you doing?” I answered
you honestly and I got nothing. I fibbed and told you things that I thought
you wanted to hear and still nothing…. Just the same freakin question.
I was just about to give up on you when I read Caroline Middlebook’s
The
Big Juicy Twitter Guide. She wrote how you can be an incredibly powerful
marketing tool. At first, I thought she had gone crazy. After all, she was a
blogger that I think very highly of. How could she feel this way about you,
Twitter? How could a person market anything in 140 characters? But, by the time
I got to the end of her Twitter Guide Series it appeared that she could be on
to something. It made complete sense.
Caroline broke her guide into 7 parts:
Things between you and I are about to change, Twitter. So, go ahead and ask
me again, "What are you doing?" Because, thanks to Caroline, the next
time you ask me I’ll be prepared.
I will be following up with a post about my Twitter results next month.
For any of you who would like to follow me on Twitter you can do so at Twitter.com/TheNanny612
.
Technorati Tags:twitter, social media, social media marketing, online marketing
Posted in SEM, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Twitter, Web 2.0 | 13 Comments »
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
A Funny Look at my First Time Being Poked on Facebook
Anyone who is a fan of Facebook
has probably been poked. Maybe you have even been lucky enough to be SuperPoked!!
I know I have. Normally I am not a person to have been poked and tell, but I’m
sure you can be trusted to keep this a secret.
I remember my first poke. His name was Michael.
He was so sweet. He even asked permission before poking me.
He and I joined Facebook
around the same time and both of us had no idea what being poked was like. We
agreed to try poking each other to see what would happen.
I must admit, it was quite disappointing. I’m sure it was not Michael’s
fault. After all, it was his first time too. But, I was left saying to myself,
“That was it? What was all the fuss about?” He and I shared a nice
conversation on each other’s wall after that. But, held off poking each
other for a bit.
Then, something changed. I discovered SuperPoke.
This changed everything. Once I tried SuperPoke I couldn’t stop. This
was so much better than being just poked.
He and I have superpoked many times since then, but I must admit there have also
been others since Michael. And, not just poking. I have been high fived, spanked,
shanked, thrown out a window, goosed, body slammed, chest bumped, and drop kicked.
I have even had a chicken thrown at me. But, there was something about Michael
that kept drawing me back to him. I’m guessing it was because he was my
first.
One lonely night after not hearing from him in a while I drunk dialed him.
I’m pretty sure Michael was pissed. Either that or he was aware of my
superpokes with others. Within moments after I drunk dialed him, I got a facebook
notice that he took my sexy back. Oh, I was not happy!! I trout
slapped him, threw a cow at him and even body slammed him. But, he just wouldn’t
give me my sexy back. I wrote on Michael’s Wall demanding he give it back
to me…. After all, it was the weekend and no girl should
be without her sexy for the weekend.
What happened next I am not very proud of… I Dry Humped Michael via SuperPoke
that night. Needless to say, I got my sexy back. A girl has to do what a girl
has to do.
Don’t worry. I have since got Michael back for what he did to me that night.
"I hope the Vampire that I sent after you, Michael, didn’t hurt
you too bad"
Technorati Tags:facebook, superpoke, humor, social media
Posted in Facebook, Humor, Social Media | 16 Comments »
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
In my last post I discussed how you can increase
traffic to your Website with a Blog. In today’s follow-up post I will
show you the next step to this…. finding a Blog Platform to fit your
needs.
There are many Blog Platforms out there. Some of them are free to download
and others have a fee. You will need to research the different platforms to
see which will meet your needs.
Some of the Blogging Platforms out there that are self-hosted, developer hosted,
and Proprietary software (charged a fee for the use of the software). In this
post I will be listing free Self Hosted Blog Platforms and the features to
each platform. This way you can go through the Blogging Software links and information
and choose the blog software that best meets your needs.
I have to admit that the only blog platform I have used is WordPress. It
fit my needs beautifully and I had no need to look any further. However, that
doesn’t mean that it will fit yours.
