Izea Arrives and Arugus Preview
I wrote about PayPerPost's search for a new name to include all the services the company provides. Long time users of PPP were outspoken in their unhappiness about the name change, along with concern of the wisdom of changing such a well known brand. Still, with Blogger's Choice Awards, Blogs in Space, and many other blog centered services calling the company PayPerPost does seem to lack an explanation of it's purpose.
The new site, Izea, launched Halloween night. The event was announced to the world (the blogging world, that is) on Colleen's Simple Kind of Life the very next day.
The new name is exciting, but the real vital news is the new system, codenamed Argus, that CEO Ted Murphy assures will revolutionize blogging and earning as a blogger.
Attendees at PostieCon, only five days away, plus a small number of volunteers will be provided with access to Argus' closed Alpha.
Due to recent developments with Google Page Rank system appearing to punish bloggers providing sponsored content, the promise of Argus measuring blogs by other criteria is more exciting then ever.
Any news of Argus is of interest to this blogger. Ted posted the following video today on the company blog. It was taken during a meeting where he gave some Posties a preview.
Being a new PPP postie, this looks interesting.
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I owe my growth as a blogger over the last few months to the fine peeps over at the PPP forums. I would also recommend keeping up with the company blog and visiting GeekySpeaky.com.
The piece I was missing before is that blogging is more about community than I first thought. Turns out that's the coolest part
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