| Jeff Larose |
Blog Footprints
Summary Of Blog Footprints
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b2evolution
Battle Blog BlogBaker BlogEngine Blogger blogSpirit Cakewalk Blogs dasBlog Blogs Dotclear eggBlog FlatPress |
Forest Blog
Jlog LifeType Loudblog Melody Movable Type Nucleus Open Blog Pebble Pivot |
SamePage
Serendipity Tabulus Typo TypePad Wheatblog WikyBlog WordPress WordPress MultiSite WordPress MultiUser |
b2evolution Footprints
b2evolution is blogging software that is very similar to wordpress. The reason is that both were forked from b2/cafelog. Seeing as it is similar to wordpress and allows commenting then its obviously a good place to consider placing related backlinks to your website.
An obvious footprint would be:
"powered by b2evolution" "keyword phrase"
The next may seem weird but since these words appear in the footer of many b2evolution blogs just throw in a keyword or phrase to get more specific and your golden.
b2 webhosting monetizing keyword
If your doing a bit of manual hunting around for some b2evolution blogs make sure you head off to their official website as they carry a big list of recently updated blogs right on their homepage.
An obvious footprint would be:
"powered by b2evolution" "keyword phrase"
The next may seem weird but since these words appear in the footer of many b2evolution blogs just throw in a keyword or phrase to get more specific and your golden.
b2 webhosting monetizing keyword
If your doing a bit of manual hunting around for some b2evolution blogs make sure you head off to their official website as they carry a big list of recently updated blogs right on their homepage.
Battle Blog Footprints
Battle Blog is written in Vbscript ASP and has democratic content controls. Here are my Battle Blog Footprints.
"Powered by Battle Blog"
"Powered by Battle Blog" keyword
"Powered by Battle Blog" "Top User"
"Powered by Battle Blog"
"Powered by Battle Blog" keyword
"Powered by Battle Blog" "Top User"
BlogBaker Footprints
BlogBaker offers free and paid blogs. They are hosted and managed by BlogBaker so setup is minimaized. Below are the BlogBaker footprints I've created for you.
site:blogbaker.com
site:blogbaker.com keyword
site:blogbaker.com
site:blogbaker.com keyword
BlogEngine Footprints
BlogEngine is blogging software that was designed using the .NET framework. BlogEngine footprints are listed below. The first is your standard footprint, the second finds BlogEngine websites that are .edu domains only, and the final footprint includes a release number to isolate the query even more.
"Powered by BlogEngine" keyword
"Powered by BlogEngine" keyword site:.edu
"Powered by BlogEngine.NET 2.0.0.35" keyword
"Powered by BlogEngine" keyword
"Powered by BlogEngine" keyword site:.edu
"Powered by BlogEngine.NET 2.0.0.35" keyword
Blogger Footprints
Blogger footprints that have worked for me are below. Blogspot is essentially the same as Blogger so these are the footprints for both of them.
I figured out these footprints by viewing the source html of blogspot blogs. The first one will likely give you more accurate results but the 2nd footprint is pretty good as well.
"meta content='blogger'" keyword
"Blogger Template Style" "keyword phrase"
Have fun finding blogger blogs. They allow commenting so are a good place to place backlinks to your site.
I figured out these footprints by viewing the source html of blogspot blogs. The first one will likely give you more accurate results but the 2nd footprint is pretty good as well.
"meta content='blogger'" keyword
"Blogger Template Style" "keyword phrase"
Have fun finding blogger blogs. They allow commenting so are a good place to place backlinks to your site.
blogSpirit Footprints
blogSpirit is a hosted blog that claims to have over 100 features. They offer a free 30 day trial. Here are my blogSpirit footprints.
site:blogspirit.com
site:blogspirit.com keyword
site:blogspirit.com "Post a comment"
site:blogspirit.com
site:blogspirit.com keyword
site:blogspirit.com "Post a comment"
Cakewalk Blogs footprints
Cakewalk blogs are simple to use and hosted at Cakewalk. They are free and supported by advertising. Here are some Cakewalk blogs footprints.
site:cakewalkblogs.com
site:cakewalkblogs.com keyword
"A Cakewalk Blog" "Get Yours Now"
site:cakewalkblogs.com
site:cakewalkblogs.com keyword
"A Cakewalk Blog" "Get Yours Now"
dasBlog Blogs Footprints
dasBlog blogs is a free open source ASP.NET blogging platform. Below are some dasBlog footprints that I've created.
"Powered by: newtelligence dasBlog"
"Powered by: newtelligence dasBlog" keyword
"Powered by: newtelligence dasBlog 2.1.8102.813"
"Powered by: newtelligence dasBlog 1.9.7174.0."
