Twingly - Seach Engine for Bloggers
Twingly is a recently launched search engine that only displays results from blogs when queries are made. Twingly prides itself on being spam free unlike similar blog search products and combines various social and web 2.0 features into a functional service.
Twingly has it’s own blog ranking system similar to Technorati that ranks blogs via popularity but takes it a step futher by seperating blogs into language categories, want to find the most popular German, Spanish, Sweddish, French or Danish blogs? Now you can with Twingly. Blog profiles, search result voting and link tracking are some of the other fearures of Twingly. Read more
Google Chrome out of beta only for Windows
In a surprise release Google has decided to drop the beta from Google Chrome and has enough confidence in the progress of the web browsing software for an official version ready for the browsing masses. Make no mistake that this is a buried release however, Chrome was released in beta format just over 3 months ago but has been revised, updated and re released over a dozen times since. It is very evident that Google had and continues to prioritized Chrome’s development.
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Challenge to Internet Explorer and Firefox
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or IE is the most popular browser but critics argue that this is mainly because it comes bundled with Windows. IE is followed in a distant second by Mozilla’s Firefox which is mostly used by tech savvy users attracted to the speed and customizable nature of Firefox. Read more
WordPress 2.7 Launches - Coltrane
Wordpress has released a new version of their popular blogging platform. Wordpress 2.7 or “Coltrane” main new feature is an overhauling of the backend user interface of the software. Since the last redesign of the Wordpress interface in version 2.5 many users had been vocal with their dissatisfaction with the design and layout. It’s too early to say now but so far there have been nothing but praises for the new interface and new features such as sticky post - which allows bloggers to to “stick” a post to the top of their blog no matter it’s post date.
A very informative video was also released with wordpress 2.7 that details it’s new features, the inspiration behind the changes and much more.
Technorati Launches Beta Version of Ad Network
Well known blog indexing powerhouse Technorati has quietly launched the beta version of their blog targeted advertising network called Technorati Engage. There isn’t even official word yet over at the official Technorati blog but they have been hinting at in in recent weeks. Blog owners are invited to register Engage and sell space on their blogs to sell image ads, text ads and almighty blog friendly 125 x 125px button ads.
Technorati Engage offers bloggers another welcomed option when seeking to monitize their websites and website or blog owners the oportunity to advertise but it is still too early to tell whether Engage will be a successful undertaking. Blog owners who wish to become Publishers can sign up for Technorati Engage here.
