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April 7, 2008

April 7, 2008 · 1 MIN READ · BY LOUIS GRAY

Five More Blogs You Should Be Reading, But Aren't

Five More Blogs You Should Be Reading, But Aren't

Not being one of the Silicon Valley elite, I've always had a soft spot for "the little guy". I've acknowledged giving the smaller Web services more leeway in their offerings, and it wasn't all that long ago that I highlighted five potential entrants to future editions of the TechMeme leaderboard. But over the last few weeks, I've gotten more and more e-mail from blog readers asking me to help open their eyes to new sources who I'm reading who are contributing some great stories, but might not have a big enough megaphone.

Here are some of my newer favorites, in no particular order:

1) Charlie Anzman / SEO and Tech Daily (anzman.blogspot.com)

Focus: SEO, Analytics, Web 2.0
Recent Highlight: The A-list just changed and you're on it
RSS Feed: Subscribe Now

2) Hutch Carpenter / I'm Not Actually a Geek (bhc3.wordpress.com)

Focus: RSS, Facebook, Social Networking
Recent Highlight: The Best Blogs You're Not Reading? Toluu Knows
RSS Feed: Subscribe Now

3) Eric Berlin / Online Media Cultist ( onlinemediacultist.com)

Focus: Twitter, TechMeme, Online Media
Recent Highlight: What I Learned Friday Night on Twitter
RSS Feed: Subscribe Now

4) Mia Dand / Marketing Mystic (marketingmystic.typepad.com)

Focus: Technology, Blogging, M&A Activity and Social Media
Recent Highlight: Is Techcrunch the Rainmaker of the online world?
RSS Feed: Subscribe Now

5) Carlo Maglinao / TechBays (techbays.com)

Focus: Google, RSS, LinkedIn
Recent Highlight: Ten Power Tips on Facebook Usage
RSS Feed: Subscribe Now

Do you have five blogs you like that you think I don't know? Let me know in the comments, and we'll fill up on Google Reader.

13 comments:

Matt April 7, 2008
Yeah Charlie Anzman! Great blog... and you don't even need to be very into SEO/SEM to get into Charlie's style... nice to see him make this list.
Eric Berlin April 7, 2008
Thanks so much Louis!

I became hip to Charlie recently, and will now check out Hutch, Mia, and Carlo as well.
Rick Turoczy April 7, 2008
Wow! Such good finds. I really appreciate your taking the time to highlight these folks.
Sam April 7, 2008
Good Picks! Eric has a great blog.

Sam

www.LeveragingIdeas.com
Anonymous April 7, 2008
One of my favorites for the past 2 or so years has been http://PaulStamatiou.com - he's a college student but is quite adept at writing great tech guides and reviews.
Sam Jackson April 7, 2008
I want to read more blogs but just can't. I am down from my old, totally unsustainable practice of reading 20-40 newspapers daily in addition to my other blogs, but it's still pretty ugly. Sadly, I want to subscribe to bunches of these...
Rich April 7, 2008
Rich Page Ramblings seems to be gathering some good web analytics posts too, and does some fun web reviews: http://www.rich-page.com
Anonymous April 7, 2008
Industry Leaders of Tech 2.0
http://techleaders20.blogspot.com
Carlo Maglinao April 7, 2008
Thank you Louis! And thanks for introducing Charlie, Hutch, Eric, and Mia: my new subscriptions.

More power to you and your readers!
Tom Martin April 7, 2008
I am biased, but I'd love to hear what you think about Positive Disruption @ www.tommartin.typepad.com
Charlie Anzman April 7, 2008
I was going to be humble here and just stay quiet but we all know that's virtually impossible for me ... This post is PROOF of what I've been talking about. Louis' blog (and the other three that sent people here..) sent 190 visitors today so far. Not shabby. A list? :) Bah Humbug.

Hey .. Thanks to @Matt and @Eric !
WebUrs April 8, 2008
Another blog you should read is this one - benchmarking, ranking social media
http://www.ComMetrics.com
Jarred April 14, 2008
I, too, am biased... but I think you and your readers will enjoy Tropophilia. While we cover a healthy amount of social networking and web 2.0, we also talk about changes in culture, the environment, science, and other issues.

http://tropophilia.com