Ahmed (Alex) Mohamed

In these Yahoo internal emails, the people are always talking about how they bleed -- it's like some kind of cult. - Paul Buchheit

Register.com reports that www.friendbleed.com is available, Paul. - Louis Gray

quick response :) a few times ago he was on the iab conferences to talk about internet advertising in recession - webosapien (Burcu Tüzün)

Paul, the bleeding thing predates Yahoo. At Apple, people would always say they bled 6 colors because of the logo. On one occasion, an executive got up in front of a group and told us he bled 5 colors. We always wondered if the missing color was red. - Chris White

Yeah @ Home Depot everyone was "bleeding orange" or had "orange blood". - Erica Baker

Well, I wonder what the market thinks of...oh, wait, YHOO is up 12% this morning.... - Glen Campbell

I'm all about the money so I'm definitely in! - Millionaire Makings via twhirl

I've applied on the basis that I am a frustrated, unemployed penniless journalist who just needs a break. Typepad Pro could be the big breakthrough I have been waiting for. - Andy C

tumblr was one of the things blocked in china i found this week - Gregory Lent

smart and cool move. - felix

Wow, many, if not most, popular Web 2.0 apps are cloned by the Chinese. And they're bringing them online fast. - imabonehead

ima: yeah, and most have been cloned multiple times. Now, though, the services are innovating on their own and adding some really unique things. Micropayments, for instance, are way ahead here in China vs. the US. - Fast Company

Interesting and yet kinda scary. US tech companies definitely need to be aware, if they're not already. As for me, I probably should move to China, the land of my ancestors, to start a Web 2.0 startup. :P - imabonehead

interesting, though its surprising something like it would be around in China with the Chinese government's censorship, namely seeing as how ours has labeled twitter as a potential terrorist tool, it'd seem they would be hesitate - BCK

BCK: Interesting to me is that neither China nor Iran have blocked FriendFeed. Both block my blog. I bet both services will get blocked eventually. FriendFeed is VERY fast in China, though, while Facebook is dreadfully slow. - Robert Scoble

it's a pure surprise to see Robert Scoble in Guangzhou(Canton). What a pleasure to talk to Robert about the Chinese Twitter: www.zuosa.com - Alex Mou

I guess the chinese government doesn't have any early adopters on the staff :P - BCK

Hehe...like the included comment for more transparency :) - Justin Korn

Excellent post. I'm doing most of these with a site of mine but there's a couple I haven't been doing (*cough* Number 14 *cough*). I'm really enjoying the guest posts recently, Louis. Also thanks to Michael Fruchter for an excellent peice. - Mo Kargas

@Mo, I have no guests, I have partners in crime. - Louis Gray

Heheh alright then :) - Mo Kargas

Thanks Louis! First time I've been called a criminal :) - Rob Diana

It won't be the last, Rob. - Louis Gray

Nice post Mike! - Shey

Good read. I think in order of importance #5 and #2 should be at the top of the list. I'll also add.. 16) If using flash, embed using swfObject and have alternative content. - Andrew Smith

sound advise - sean percival

Nice summary, thanks. - Floyd Davenport

Michael: Nice article! I'm not doing SEO these days, and there were some new ones I hadn't seen (4,9,10,12). Very concise summary, and easy to read. - Mitchell Tsai

Michael - Excellent overview. While some still discount SEO (and they shouldn't) your piece provides solid basics for blogs. It should be noted that SEO for websites is different and potentially more complex but more importantly those running around saying that social networking is a replacement for true white hat SEO are kidding themselves ... and potentially missing out on a lot of free traffic in the process. - Charlie Anzman

I don't know about all the SEO stuff. The moral of the story always seems to be "create quality content". - ♫ Rahsheen™

As always, great post Mike. But why didn't anyone take the bait on "If your are writing a post, for example, about how FriendFeed was just acquired by Google"? I'm surprised this rumor hasn't spread throughout the blogosphere by now. - Mark Krynsky