25 26 Free Self Hosted Blog Platforms
WordPress
- I use WordPress for
all of my Blogs. I love it!! It has everything I need. There are many Wordpress
Templates, Plug-ins and Widgets to make my Blog run perfectly. Wordpress is
the only Blogging Platform I have ever used. I never had a reason to try anything
else. I am listing other Blogging Platforms for you to take a look at to see
which platform will fit your needs best. I can not speak for the other Blogging
Platforms as I have not tried them, but that doesn’t mean that they
won’t fit your needs better than WordPress.
Features
- Full standards compliance
- No rebuilding
- WordPress Pages
- WordPress Links
- WordPress Themes
- Cross-blog communication tool
- Full List of Features
b2evolution
- b2evolution includes
all the features of traditional blog tools, and extends them with evolved
features such as file & photo management, advanced skinning, multiple
blogs support as well as detailed user permissions…
Not to mention third party plug-ins!
Features
- Advanced browsing (paged, calendar, categories, search…)
- Extended & multipaged posts
- Image/file upload & management
- Multiple and sub-categories
- Draft and quick publishing
- RSS & Atom feeds
- Full
List of Features
Typo
- Typo is a lean
engine that makes blogging easy. Typo’s main attributes are ease of
use, usability, beauty and excellent support of web standards. Typo is open
source software, which means you can take it, use it and modify it for free;
because we think freedom is priceless.
Features
- Instant publishing, no rebuilding necessary
- Comments
- Built in spam protection
- Textile and Markdown and Smartypants support
- Ping / Trackback
- Categories / Tags
- Full List of Features
SimpleLog
- SimpleLog is a Ruby
on Rails weblog application that helps you focus on writing above all else.
SimpleLog has all the features you want in a weblogging applicaton wrapped
in an efficiently designed interface that eliminates clutter. By focusing
on simplicity and usability, SimpleLog allows you to spend your time writing,
rather than managing a convoluted CMS.
Features
- Package-based, hierarchical inheritance of debug levels and trace flags
- Set debug levels using level numbers or names
- Special handling of exceptions, object arrays, byte arrays and char
arrays
- API support for logging primitives
- Ability to turn tracing on and off independent of the debug level
- Convenience methods to reduce the amount of code needed to log
- Documentation that’s complete but brief, embedded in the configuration
file
- Full List
of Features
PyBlosxom
- PyBlosxom
is a lightweight file-based weblog system. It originally started out as a
Python clone of Blosxom but has since evolved into a beast of its own. PyBlosxom
focuses on three things: simplicity, extensibility, and community.
Features
- simplicity - PyBlosxom uses the file system for all
its data storage. Because of this you can use whatever editor you want
to use to create, update, and manipulate entries.
- extensibility - PyBlosxom has a plugin framework allowing
you to build plugins in Python to augment and change PyBlosxom’s default
behavior.
- community - There are hundreds of PyBlosxom users out
there all of whom have different needs. PyBlosxom is used on a variety
of operating systems in a variety of environments. The pyblosxom users
list shares their experiences, plugins, and expertise.
Serendipity
- Serendipity is a PHP-powered
weblog application which gives the user an easy way to maintain an online
diary, weblog or even a complete homepage. While the default package is designed
for the casual blogger, Serendipity offers a flexible, expandable and easy-to-use
framework with the power for professional applications.
Features
- Simple
- Robust Editing Interface
- Threaded comments, Nested categories and posting to multiple categories
- Anti-Spam / Comment moderation
- Dynamic
- Full List of Features
Pivot
- Pivot is a web-based
tool to help you maintain dynamic sites, like weblogs or online journals.
Pivot is released under the GPL so it is completely free to use. It is written
in PHP, and does not require additional libraries or databases to function.
Features
- Sophisticated Categories/Weblogs system, so you can maintain several
weblogs and publish your entries how you like
- Template based. Fully adaptable to your wishes
- Built in simple search tool
- Keeps simple statistics of how your visitors came to your site
- Easy to upload and include pictures with your log-entries
- Allows for making thumbnails of uploaded images
- Comment system that remembers your visitors
- Full
List of Features
Nucleus
- Nucleus is a PHP/SQL
blogging tool which resides on your webserver. Includes multiple blog capabilities,
and RSS syndication. With Nucleus, you can set up one or more weblogs. If
you want to, you can even show the contents of multiple weblogs on the same
page.