"Powered by: newtelligence dasBlog"
"Powered by: newtelligence dasBlog" keyword
"Powered by: newtelligence dasBlog 2.1.8102.813"
"Powered by: newtelligence dasBlog 1.9.7174.0."
Dotclear Footprints
Dotclear is free blog software that is focused on making blogging easy regardless of your technical ability. Here is a bunch of Dotclear footprints for you. They will help you find comment pages and new Dotclear blogs.
"Powered by Dotclear"
"Powered by Dotclear" keyword
"Powered by Dotclear" "Welcome to Dotclear!"
"Powered by Dotclear" inurl:index.php
"This is your first entry. When you're ready to blog, log in to edit or delete it."
"Powered by Dotclear" "Add a comment"
"Powered by Dotclear"
"Powered by Dotclear" keyword
"Powered by Dotclear" "Welcome to Dotclear!"
"Powered by Dotclear" inurl:index.php
"This is your first entry. When you're ready to blog, log in to edit or delete it."
"Powered by Dotclear" "Add a comment"
eggBlog Footprints
eggBlog allows you to creat a free PHP / MySQL blog on your website. Below are my eggBlog footprints.
"powered by eggBlog.net"
"powered by eggBlog.net" keyword
"powered by eggBlog.net" "Log In"
"powered by eggBlog.net"
"powered by eggBlog.net" keyword
"powered by eggBlog.net" "Log In"
FlatPress Footprints
Flatpress is a free open source blogging platform that does not require a database. Below are two FlatPress footprints to get you started.
"powered by FlatPress" theme
"powered by FlatPress" theme keyword
"powered by FlatPress" theme
"powered by FlatPress" theme keyword
Forest Blog Footprints
Forest blog is ASP based,supports several different databases, and has been around since 2005. These 3 Forest Blog footprints will help you find these blogs.
"Powered By: Forest Blog"
"Powered By: Forest Blog" keyword
"Powered By: Forest Blog v1.3.3"
"Powered By: Forest Blog"
"Powered By: Forest Blog" keyword
"Powered By: Forest Blog v1.3.3"
Jlog Footprints
Jlog is a easy to use blogging system written in PHP geared to beginners. Here are the jlog footprints that I created.
"Powered by Jlog"
"Powered by Jlog" keyword
"Powered by Jlog"
"Powered by Jlog" keyword
LifeType Footprints
Lifetype is free blogging software based on PHP and MySQL. It supports subdomains, multiple blogs / users as well. In a way it is similar to WPMU. These LifeType footprints will find you LifeType blogs as well as comment pages and also blogs that have been created and deserted.
"Powered by LifeType" "Design by"
"Powered by LifeType" "Design by" keyword
"Powered by LifeType" "My first blog"
"Powered by LifeType" "Accessible and Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS"
"Powered by LifeType" "If you can read this post, it means that the registration process was successful"
"Powered by LifeType" "Add comment"
"Powered by LifeType" "Add comment" -site:christianblogsites.com
"Powered by LifeType" "Design by"
"Powered by LifeType" "Design by" keyword
"Powered by LifeType" "My first blog"
"Powered by LifeType" "Accessible and Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict and CSS"
"Powered by LifeType" "If you can read this post, it means that the registration process was successful"
"Powered by LifeType" "Add comment"
"Powered by LifeType" "Add comment" -site:christianblogsites.com
Loudblog Footprints
Loudblog is a simple and allows easy posting to you weblog. My Loudblog footprints are below.
"powered by Loudblog"
"powered by Loudblog" keyword
inurl:loudblog
"powered by Loudblog"
"powered by Loudblog" keyword
inurl:loudblog
Melody Footprints
Melody is blogging software that is a recent fork of the Six Apart Movable Type. The one footprint I use to find Melody blogs is below.
"Powered by Melody" keyword
Melody is supposedly to be more cutting edge and rapidly changing than Movable Type.
"Powered by Melody" keyword
Melody is supposedly to be more cutting edge and rapidly changing than Movable Type.
Movable Type Footprints
Movable Type is typical blogging software that allows commenting as WordPress does. This makes it a reasonable place to go to post some backlinks to your website.
The basic footprint is as follows:
"Powered by Movable Type Pro" "keyword"
If you want to target a specific release of Movable Type then try something like this
"Powered by Movable Type 5.02" "keyword"
This MT footprint may help you find a page on a Movable Type blog where comments are allowed.
