Wow... it's fast. It's simple. It works. Google Blog Search, which launched yesterday in beta, is the hottest new blogging tool to be released for us non-techie* types. Why? Two reasons: it's simple and quick. It instantly returns lots of results when you type in keywords related to blogs you're looking for. More results than I've found on similar searches on Technorati or Blogpulse.

And

Wow... it's fast. It's simple. It works. Google Blog Search, which launched yesterday in beta, is the hottest new blogging tool to be released for us non-techie* types. Why? Two reasons: it's simple and quick. It instantly returns lots of results when you type in keywords related to blogs you're looking for. More results than I've found on similar searches on Technorati or Blogpulse.

And second, because it searches on RSS feeds. If your blog or site has a feed, Google will, er, google it. If you don't have a feed... you're outta luck. You won't be found.

This is significant. RSS** is key to Web 2.0. The next generation of the Web is all about user-generated content (what blogs are), sharing, collaboration…

Get 'em here:

The Content Factor's To Blog Or Not To Blog (download page)

Edelman/Intelliseek's The Rise of Employee Bloggers (download page)

Get 'em here:

The Content Factor's To Blog Or Not To Blog (download page)

Edelman/Intelliseek's The Rise of Employee Bloggers (download page)

You knew it was only a matter of time before lawyers got into the act, right? And I don't mean the many lawyers writing blawgs (as they're called). So far there is very little case law relating specifically to blogs and bloggers. That's changing. A case against a 19-year-old Harvard student who writes a Mac lovers blog called ThinkSecret is (last I heard) pending in California's Supreme Court.

You knew it was only a matter of time before lawyers got into the act, right? And I don't mean the many lawyers writing blawgs (as they're called). So far there is very little case law relating specifically to blogs and bloggers. That's changing. A case against a 19-year-old Harvard student who writes a Mac lovers blog called ThinkSecret is (last I heard) pending in California's Supreme Court. Apple contends he leaked proprietary information about the new iMac before the product was officially released.

More recently, blogger Aaron Wall was sued because of allegedly defamatory comments posted on his blog. (8/31/2005 Wall Street Journal: Blogger Faces Lawsuit Over Comments Posted By Readers.) Yes, you read that right. He's being sued because of comments other folks wrote and posted to his blog. The suit alleges that the comments reveal trade secrets about search…

Roger Staubach, famed quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and now CEO of a real estate advisory firm, The Staubach Company, has launched a blog, Monday Morning CEO. Clever. As for what he'll be writing about, this could be a precursor to what we'll be seeing on other CEO blogs. As he puts it:

"I don’t have the time to personally stay in touch with all of our people or our 2,400 clients so I

Roger Staubach, famed quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and now CEO of a real estate advisory firm, The Staubach Company, has launched a blog, Monday Morning CEO. Clever. As for what he'll be writing about, this could be a precursor to what we'll be seeing on other CEO blogs. As he puts it:

"I don’t have the time to personally stay in touch with all of our people or our 2,400 clients so I hope with the help of my staff this weekly post will do it some justice. It won’t be formal by any means, just a short dialogue between the reader and myself. Hopefully when you close your browser you will have a better understanding of what I do for a living now…