By downloading the Nucleus Core package, you’ll already have access to a great
set of features. By dropping in plugins, you can extend the feature set even
more.
Features
- Maintenance of one or more weblogs/news-sites
- Multiple Authors
- Within a weblog, you can set up one or more categories.
- Built-in commenting system
- Full
List of Features
Subtext
- Subtext is a personal
blog publishing platform that focuses on usability, elegance, and simplicity.
If you’ve ever caught yourself throwing your hands in the air and declaring
that you’re going to write your own blogging engine, then Subtext is
for you.
Features
- XHTML and CSS compliant
- Search engine-friendly permalink structure via friendly URLs
- TrackBack and Pingback
- Hosts multiple blogs on a single installation
- MetaWeblog API support
- Full
List of Features
FlatPress
- FlatPress is
an open-source standard-compliant multi-lingual extensible blogging engine
which does not require a database to work.
You don’t need MySQL because FlatPress stores all of its content on
text files.
Features
- Standard-compliant (XHTML valid)
- Plugin support
- Easy to customize with themes
- Free and Open Source
- Text Files
- Multiple Categorization
- Archiving
- Links / Blogroll
Drupal
- Drupal is equipped with
a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging
from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites.
Features
- Collaborative Book
- Friendly URLs
- Online help
- Personalization
- Role based permission system
- Polls
- Templating
- Full List of Features
Geeklog
- Geeklog is a PHP/MySQL
based application for managing dynamic web content.
"Out of the box", it is a blog engine, or a CMS (portal system)
with support for users, comments, trackbacks, multiple syndication formats,
spam protection, and all the other vital features of such a system.
Features
- Free and Open Source
- Multi-User Support
- MySQL Datastorage
- Commercial Support
- Archiving
- Links / Blogroll
- Multi-paged posts
Mephisto
- Mephisto is a web
publishing system. It’s a blog engine with some simple CMS-ish concepts
(sections, pages), a very flexible templating system, and an aggressive caching
scheme that takes advantage of your web server’s best traits.
Features
- Beautiful admin interface
- Slick Asset Management
- Flexible Liquid templating system
- ATOM feeds
- some tagging, some ajax, yadda yadda.
- Full
List of Features
Pebble
- Pebble is a
lightweight, open source, Java EE blogging tool. It’s small, fast and feature-rich
with unrivalled ease of installation and use. Blog content is stored as XML
files on disk and served up dynamically, so there’s no need to install a database.
All maintenance and administration can be performed through your web browser,
making Pebble ideal for anybody who is constantly on the move or doesn’t have
direct access to their host.
Features
- Posting and management of content through your web browser, including
rich text editor support.
- Blogger and MetaWeblog API interface included for posting content via
compatible tools.
- Categorisation of content into multiple hierarchical categories.
- Tagging of content and a generation of a tagcloud.
- RSS enclosures for distrbuting files or podcasting.
- Simple content publication workflow.
- Pinging websites via XML-RPC when new blog entries are added.
- Publication of static content alongside your blog entries.
- Full List of
Features
LifeType
- LifeType is an open-source
blogging platform with support for multiple blogs and users in a single installation.
Features
- User Friendly Interface
- Integrated Media Management
- Choose your Style
- Built-in anti-spam Filter
- Multiple Users per Blog
- Full
List of Features
dasBlog
- dasBlog is an open
source blogging platform for ASP.NET 2.0
Features
- Ability to pre- and post-date entries
- Automatic Referral and Trackback blacklist update
- Logging and display of Comment IP addresses and resolved Hostnames for
Admins
- Admin access auditing
- Improved RSS Comments support for SharpReader and RSS Bandit
- Theme templates are now cached in memory
- Support for running under ASP.NET 2.0
- Permalinks based on Title and Date optional: 2005/06/06/title.aspx
- Works with Windows Live Writer out of the box
- Full List
of Features
Elgg
- Elgg is an open-source social
networking platform. It offers blogging, networking, community, collecting
of news using feeds aggregation and file sharing features. Everything can
be shared among users with access controls and everything can be cataloged
by tags as well.
