If an RSS Feed is the Yahoo Backdoor, is a Blog Google's?
The freshest, most relevant, most topical information found on the web today are in blogs, as well as their corresponding RSS or Atom feeds. It follows then, that one purpose of this database of links is to provide fresh, relevant content on topics its users desire. One of the strengths of Google, as perceived by people who like it, is the vast amount of fresh content it contains that is relevant to almost any topic, or keyword, typed into it, no matter how narrow or broad. Business blogs, instead, are updated records of a certain kind of information relevant to an industry, a company or a topic, aligned with the interests of their visitors. When blogs first started, the topic was often a person's life.

 Podcasting vs. Blogging
Unlike blogging, which only involves discussions of RSS, feeds, syndication, and various blog platforms such as Blogger. In many respects we're back to the vernacular printing press and Gutenberg days when moveable type upset the elite publishing monopoly that was held by the only educated populations--namely, priests, monks, nuns and anyone affiliated with the Church. Suddenly, Bibles and Chaucer were printed not in Latin but in Irish/Gaelic and the native tongues of European countries. It's a pity the traditional mediaopoly of CNN and Ted Turner and the publishing conglomerates don't have that same accountability. Bloggers and podders have a responsibility to review and stand by their products.

 13 Steps to Successful Blogging
Paid advertising, free advertising, viral marketing, search engine marketing, RSS/XML feeds, and word-of-mouth. You should submit your RSS/XML URL feed to blog ping services like Technorati, Ping-O-Matic, and Blogdigger. Having different blog accounts is like having a publication in different newspapers. Give your readers advance notice about a product, service, or topic which you are going to review and then talk about later. If the President was scheduled to give a speech then in your blog you should state that you will discuss the speech and give your opinion after the speech airs.