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Tags: akismet, comment spam, anti spam

Akismet the effectve anti spam service for blogsand more has introduced a tiered pricing structure:

The first thing you’ll notice is the Enterprise access now has several price levels starting from $50/mo based on how many blogs you have. This should allow more flexibility for businesses just getting started out.

Second we’ve seen a lot of use of the Akismet API for things which aren’t blogs at all, like feedback forms, guestbooks, and more.  For this type of use people might find it easiest to purchase commercial use based on the number of calls they make to Akismet, so we conjured up a new system called the Access API, which also starts at $50 a month.

For more details head over to the Akismet blog

Tags: blogging, blog editors, ecto

Ecto has announced a beta version of ecto 2,1 is now available. Major features added are Amazon Search and Thumbnail Upload Preset.

Details at Ecto

Tags: logos

Why My Blog Stinks has gone to the next round of voting for the logo that will be gracing the blog. You can vote at Why My Blog Stinks.

Tags: blogs, blogging

Darren of Problogger has included a great list from A to Z of Professional Blogging which includes tools, platforms, services and ways of making money from blogging.

For the full list (and to add your own suggestions to the list) A - Z of Professional Blogging.

Tags: blogging, news, law, italy

From Wired:

Blogger Roberto Mancini, 59, was convicted of defamation last month in Aosta, northern Italy, and sentenced to pay $16,900 in fines and damages.

Four people, including two journalists, had filed a complaint against him over the content of his blog, which reports on local news in sarcastic and sometimes crude terms.

"It looks like the blogger is being punished for his bad language and not because he posted false information, which is unacceptable," Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said in a statement Friday.

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Tags: blog networks, syntagma, blogs, music, jazz

Syntagma Media has launched another new blog: Jazz Groove:

Syntagma Media is very happy to announce another coup for the network as Steve Newman joins us as a blogger. Steve is the Commissioning Director at British publisher, Humdrumming, and has just begun posting on our newest blog: Jazz Groove. Regular aficionados may remember his spot over on Celebrity at Work.

All the details at Syntagma

Tags: time, effort, blogging, investment

Blog Republic has a thought provoking post about the investment you make in your blog:

You can take a really small amount of money and invest it into a blog. I’m talking $7 or $8 to register a domain. Then you set up a hosting account for $100 bucks or less a year and you go to town. For this tiny amount of money you’re in business. You have a storefront or office that you can go to and make money. But the money is only the smallest part of your business. You end up investing time in your venture.

Read the rest at Blog Republic.

Tags: writing, writers, readers, reading

Liz at Successful Blog has written an interesting post about what readers want from a writer, 9 + 1 Things Every Reader Wants from a Writer