BBD Del.icio.us

I set up a del.icio.us account for BBD. I will add blog related information I think is useful. I already had a personal account but felt a separate more-focused account was a good idea.

I looked at other social bookmarking sites but chose to stick with del.icio.us because I am familiar with it and it works. If you have a del.icio.us account you can add me to your network and suggest blog related sites.

Having a bookmarks site will help me provide better information. I don't have the time to blog about all the useful posts I find. BBD News is useful but presents various problems such as: subscribing and managing feeds, and obtaining permission to post copyrighted material.

The sidebar link is in the BBD Extras section.

Technorati Etc

I just claimed this blog in Technorati using "Post Claim". Now it appears in my Technorati Profile. I also some a button-links to the blogs/groups I support.

I like the Add This "Bookmark" button I added to the template. I do find it changes the look of the blog a little. The white areas become more noticeable. I will have to experiment some more.

Spurl Hit With DoS Attack

I was researching Social Bookmarking services this morning and found that Spurl had suffered a Denial of Service attack.

This is what was on their website tonight:

We are currently forced to offer reduced functionality due to heavy spam attacks. The lists with New and Hot spurls are therefore disabled until further notice.
Our apologies for the inconvenience.

I get tired of the spammers attacking websites. It makes it harder for legitimate users. When stricter controls are enforced innocent people can get mislabeled as spammers.