"You may use HTML tags for style" movable "keyword phrase"
The basic footprint is as follows:
"Powered by Movable Type Pro" "keyword"
If you want to target a specific release of Movable Type then try something like this
"Powered by Movable Type 5.02" "keyword"
This MT footprint may help you find a page on a Movable Type blog where comments are allowed.
"You may use HTML tags for style" movable "keyword phrase"
Nucleus Footprints
Nucleus is a blogging platform that allows easy management of several blogs.
Here are some footprints I created to find Nucleus blogs.
"powered by Nucleus CMS" keyword
"powered by NucleusCMS" keyword
"Ported to Nucleus CMS" keyword
These are examples of using version numbers to find Nucleus blogs
"Nucleus CMS v3.2" keyword
"Nucleus CMS v3.63" "keyword phrase"
Here are some footprints I created to find Nucleus blogs.
"powered by Nucleus CMS" keyword
"powered by NucleusCMS" keyword
"Ported to Nucleus CMS" keyword
These are examples of using version numbers to find Nucleus blogs
"Nucleus CMS v3.2" keyword
"Nucleus CMS v3.63" "keyword phrase"
Open Blog Footprints
Open Blog is a free blog created with PHP that is simple to use. Here are some Open Blog footprints for you to use.
"Powered by Open Blog"
"Powered by Open Blog" keyword
"Powered by Open Blog" "Website template"
"Powered by Open Blog" "Tag cloud"
"Powered by Open Blog"
"Powered by Open Blog" keyword
"Powered by Open Blog" "Website template"
"Powered by Open Blog" "Tag cloud"
Pebble Footprints
Pebble is a free open source blogging tool that does not require a database and allows all administration via a browser. Pebble footprints that I worked out are below.
"Powered by Pebble"
"Powered by Pebble" keyword
"Powered by Pebble 2.5.3"
"Powered by Pebble 2.6-M1"
"Powered by Pebble"
"Powered by Pebble" keyword
"Powered by Pebble 2.5.3"
"Powered by Pebble 2.6-M1"
Pivot Footprints
Pivot / Pivotx is similar to Wordpress MS as it allows multiple blogs and users but is unique as it does not require a database. Here are the Pivot footprints and pivotx footprints as well as a few release specific ones as well.
"powered by pivot"
"powered by pivot" keyword
"powered by pivotx"
"powered by pivotx" keyword
Powered by PivotX - 2.2.5
Powered by PivotX - 2.3: pre-alpha
"powered by pivot"
"powered by pivot" keyword
"powered by pivotx"
"powered by pivotx" keyword
Powered by PivotX - 2.2.5
Powered by PivotX - 2.3: pre-alpha
SamePage Footprints
SamePage by eTouch melds wiki and blog functionality that allows for a collaborative effort. Here are my SamePage footprints. They aren't really terribly good.
"SamePage v4.3.1.2.201"
"SamePage v4.3"
"SamePage v4.2"
"SamePage v4.1"
samepage "support.etouch.net"
"SamePage v4.3.1.2.201"
"SamePage v4.3"
"SamePage v4.2"
"SamePage v4.1"
samepage "support.etouch.net"
Serendipity Footprints
Serendipity is a flexible blogging package based on PHP. Many people use it as an online diary. Here are my Serendipity footprints for you to marvel at.
"Powered by serendipity"
"Powered by serendipity" keyword
"Powered by serendipity" "My first blog"
"Based on the s9y Bulletproof template framework"
"Based on the s9y Bulletproof template framework" "Add Comment"
"Powered by s9y" "Template by Bulletproof development team."
"Welcome to the Serendipity Administration Suite."
"Powered by serendipity"
"Powered by serendipity" keyword
"Powered by serendipity" "My first blog"
"Based on the s9y Bulletproof template framework"
"Based on the s9y Bulletproof template framework" "Add Comment"
"Powered by s9y" "Template by Bulletproof development team."
"Welcome to the Serendipity Administration Suite."
Tabulus Footprints
Tabulas offers hosted Blogs which obviously simplifies getting started in your blogging career. Tabulas footprints are below.
"Powered by Tabulas"
"Powered by Tabulas" keyword
site:tabulas.com
site:tabulas.com keyword
"Powered by Tabulas"
"Powered by Tabulas" keyword
site:tabulas.com
site:tabulas.com keyword
Typo Footprints
Typo allows for easy blogging and allows configuration and management through via a web based interface. Typo uses the Ruby on Rails framework. A Typo footprint is below.
