This is page 79 of the blogging news archives.

Trackback Spam Level Still Rising (July 5, 2005): BusinessWeek's Blogspotting blog has another post on trackback spam.

Sci Fi Channel Launches Video Blogs (July 5, 2005): The Sci Fi Channel has launched video blogs for its popular Battlestar Galactica series.

BackBoneMedia Releases Corporate Blogging Case Study (July 1, 2005): Backbonemedia has published the results from an interesting survey and study of bloggers at hundreds of companies.

RocketBoom Vlog Receives 25,000 Downloads Per Day (June 30, 2005): RocketBoom, a short video blog newscast produced each weekday, continues to generate buzz.

City Bloggers Keep Conversations Going (June 29, 2005): Bloggers in cities around the United States are organizing to share resources, ideas and stories.

Paid Bloggers and Disclosure (June 29, 2005): The Boston Herald has an interesting article about bloggers who are getting paid to mention a product or store.

Bloggers Organize to Fight Government Regulation (June 28, 2005): Bloggers are organizing in an attempt to keep the Federal Election Commission from extending campaign finance rules to blogs.

AOL's BlogZones Provide Blogosphere Coverage (June 27, 2005): AOL has a website called the BlogZone which provides coverage of what blogs are saying about politics and entertainment.

What are Dark Blogs? (June 27, 2005): Dark blogs are the blogs hidden behind corporate firewalls that the public does not have access to.

Starting a Family Blog (June 26, 2005): Eamonn Sullivan, an editor living in London with his spouse and five children, has a blog post titled, Family Blogging 101, that guides readers through the process of creating a blog with Blogger.

Microsoft Promises RSS Support in Longhorn (June 26, 2005): Microsoft has announced that Longhorn, the next version of Microsoft's operating system, and IE 7.

Engadget Temporarily Turns Off Comments (June 25, 2005): Engadget, a popular gadget blog, has temporarily switched off comments because they are overwhelmed with comment spam and trolls.

IDG Launches Blogfaction (June 25, 2005): IDG Entertainment has launched a gaming site called games.

Blogging Skeptic Asks Why Read Blogs? (June 25, 2005): Author and blogging skeptic Bob Bly has a question for blog readers.

Podcast Awards Open for Nominations (June 24, 2005): The Podcast Awards are open for nominations in several categories including people's choice, best produced, business, comedy, politics, movies, technology, world news and several others.

Boing Boing Pulling Away From Rest of Blogosphere? (June 24, 2005): Boing Boing's traffic continues to grow despite growing competition.

Here Come the Blogarazzi (June 23, 2005): There are already lots of popular celebrity blogs.

Parents Struggle With Blogging Rules (June 23, 2005): An Associated Press story says that some parents are struggling with what rules they should make about blogging for the children.

Study: Over Half of Journalists Use Blogs (June 22, 2005): ClickZ.

Director Blogs Popular With Movie Fans (June 20, 2005): The L.