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Findings From Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project


BlogHer, a growing community of woman who blog, recently wrapped up a conference in Chicago, IL. One of the convention activities included a forum for bloggers to share their opinions on “responsible blogging.” As part of Liberty Mutual’s Responsibility Project, BlogHer attendees were given a chance to sound off on several key blogging issues. Here are some of the findings : > 98 percent of surveyed bloggers believe it is acceptable to receive a free product > A majority of bloggers mentioned transparency, disclosure and honesty as key caveats to receiving free product and writing sponsored posts > 84 percent said honesty is a key trait of a responsible blogger, followed by transparency (66 percent) and reliable sources (56 percent) You can view some of the confessional here . Now let’s hear from the dudes! Do you think the above findings are in-line with what you’d expect from both sexes? Possibly Related Posts Survey: UK PR companies slowly embracing blogging Ordered List CMS Survery Results Research: One in three American bloggers writes specifically about health

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WordPress MU Also Hits 2.8.2


The security release of WordPress 2.8.2 means that WordPress MU also needs to be upgraded, and the new release is available now . However, Donncha O Caoimh also notes that a couple of other bugs has been fixed, including the upgrade notice one. Possibly Related Posts WordPress And WordPress MU Will Merge: Good Or Bad? WordPress MU 2.8 Not-Really-Beta WordPress MU 2.7.1 Is Finally Out

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WordPress 2.8.2 Released to Fix Possible Exploit


WordPress 2.8.2 is now available. It’s a security upgrade that fixes a possible exploit. Details in the wordpress.org blog , but in short, just upgrade already to make sure you don’t get exploited. Possibly Related Posts Why GPL Blogging Software is Important WordPress 2.8.1 Released Help Shape WordPress 2.9

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Sports Blog Network Secures Another $7 Million in Funding


Former AOL executive Jim Bankoff has raised another $7 million in funding for sports blog network SB Nation , according to Kara Swisher’s blog . The valuation after this cash flow is reported to be around some $30 million. SB Nation is the kind of blog network who recruits bloggers, and they are aiming to give fan coverage for just about any sport out there. With more than 200 blogs under the SB Nation banner, I’d say they’re giving it a serious shot at least. Possibly Related Posts A Blog About a TV Network? Really? TweetDeck Raises $2 Million in Funding b5media Goes Community

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WordPress MU 2.8.1 Available Now


The multi user version of WordPress, called WordPress MU, is finally available in version 2.8.1.

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Monitor Your Blog with Pingdom for Free


Pingdom is a widely used service that monitors uptime and notifies you whenever a site goes down, as well as gives you the data you need to whine at your webhost’s 99.99% uptime guarantees whenever they fail to meet their promise. Up until now, it has been a paid service, but now you can get an account for free . Pingdom Free has all the features of our paid account types. The only limitation is that you can only monitor one website or server, but that should be enough for a lot of bloggers and hobbyist webmasters out there. You also get 20 SMS alerts for free as well, which is nice. Naturally, you can upgrade your account to monitor more sites and get more SMS alerts (email is free) and so on whenever you like. Which of course is the whole idea. Give it a go , free is the best price ever and I can, as a user, honestly say that Pingdom is great

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