Mike

Yet another blog from Darren from the UK. No, not Darren Rowse of ProBlogger, but the other British Darren. Darren Cronian, the Travel Blogger.

Blogged Out is a blog about blogging. Why on-topic comments are a must is one of the many posts which makes Darren’s blog unique and adds a huge value to anyone who wants to learn how to get better exposure to his blog. Most blogs about blogging encourage spammy behaviours. Darren’s doesn’t. He has long recognized the power and importance of real writing. When I look at the mass amounts of splogs and made-for-adsense ones, I wished that every blogger read blogged out. You don’t need to resort to spamming in order to be successful. The blog also reveals many forms of marketing based on Darren’s very own experience. Blogrolling management tool for bloggers is something you guys should check out. I myself love blogrolling and it’s a great way to get untargeted traffic to your friends who in return will send you some of theirs.

In addition Darren is a very helpful forum player, giving great advice like he does here.

I give Blogged Out! a 5. Bookmark it and pass it on. Follow his advice, and I can guarantee you, that you will enter a whole new world of blog marketing which is much more fun, more inspiring and far more rewarding.

– Mike Dammann
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Rose DesRochers is the founder of Today’s Woman Writing Community and Assistant Adminstrator of Invision-Graphics.
She is also a Super Moderator on Blogger Talk and very active on her fairly new blog. What is unique about it, is the topics that she chooses, her very own choice of variety of presenting what has caught her attention.

Anything from Masturbate-a-thon Record Set to
Judge attacks ‘Wild West’ blogosphere .

She will keep you informed, entertained, and checking back what else she has posted. On the right hand side she is linking to some great resources such as Articles on Writing which alone make her blog a great site to be on. There are no garbage links in order to manipulate the search engines.

Rose’s blog is very real. I love it! I think that reading it will inspire many of you to improve your own style of writing and take more pride in your craft. I give Rose a 5!

Mike Dammann
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In light of the upcoming Olympic Games in China, I’m reviewing China View.
I like the dedication behind that blog. No hype, just news. The kind of news that we don’t really get. It’s been introduced to me here a day after this thread has been started and it absolutely blows my mind how a government can suppress its population like this … and get away with it.
How Global CCP Resignation Statistics Are Calculated(1)
House Church Destroyed in Zhejiang
Tibetan poet’s blogs closed down
Lawyer’s 3rd open letter urge to stop the Brutality(10)
AI report 2006- China overview(8)
Index of special report
Telephone Messages(6)- Harvesting Organs in China
Top 10 posts of last month (July 2006)
Well-known lawyer Beaten and Detained in Beijing
Lawyer’s 3rd open letter urge to stop the Brutality(9)

Just look at the titles of the entries.
You will see story after story discussing major violations of human rights. Now the Olympic Games will be held over there, and I believe that this blog should be one of those that people get to see. It’s very depressing, yet very real.

Since Chinese people in China can’t just blog about anything they want, this blog is hosted by wordpress itself, good luck getting this one shut down.

I give this blog a 4, definitely worth reading and passing on. There are also some very good sites linked to on the right hand side, so if any of you want to get involved, the resources are all there.

– Mike Dammann
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