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Something Better Than Blogdigger

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The rate of feature development (or lack thereof) at Blogdigger has led me to the decision to move the St. Blog’s Parish Aggregator somewhere else. Can anybody recommend a similar service for managing a publicly searchable list of syndication feeds?

Update: I had a very nice chat with Greg Gershman, one of the men behind Blogdigger. He made some temporary fixes to appease me, so I won’t be moving the aggregator. We also discussed various potential new features on the horizon for the service. I hope they come to fruition. Blogdigger has something unique and it’d really be a shame if they fell behind with feature development. I switched blogging software for that very reason.

I Hate Internet Explorer

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Changing blog themes (or in this case, the whole blogging platform), can be a liberating a renewing experience. It can also be a pain in the tuchus. Every time I’ve changed themes, I’ve had to chase down bugs that only show up in Internet Explorer. That browser is a steamy pile of feces and I strongly urge, nay beg, my readers to pick a better one.

A kind reader informed me that the right sidebar is fubar in IE. I’ll try to fix it soon, but I’ll confess it’s a low priority. Might any of you have suggestions for fixing what’s broken? Anyhow, in the meantime, if you’re an IE user, please click this link:

Browse Happy logo

Addendum:

“While it is true that our implementation is not fully, 100 percent W3C-compliant, our development investments are driven by our customer requirements and not necessarily by standards,” said Greg Sullivan, a lead product manager with the Windows client group.

>:{

Who Deep Links to Me?

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Technorati and similar ranking services are nice, and fun to use, but they all seem to have a nasty flaw. They give equal weight to surface links and deep links. It’s nice to be on somebody’s blogroll, but it’s even nicer to be cited. Does anybody know of a ranking service that 1) gives greater importance to deep (i.e., individual post) links and 2) allows one to see incoming deep links only?

Catholic Blog Awards

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There's still time (until 3PM CST) to nominate blogs for a Catholic Blog Award (*hint* *hint*). Here are the rules:

1. All Blogs nominated must be primarily Catholic in nature.
2. Please do not nominate someone repeatedly for the same category.
3. Please also restrict nominations to one person per category.
4. It is possible to vote for a blog in more than one category.
5. For a Blog to be nominated for the "Best New Blog" Category it must have been created since last years' awards.
6. For a blog to be nominated, it must have been active since last year's awards. Blogs that have been active in the past year but have now closed are eligibile to be nominated
7. I have requested that your name and email address be submitted on the form. I will keep this information confidential. If your name or e-mail address is missing, your nomination will not be accepted. Thanks and happy nominating!!!