{"id":1778,"date":"2019-08-09T10:47:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2019-08-09T12:26:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T11:26:38","slug":"top-20-microsoft-technical-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/?p=1778","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 Microsoft Technical Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p>So this blog post is a little later than I had planned, However as the adage goes &#8216;Better Late than Never!&#8217; So a couple of weeks ago to try and help promote the HypervLAB blog I registered it on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/\">feedspot.com<\/a>. Which is an online platform which recommends the Top 20 Blogs on various topics. Most notably and usefully in my case are the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Top 20 Microsoft Azure Blogs (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/microsoft_azure_blogs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top 20 Microsoft Azure Blogs<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Top 20 Micorosft Windows Blogs (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/microsoft_windows_blogs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Top 20 Micorosft Windows Blogs<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.feedspot.com\/microsoft_blogs\/\">Top 20 Microsoft Blogs<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then this past weekend I received an email from Anuj the owner of the website with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-53.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-53.png 950w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-53-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-53-768x265.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Which was an amazing email to receive, taking into account that I&#8217;ve only been properly blogging since February this year, and I have to give credit to Richard Hooper of <a href=\"https:\/\/pixelrobots.co.uk\/\">Pixel Robots<\/a>, for giving loads of advice and support to get started! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I must admit that I do feel ever so slightly cheated at this stage only because when you actually go to the feedspot listing for the Top 20 Microsoft Blogs, Look where the HypervLAB&#8230; However, this actually gives me more driver and passion to blog more to boost the ranking and help the IT Professional Community!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-54.png 985w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-54-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/image-54-768x238.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>So this blog post is a little later than I had planned, However as the adage goes &#8216;Better Late than Never!&#8217; So a couple of weeks ago to try and help promote the HypervLAB blog I registered it on feedspot.com. 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