Features
- Blogging
- Social networking
- File repositories for individuals and communities
- Podcast support
- Full access controls
- Supports tagging
- Full RSS support
- Full List of
Features
BoastMachine
- BoastMachine is an
open source, state of the art publishing platform written from scratch, that
makes your web publishing experience so fun and easy as never before! From
the fully automated installation to advanced content management featuresto
spam fighting, boastMachine provides you with all that you would ever need!
Features
- Lightweight, yet full-featured and easy to use
- Powerful content management system
- Dynamic search engine friendly pages
- Various permission levels for posts
- Supports multiple blogs, authors, user levels and profiles
- Readymade language, theme and smiley packs
- Built-in spam-figthing capabilities
- Powerful backup/restore system
- Written in PHP and backed by MySQL
- FREE and Open Source (GPL)
- Full
List of Features
DotClear
- DotClear is a
French blog package distributed as free software under GNU General Public
License. DotClear has had large Success in France and Belgium. DotClear has
the ability to write posts using either XHTML or wiki syntax, as well as being
multi-user with multiple levels of access.
Features
- RSS and Atom feeds
- Multi-user levels
- Multilingual interface
- Use of MySQL and PHP 4.1+
- Use of CSS
- Full
List of Features
LiveJournal
- LiveJournal lets
you express yourself, share your life, and connect with friends online. You
can use LiveJournal in many different ways: as a private journal, a blog,
a discussion forum, a social network, and more.
Features
- Numerous Pre-made Designs for Your Journal
- Post Rich Media to Your Journal
- Tag and Categorize Your Entries
- Manage Comments in Your Journal
- Full
List of Features
Textpattern
- Textpattern is a flexible,
elegant and easy-to-use content management system. Textpattern is a web application
designed to help overcome hurdles to publishing online, and to simplify the
production of well-structured, standards-compliant web pages.
Features
- Quick conversion of plain text to valid XHTML with Textile
- Quickly search old articles by keyword
- Up-to-the-minute visitor/referrer logs
- Browser-based template and CSS editing
- Unlimited site sections
- Unlimited article, link, file and image categories
- Full List of Features
blojsom
- blojsom
is a Java-based, full-featured, multi-blog, multi-user software package.
Features
- Plugins and Event/Listeners
- Syndication Formats
- Templates and Themes
- Remote Editing
- Full
List of Features
NanoBlogger
- NanoBlogger
is a small weblog engine written in Bash for the command line. It uses common
UNIX tools, such as cat, grep and sed to create static HTML content. It’s
free to use and modify under the GNU General Public License.
Features
- intuitive command line interface
- highly configurable and script-able
- easy drafting, editing and management of entries
- archiving by category, year, month, day, and entry
- pagination
- permanent and navigational links
- templates and CSS style sheets for full control over layout
- placeholders for easy template manipulation
- support for multiple weblogs
- Full
List of Features
BlogEngine.Net
- BlogEngine.NET
is an open source .NET blogging project that was born out of desire for a
better blog platform. A blog platform with less complexity, easy customization,
and one that takes advantage of the latest .NET features.
Features
BBlog
- bBlog is a powerful,
elegant personal publishing system written in PHP and released as free, Open
Source software under the GPL. It is a flexible but simple way to blog that
works for blogging beginners, and can grow into a more advanced user’s needs.
Features
- Fast, easy installation gets you up and running in minutes
- Complete control of look and feel of your blog
- Easier customization through Smarty templating
- Modular architecture makes it easy to drop in a new plugin developed
by our active development community
- Threaded comments
- Advanced trackbacks, Blogrolling, XML/RPC, spam protection
- Comprehensive support for web standards
- Uses PHP/MySQL
- Full List of Features
Movable Type
- Movable Type is
a professional publishing platform developed by California-based Six Apart.
Features
- A completely reinvented user interface
- Built in reports on blog activity
- Integrated asset manager for uploading, reusing, and finding files like
photos, audio, and video
- Blog-style presentation of your recent content is easy to skim and lets
you know how your blogs are doing
- Customize MT’s entire user interface using the same MT template language
that publishes your blog
- Full List of Features
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