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Six Apart blog maker announced
its plans to “make blogging better for everyone” and unveiled the first
cross-platform blogging application for Facebook. Blog It allows users to post
on blogs from Facebook and sends their posts to Blogger, TypePad, LiveJournal,
Twitter, Tumblr, Pownce, Movable Type, Vox or WordPress.
“We are excited to launch the
first cross-platform blogging application for Facebook – Blog It Powered by TypePad.
We think Blog It bring some of the best social aspects of Facebook to blogging,
making it easy to blog from within Facebook and tell people you know all around
the web that you’re doing so,” the company said in a statement.
For starters, users will need to
add the Blog It application on Facebook and set the details for their account,
enabling them to blog and share blogs with friends on Facebook, Twitter and
Pownce.
“By bridging the gap between
blogging and social networking, Six Apart brings social tools to bloggers all
over the web no matter the publishing platform they use,” said David Recordon,
Open Platforms Tech Lead at Six Apart. “Blog It is a power tool for bloggers
who want to spread the word to their friends and colleagues about the content
they're creating.”
Staying connected is important,
and making blogging fun and easy is just as important. Six Apart says about
Blog It that it brings the best social aspects of Facebook to blogging, which makes
it easy to stay in touch with friends on their web and always be informed of
what they’re posting.
The company described Blog It as
part of a new trend of web applications that are attempting to break barriers
between sites, improve user experience, and give users more power and choice
over what they post, where they post and who sees it.
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