Monthly Archives: June 2006

New people generated aggregator religious news site launched

  Spero News has launched a digg style site for religious news and posts called Sperocite – a play on the term citations. Sperocite is “a website that employs non-hierarchical editorial control. It is user driven, anyone can submit stories for review, but rather than … Continue reading

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Huffy at the Huffington Post

I confess I’ve never been to The Huffington Post – I didn’t even know that Arianna Huffington was a real person until recently. I understand it’s a wildly popular celebrity gossip blog.  It went live in May 2005. It appears that one … Continue reading

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Signposts, DogfightAtBankstown, ABC and Hillsong

I have the utmost respect for the balace and intelligece of many Australia faith bloggers, and Dan and Phil at Signposts, and The Saint at DogfightAtBankstown are just a couple of Australian faith bloggers that are consistant in their views, faith … Continue reading

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Left Behind: Eternal (Hostilities) Forces

Talk2Action continues it’s widely read series on the Left Behind game being marketed by Tyndale in the US. Before I get to that, you might want to check out Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion. Richard takes a look at the company … Continue reading

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The Culture of Blogs – Part 3

We hope for. . . community But we often reward … individuality In his Notes on Blogging: Kerr’s Folly and The Christian Bloggers, Joe Carter of The Evangelical Outpost notes: People tend to engage in behavior that is rewarded yet most … Continue reading

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Progressive Faith Blog Convention

New Jersey is going to be the place for a blog convention this summer for US progressive faith bloggers the weekend of July 14-16th. I’m going to ask the same question I asked the GodBlogCon organizers at Biola, only backwards – are Republicans welcome?:^) Some well … Continue reading

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Blogger banned from New Brunswick Legislature

A New Brunswick blogger has been banned from the provincial legislature for life. The ban was issued by legislature Sergeant-at-Arms Dan Bussières and was put into effect by the the legislature administration committee. Charles LeBlanc has been given a written warning and a … Continue reading

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Does posting frequency on your blog matter as much as it used to?

No.  Ten reasons it’s an old ‘rule.’ More with explanations at Marketing Profs: Daily Fix #1- Traffic is generated by participating in the community; not daily posting #2 – Traffic is irrelevant to your blog’s success anyway #3- Loyal readers … Continue reading

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