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So it looks like the big news of today is the acquisition of Jaiku by Google. Jaiku is a micro-blogging platform in the same vein as Twitter, and Pownce. It allows you to quickly blog about what you are up to or what you are interested in. Even better for some people, it allows you to add your thoughts via your cell phone.

Mark Evans has a few more details on his blog calling it the Blogger-lite acquisition:

More than four years ago, Google bought Pyra Labs (aka Blogger.com), and since that time Google has done a darn job of pretty much ignoring Blogger while Wordpress and TypePad have become fast-growing blog platforms.

So, it’s interesting to see Google move aggressively into the micro-blogging market with the acquisition today of Jaiku, which competes against Twitter and Pownce. I assume the move it part of Google’s ambitious wireless plans, which apparently include the much-anticipated GPhone.

It will be interesting to see how large the Google platform grows over the coming year, and with their stocks hitting $600 a share and continuing its upward trend, I don’t think Google plans on slowing down any time soon.

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Paul Stamatiou, a friend of mine, is a finalist in the College Scholarship’s Blogging Scholarship contest, but he is currently lagging behind a few competitors.

His blog, PaulStamatiou.com, has always been a great informational site, and an inspiration to this WordPress coder.

Here is some about information from his site:

Paul is a 21 year old Computational Media student at Georgia Tech, former Yahoo! intern as well as diehard Mac and flickr user with a penchant for all things high-tech.

While I doubt most sites are picking favourites, I am not like most sites, and I say, Vote Paul! It only takes a second, and I am sure it will mean a lot to him.

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This is the eXtra for Every Publisher podcast where I cover a few of the stories that interested me from the top 50 making money online blogs as listed by 45n5’s top 100 list.

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Sara, over on Blogging Tips, has put up a great post on how blogging is different than other types of writing.

Here is a sample from the post:

2. Personality = Popularity

If you want to succeed as a blogger, you have to be likable. Or hate-able. Or both. Just try your very best not to get caught somewhere in between. Be memorable. Find your voice. I will be discussing methods by which you can find your voice in one of my upcoming guest posts.

The thing to remember is, popular blogs become popular because of the blogger. A good blogger shows personality even when he/she is writing about an impersonal topic. Regular readers start to feel like they know the blogger personally. Once this happens, readers form attachments and loyalties that are achievable only in a venue like blogging that highlights a writer’s personality.

Check out the other five reasons over on Blogging Tips. A great first post by Sara.

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If you don’t know what the World Problogger List is, please check out my previous post announcing its creation.

So, we are getting close to 40 bloggers listed on the World Problogger List, but I want to see more. I would really be happy if we could get the list up to 50 bloggers by the end of October.

So if you know someone making more than $100 a month from their blogging efforts, and are interested in adding their name, primary blog URL, and location to the list, please comment on any of the World Problogger List related posts on this blog, and after I do a quick check to make sure you are not spammy, I will add your name to the list.

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