Blog Baltimore
Blogring and resources for Baltimore-area bloggers
UPDATE! June 29, 2006
I am being overrun by spam on the RingSurf site, and it's getting increasingly difficult to sort the few real Baltimore blogs from the pervasive and numerable BUY OUR DRUG spam. So, for the time being, I'm going to put a block on new signups through the RingSurf site itself. I will still take your e-mailed submissions, though.
As always, thank you for your continued patience.
About
Blog Baltimore is a loose association of weblogs by the charming residents of the greater Baltimore metropolitan area. The content on these blogs varies from the mundane to the philosophical, from photographs to sushi recipes, travelogues to tirades. There is no unifying theme here, no ideological imperative. We're a fascinating cross-section of the varied and often obscure interests of Baltimoreans. And we'd love for you to hop aboard.
Wanna join? Do you qualify? Members should live in or around Baltimore and have a weblog. Blogs should be active [new posts in the last month] and blogring code must be displayed on your blog's front page. Only valid e-mail addresses, please.
What's a blogring, you ask? It's a way of connecting blogs whose authors share a common interest or characteristic. With a Blog Baltimore link on your blog, you'll be able to link to other Baltimore Bloggers in a circle of love and trust that even Martin O'Malley would be proud of.
Hmm. Or not. Never mind. Point is, blogrings are a tool for fostering community in the blogosphere. Come on and join us.
Visit the form sign-up page to get started. And when you sign up, keep this in mind: I run this here blogring, but I work and have a little baby, too, so I may not get to it right away. Patience, it is a virtue.
Want to see who all's listed already? The quick-hit list is on the right.
Don't yet have a blog, but desperately want one? Consider Baltiblogs.
Or, if you're already a member, check out the other Mobtown-centered resources here.
Resources
Here are some handy tips, tools, tricks, services and freebies. [Updated 6/1/05]
- Get the Blog Baltimore roundup at Blogdigger Groups! The latest posts.
- Put Baltimore Sun headlines on your blog using their XML feeds. They offer a bit of javascript code to copy and paste, and also allow you to choose headlines by section or interest: County news, business news, sports, entertainment -- and those categories are further subdivided.
- You can subscribe to a Baltimore Webloggers mailing list.
- Crablogs: A voluntary listing of Baltimore-area blogs.
- Baltiblogs: Free blogs for Baltimore locals, plus a list of recently-updated Baltiblogs.
- Localfeeds/Baltimore: Latest headlines from Baltimore-area blogs.
- Baltimore News/Blog headlines: More feeds from local bloggers. They call it gossip.
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Geo URL resources: Ways to find your geographical coordinates. Add them to your metadata to get listed on sites that use geographic information to filter blogs. The code would look like this, and go in your header:
< meta name="ICBM" content="your latitude, your longitude " >
Troubled?
Having problems? Can't get to the form page? Feeling lazy? You can e-mail me your information, and I'll enter it by by hand. From you I'll need:
- Site Title
- Site URL
- Site Owner
- Your e-mail address
- Your date of birth [to verify you're over 13]
- Your password of choice
- Keywords
- A description of your blog.
Once your site has been approved, you'll receive an e-mail containing the blogring code. Copy and paste it into your blog's sidebar in your template, and you'll be all set.