Darren Contardo's Netrepreneur

Squidoo

Seth Godin's Squidoo is finally out of private beta, which was nice being a part of, but now everyone can take part in the Web 2.0 revolution full force. Squidoo, is like a condensed blog, where you can see through the eyes of your friends or trusted experts. Check out my new Lens.

Is there money in blogs?

Jason Calacanis makes gets over 4 million page views a month with his blog empire. 120 bloggers, 90 blogs, and a ton of Google Adsense ads that generate revenue along with some blue chip ads. This guy has approached blogs a business and has it paying off. Think you can make some big bucks from just one blog? Probably not...sorry, but it can be part of your media mix.

Track your blog

Have a blog of your own? Track it for free with mybloglog.com, where you can see how many visits you get and what links people are clicking on. The only catch? They pitch an affiliate program your way, but alas it's up to you.

Blog Directories - Get Your Blog Listed for Exposure

Here's the best list of blog directories and search engines north of border. Enjoy!

1. Popdex - analyzes blogs to identify what pages bloggers are linking to and gives trend analysis
2. Technorati - shows bloggers who is linking to them, has a Top 100 list of most popular blogs, breaking news, hot links
3. Yahoo blog directory
4. Zeal blog directory

Looksmart?s directory of blogs 

1. Bloogz -
2. Daypop -
3. Blogarama -

1. Blogdex - analyzes new posts and blogs and gives a window on trends
2. Blo.gs - a major directory of blogs and posts
3. Weblogs.com - blog directory
4. Daypop - racks what weblogs are linking to, highlights most frequently used words in new posts
5. Blog Search Engine -

Blog Pulse

If you ever wondered what is going on in the blog universe, just turn to Intelliseek's new tool known as BlogPulse. From the makers of BrandPulse 360, this tool will let you know who's having a conversation about your brand, category, you, or even your blog!!! This will be a fantastic tool for discovering those WOMers I mentioned earlier. Plus, watch for this tool to make the next Presidential election all about blogs.

Podcasting? If you don't have

Podcasting?

If you don't have an iPod, then you're probably a laggard by now! They are the cool MP3 players to have and everyone who's an early adoptor has one. And of course, since they're so "cool" why not marry them with another "cool" technology such as RSS feeds? Combine the two and what you get is PodCasting.

PodCasting is like an RSS feed for your iPod; you get to listen to "intros" of syndicated material and so on. As you can imagine, if you're a radio show this could be huge! I think Howard Stern is even taking advantage of this?

If you have an iPod and want to try this out go to Audio Weblogs and give it a whirl! In the world of "too busy" and "trial" before purchase, this new technology just may be what the doctor ordered!