This site is intended to share with everyone what people are saying about Tech•Ed and the products and technologies discussed at the event. We want you to get the most out of Tech•Ed even if you don't attend! techedbloggers.net is the best place to find blogs that are relevant to your Tech•Ed interests and we have human editors working to help you find the best content.

Anyone interested in contributing their thoughts about Tech•Ed 2008 or associated technologies can register their blog with techedbloggers.net. You do not need to be an attendee. If you blog about topics and technologies being actively discussed at Tech•Ed then register and join the discussion!

Yes, you can add you blog even if you are not attending Tech•Ed.

You will see that bloggers on the site come in all shapes and sizes. Along with those who just like a good technical discussions, there are Microsoft staff, speakers, influencers like MVPs and RDs, and people planning to attend. Ideas are shared. From what people hope to learn about the content being presented to where are the best places to eat in town to secrets for getting the most from the event. 

You can blog about the sessions, exhibit hall, auxiliary events or other activities, parties, and crazy things you do in the evenings. You can also photo blog if you take photographs during the event. It’s important that posts to your blog are given some context by mentioning Tech•Ed. Otherwise, we may not know to include that entry in the feed.

Our editors choose posts that relate to Tech•Ed or technologies discussed at Tech•Ed. We look for content that relates to sessions, spurs discussions, captures the spirit of the event, fans up controversy, or elicits a chuckle. Usually we pass over very short or fragmented posts. Threaded discussions between one or more blogs will only appear if the replies in the discussion add significant information to the original post. Our thought is that we link to the original post and then you can follow the discussion there. If an important discussion comes up we may try to work it back into the aggregated feed.

Our editors are 100% genuine Homo sapiens. They are longtime industry pros, most of whom have attended or presented at Tech•Ed. The editors enjoy following these blogs over the long run, and are tuned into the wonderful quirky tech blogosphere. We're always looking for great editors. If you are a dedicated tech blog fanatic, and are interested in being an editor then please contact us.

The individual blogs as well as the category feeds at Tech•Ed Bloggers are marked with the RSS logo. You click the logo or open the feed address in your favorite newsreader to read the current posts for any feed.

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No, the selection of posts is independently determined by the editors hired by InDepth Technology, Inc...

No! We get paid by event organizers to help bloggers make the events even more successful. We don't provide registration data to organizations that hire our services. We only collect the data so we can figure out in which subject areas your work relates.

Yes. If you're super nice, you'll give techedbloggers.net credit and a link. Our thanks in advance!

Yes. However, the RSS feeds take a lot of effort to maintain. You must give techedbloggers.net credit and a link. Use "by techedbloggers.net" as the text for the link (http://techedbloggers.net).

Sure. In fact, you can submit your blog anytime during or after the event. We will continue to aggregate posts for as long as people are still talking about Tech•Ed Microsoft technologies in their blogs.

After you complete the registration, it is queued for approval by an editor. Although this slows the process, we need to do this to ensure your blog is presented only with other quality topical blogs.

No, you can keep using your tools and host. We will just help readers find you. Just provide a link to your blog so we can aggregate it into the techedbloggers.net feed. We accept blogs created with any set of services and tools.

Yes! Your posts will be attributed to the name you provide in your syndication. The aggregated post will contain a link to the original item in your blog. Our job is to help interested readers find your blog.

We do not modify the content of a post, but we often publish a fully attributed excerpt from a post. Some item fields may be changed during aggregation as the items are normalized into RSS 2.0. In all cases, the content is published with a conspicuous link to your original post on your site. Our goal is to drive traffic to your site.

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