Information on the Google Blogger and how Atom Sounds uses it. Visit the Atom Sounds Blog / Syndication

What is Blogger?
Blogger is a web-based tool that helps you publish to the web instantly -- whenever the urge strikes. Blogger is the leading tool in the rapidly growing area of web publishing known as weblogs, or "blogs."

What is a weblog/blog?
A blog is a web page made up of usually short, frequently updated posts that are arranged chronologically—like a what's new page or a journal. The content and purposes of blogs varies greatly—from links and commentary about other web sites, to news about a company/person/idea, to diaries, photos, poetry, mini-essays, project updates, even fiction.

Blog posts are like instant messages to the web.

Many blogs are personal, "what's on my mind" type musings. Others are collaborative efforts based on a specific topic or area of mutual interest. Some blogs are for play. Some are for work. Some are both.

Blogs are also excellent team/department/company/family communication tools. They help small groups communicate in a way that is simpler and easier to follow than email or discussion forums. Use a private blog on an intranet to allow team members to post related links, files, quotes, or commentary. Set up a family blog where relatives can share personal news. A blog can help keep everyone in the loop, promote cohesiveness and group culture, and provide an informal "voice" of a project or department to outsiders.

To see some examples of different types of blogs, see our Blog of the Week archive.

What does Blogger do?
Blogger gives you a way to automate (and greatly accelerate) the blog publishing process without writing any code or worrying about installing any sort of server software or scripts. And yet, it still gives you total control over the look and location of your blog.

More specifically, instead of hand-coding your blog posts and frequently uploading the newest version of your page, you make posts to your blog by submitting a simple form on the Blogger web site, and the results immediately show up on your site, with your design.

What do I need to get started with Blogger?
You need about two minutes. You don't need an existing website or hosting or any of that stuff. We'll do all the work for you. If you already have a web site you want to use Blogger to publish to, you simply need FTP access to it (if you're not sure if you have this, ask your web host or look at their documentation—you probably do). Using the Google Toolbar will enable you to "Blog" instantly from any website.

How does Blogger work?
Magic! Actually, you provide Blogger a template of your page (or use one of several pre-designed ones) that indicates where you want your posts to appear. When you want to publish something, you simply enter it in a form. When you're ready, you hit a "Publish" button that will automatically send your new page to your web server. No muss. No fuss. Total control.

Google and Blogger
The Google Toolbar utilizes the Blogger system via a small icon upon clicking this icon a window will open and allow you to enter into your chosen Blog. The great thing about the Google Toolbar is it's absolutely FREE and comes with a superb Popup Blocker, built in search, Auto Fill (for filling in those large forms with the same information and loads more.

So get over there and download the FREE Google Toolbar NOW!!!!

NEW Atom Sounds Syndication XML/RSS Feed

We now offer Syndication of the Blog, using XML/RSS technology which is viewable on Yahoo, MSN, NewsGater, Bloglines, FeedDemon (Try it today. Free Download!), NetNewsWire, NewsGator Outlook Edition, SharpReader, Shrook and USM

Feeds are usually available on most sites and are denoted by an image such as and can be read by special reader or added to many different websites. This is a brand new system so if you want to be kept up to date with new artists tracks, track of the week, CD of the month and more then just follow this link to the Atom Sounds Syndication page and from there you'll be able to subscribe to the RSS/XML feed to all the latest information.

Promote YOUR Blog
If you've got your own blog and would like a little extra internet promo for it then add it to our Top 100 Blogs and get some extra viewers coming your way.