Startup Companies At Blog World Expo

Image by GodblogCon '08, which their site calls "a gathering of Christians to advance the kingdom through blogging + internet technologies". (I think they should call it "Coming 2.0").

On that note, here are some companies that made an appearance at the show, were memorable in some way, and were smart enough to give me a business card or schwag (maybe in future posts I'll add pink hearts to the schwag givers to encourage more bribery).

b5media: This blog network is launching new vertical sites, and new ad opportunities. See info on Blog Talk Radio: I had a good time joining their Blog World show on Saturday. I'll post the link soon, but they're doing great work, and it was one of the more fun interviews I've had, especially since I was able to talk about some things I actually know about.

BuzzLogic: An old favorite blog monitoring tool, they had a great, kitchy but fun booth presentation, and they're doing a lot more with the blogger ad network.

Toby Bloomberg is launching this site for "women over forty flying solo." Toby's one of the most beloved people I've met anywhere, and for her karma alone, I think this site will catch on.

gooseGrade: Add their widget to encourage anyone to submit edits to your blog as a way to promote accuracy. You aim for a score of 100, and you don't always have to agree with the changes. I think the end result's admirable, but I'm not sure bloggers want to draw readers' attention to inaccuracies, and I'm not sure many people want to be the editors. On this blog, at least, comments and email have been fairly efficient, and for any mistakes I've made, I think the readership's been mercifully forgiving.

Lijit: It's an awesome blog search engine that I really will put back on my blog soon. They rank very high among my favorite naggers.

Mindtouch: They make it easy to make more multimedia-friendly wikis rather than your plain old Wikipedia-style layout that you see everywhere.

Solutions are Power blog for small businesses. Well thought out and a good resource.

Regator: They call themselves a mix of Alltop and digg.

SodaHead: A destination site in its own right, they now offer free polling widgets, including customizable branded options. At first I thought that was where I'd find the Jones Soda at the show. No free drinks, but the widgets look fun.

TechSmith: I've used their products off an on for years. One of their latest is SnagIt ViewBug: Share your photos and make a few bucks if you're judged as one of the week's top 50. There you go, start getting paid for all the time you spend throwing stuff on Flickr and Facebook.

Widgetbucks: They've got a massive ad network of their own. I met the CEO on my panel on widget monetization. Note that Widgetbox and Widgetbucks can sound exactly alike depending on the speaker's accent, or if your hearing's shot from the Vegas party scene.

Yovia: Join communities or sponsor them and request posts. I need to take a little more time to see how they differ from the PayPerPost/SocialSpark model.

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