TypePad Hacks

It’s over now, the most requested feature is up and running (it actually has been running in hidden mode for a month) so don’t be surprised to find many new comments in your conversations.... Now you can activate coComment on any webpage, and create a comment which will trackable in your conversations on the coComment service.... NEW INTERFACE, SITE STRUCTURE AND NAVIGATION With help of the great usability specialists Namahn, we have reorganized and simplified the site.... TRY THE SERVICE WITHOUT REGISTERINGIf you want to give coComment a spin without signing up, a temporary cookie will be set on your browser - without you having to give any information.... AND TONS OF OTHER FEATURES Five languages available (English, French, German, Italian and Spanish), more capture-compatible platforms (most notably YouTube!), add people or sites as favorites, send coComment invitations, customize your page (try to drag and drop the boxes on the right of the screen!), and much more!

Conventional wisdom holds that if you are going to put ads on a blog you should do it from the very beginning, and not add it later.... I kind of felt like running ads would just be another thing to think about and my brain was pretty full at the time.... Well, two reasons: I'm starting to get a fair number of questions about how to work with various ad programs. In order to answer these, I'm gonna have to try them out myself so that I can have a little first-hand knowledge of how they work. Feedburner invited me to try a new feature they've come up with that uses their feed flare technology to serve ads between posts.

I'm curious to know what the most common reason for blogging is among readers of TypePad Hacks. The poll below is limited to five answers, so I've tried to select options that I feel are among the most universal responses to this question… but obviously there are many other reasons to blog.... Please select the answer in the survey that is closest to your primary motivation for blogging. If none of survey options is even close, post a comment below and tell me what it is that motivates you to blog.... Maybe you have several reasons to blog, or would like to share a story about how blogging has helped you achieve your goals?

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