"Yet Another Typo Blog"
"Yet Another Typo Blog"
TypePad Footprints
TypePad is blogging software similar to WordPress. They claim to have built in SEO features and make it easy to share with Facebook an Twitter. I have figured out 3 footprints to TypePad but to be honest they aren't overly awesome. They are good at finding blogs but I noticed that only about 50% are TypePad blogs. I think its because a lot of people have changed their blogging software to something different like WordPress and there are still bits and pieces remaining from the TypePad days. I personally found the first footprint works the best.
intitle:"Powered By TypePad" keyword
"Powered By TypePad" keyword
"TypePad, Inc. All rights reserved" keyword
intitle:"Powered By TypePad" keyword
"Powered By TypePad" keyword
"TypePad, Inc. All rights reserved" keyword
Wheatblog Footprints
Wheatblog (wB) is a free open source system based on PHP / MySQL or SQLite. It is used for blogging and includes captchas to minimize spam. Below are some Wheatblog footprints.
"powered by wheatblog"
"powered by wheatblog" keyword
"powered by wheatblog"
"powered by wheatblog" keyword
WikyBlog Footprints
WikyBlog has wiki and blog functionality with an AJAX enhanced interface. WikyBlog footprints are below.
"Powered by WikyBlog"
"Powered by WikyBlog" keyword
"Powered by WikyBlog" "Last modified"
"Powered by WikyBlog"
"Powered by WikyBlog" keyword
"Powered by WikyBlog" "Last modified"
WordPress Footprints
To find WordPress blogs about your keyword
"powered by wordpress" 'keyword'
To find WordPress blogs about your keyword that allows posting comments
‘Leave a Reply’ ‘Name "(required)"‘ ‘Mail (will not be published) "(required)"‘ ‘website' 'keyword'
Adding a tilde ~ to your search terms finds related subjects
‘Leave a Reply’ ‘Name "(required)"‘ ‘Mail (will not be published) "(required)"‘ ‘website' '~keyword'
"powered by wordpress" 'keyword'
To find WordPress blogs about your keyword that allows posting comments
‘Leave a Reply’ ‘Name "(required)"‘ ‘Mail (will not be published) "(required)"‘ ‘website' 'keyword'
Adding a tilde ~ to your search terms finds related subjects
‘Leave a Reply’ ‘Name "(required)"‘ ‘Mail (will not be published) "(required)"‘ ‘website' '~keyword'
WordPress MultiSite Footprints
WordPress MS is the replacement for WordPress MU.
Its included as part of the newest release of WordPress.
You simply add a line to a configuration file to turn it on.
Because of this you need to use WordPress footprints to find WordPress MS blogs.
Its included as part of the newest release of WordPress.
You simply add a line to a configuration file to turn it on.
Because of this you need to use WordPress footprints to find WordPress MS blogs.
WordPress MultiUser Footprints
The following are some footprints for WordPress MU (multiuser).
This is a special version of WordPress that allows you to make a blog on someone elses website. Some people will find a WordPress MU website with high PR and then create a blog on it hoping their blog will garner PR quickly as the domain already has high PR. They can also put as many links where they want as its their own blog.
Here are some examples of WordPress MU footprints:
inurl:wp-signup.php keyword
"Powered by WordPress MU running on" keyword
"Powered by WordPress MU running on" inurl:wp-signup.php keyword
"Powered by WordPress MU running on" inurl:wp-signup.php site:.edu keyword
"gimme a blog" inurl:wp-signup -"registration has been disabled"
"gimme a blog" inurl:register -"registration has been disabled"
"gimme a blog" "Just a username, please." -"registration has been disabled"
intext:"triple-check" inurl:wp-signup.php keyword
You may also wish to try the footprints without a keyword if you don't need to target a site. For example the footprint with site:.edu brings up educational MU sites but there aren't that many so that is a case where you may decide not to use the keyword.
This is a special version of WordPress that allows you to make a blog on someone elses website. Some people will find a WordPress MU website with high PR and then create a blog on it hoping their blog will garner PR quickly as the domain already has high PR. They can also put as many links where they want as its their own blog.
Here are some examples of WordPress MU footprints:
inurl:wp-signup.php keyword
"Powered by WordPress MU running on" keyword
"Powered by WordPress MU running on" inurl:wp-signup.php keyword
"Powered by WordPress MU running on" inurl:wp-signup.php site:.edu keyword
"gimme a blog" inurl:wp-signup -"registration has been disabled"
"gimme a blog" inurl:register -"registration has been disabled"
"gimme a blog" "Just a username, please." -"registration has been disabled"
intext:"triple-check" inurl:wp-signup.php keyword
You may also wish to try the footprints without a keyword if you don't need to target a site. For example the footprint with site:.edu brings up educational MU sites but there aren't that many so that is a case where you may decide not to use the keyword.