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Atlas Web Group is now listed in the Yahoo Web Design and Services Directory.

Blog Growth Trends

Using the recently released Google Trend tool and looking at the rise in popularity for the word [blogs] there isn't much doubt it's something companies and organizations should start to pay attention to.



However navigating the blogosphere can be tricky, especially for companies who aren't familiar with the rules, landscape and ettiquite. In many cases turning to companies and consultants who have experience in the blogosphere can save you not only time and money, but your brand and reputation as well. At Atlas Web Group we have years of experience working with blogs on a wide variety of platforms and can work with your company or organization to help you use blogs as a tool to reach your customers and grow your business.

Father's Day Car Show

While blogging is a very effective tool for communicating your message and staying in touch with your customer, it can also be an effective marketing tool when used properly. One of our clients was looking for a fast and easy way to help them keep people informaed about their upcoming Father's Day Auto Show. It was important that it be simple for them to update and manage yet get all of the neccesary information out in an an easy to understand interface. We came up with a solution to fit their needs.



If you are looking for a way use blogs to help your business, organization, school or other group use blog contact Atlas Web Group for more information and a free consultation.

Sphere the Newest Blog Search tool

The newest player in the blog search arena is Sphere and they are getting lot's of positive feedback so far:

Micro Persuasion: Sphere Blog Search is a Contender

I like Sphere a lot and I am wholeheartedly recommending it. It's drop dead simple to use and it has some nice features. If it adds a few more it can be a serious contender to T'Rati. The key here is going to be speed. How fast is Sphere vs. T'Rati. I see no way to ping them, which is not a good sign. We should run it through some benchmarks.

TechCrunch » New Blog Search Engine Sphere Launches

Sphere search results can be viewed by date, relevance or a combination of both. Unlike Technorati, which determines a blog’s relevance based on the total number of unique links into that blog, Sphere is taking an algorithmic approach. For Sphere, “relevance” is based on three key factors: links in/out of blog; meta data around the blog (average length of posts, post frequency, etc; and a semantic analysis of the posts themselves). In our tests Sphere blog relevance is very good. We’ll do a more in depth review and comparison at a later date.

Another feature is a “custom date search”. In addition to preset date selections, if you do a custom date search by selecting it in the drop down box, you’ll get results just for that date range and you’ll also see a day by day breakdown showing results per day with the included term.

Sphere: A New Approach to Blog Search

So far, I've been impressed with the results of my tests of the new service.

Like most blog search services, Sphere returns results ranked either by relevance or time. But in addition to providing links to blog postings that contain your keywords, Sphere attempts to locate the most authoritative voices in the blogosphere writing about a specific topic.

"Part of the reason people do blog search is because they want to discover blogs, not just posts," said Nieker.

To help in this quest, results include both title and abstract from blog posts, but also include a link to a "profile" of the blog, which offers additional information including stats like average posts per week, average length of posts, three recent inbound and outbound links, and so on. This can help you get an immediate sense of how active the bloggers is on his particular topic, and how often his or her posts are cited in the blogosphere.

Results can be sorted by date or relevance, with posts from the last week being shown by default. A drop-down menu allows you to see posts from the last four months, or limited to the last day, 12 hours or hour. You can also select a custom range, which opens up a histogram that plots activity of your search terms in the blogosphere, w

All in all a very nice tool for helping you keep up with news and topics in the blogosphere, or just keeping track of what people are saying about you, your company, your products or services.

Atlas Web Group

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