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MyBlogLog: Social Networking for Bloggers
After the recent acquisition of MyBlogLog by Yahoo for $10 million, as to what top blogger like Jeremy Schoemaker from ShoeMoney have predicted, most of the regular bloggers have come to appreciate and admired what this blog statistic service have come to offer.
MyBlogLog was originally developed as a statistic service, after being aware that social networking is a huge tool among bloggers, there have decided to integrate with their own social networking system which turns out great.
For those who have not heard about Mybloglog before, I’m sure stumbling upon it with your daily blog visit is unavoidable. I should say that they are still not fully functional yet as the tools and interface are constantly changing and being added. The system could be quite confusing at times but you’ll tend to get use to it as you go along.
it’s confusing at times - but the core principle is sound and simple, and winning fans all over the blogosphere. I for one really enjoy being able to put a face to my current readership.
-Yaro-
MyBlogLog Features
Account Basic
Registering an account was fairly simple. After that you can add as many site or blog that you personally authored. If it is multiple user site, you can assigned the other author as co-author and add them to your list. This will not only increase credibility equally among the authors involved but also the site exposure itself as it will be displayed within all the homepage of all the authors.
Adding family, friends and contacts was also a breeze as you can browse through each other contact list or use the search field to locate potential contact or long lost friends.
Overall the interface is more alike or hybrid of the establish site like friendster, myspace and facebook. Only this one is tailored specifically for bloggers.
Sidebar Widget
One thing that MyBlogLog impress me was with their Sidebar Widget.
Within your account you can generate your own sidebar widget by going to the “get widget” option. The custom setting that you can play around there should be enough to help you into blending the widget with your existing theme. It’s also possible for advance editing with the widget if you’re familliar with css.
With this there is a site tracking script embedded, which enables MyBlogLog to track data on readers, pageviews and offside clicks. More info like “where readers came from”, “what readers viewed” and “what readers clicked” are also available. However you are only restricted the most up to 10 data. To gain more, you need to upgrade to MyBlogLog Pro for a $3 monthly re-occuring fee or a $25 fee per annum.
This widget could proves to be a very powerful viral marketing tools itself. By just sticking the widget to your sidebar, you can see photos of those who recently visit your blog. The same thing happen if you visit those other blogger who is within the
MyBlogLog inner circle. I find this to be quite addictive at times, as it increase the exposure of your blog community and also theirs. By clicking on the photos, you’re brougth into the user homepage - where you can message or check who knows who and which community are they being involved with.
Other features that might you want to check out are ClickTagging and Faces on Comments
ClickTagging
Clicktagging enables you to track your most clickable link by listing down their anchor text on a table. This is a good feature to implement especially if most of the link within your sites are affiliate links.
Faces on Comments
This feature only available for those who is using Typepad, Movable Type and Wordpress (not self-hosted). Basically it enables you to grab the readers MyBlogLog photo as avatar in your comment system. For self-hosted Wordpress user, you can download the alternative Wordpress plugin from here : MyAvatars (Thanks Yaro for the tips).
Personally, I strongly recommend that you register an account if you haven’t done so already and have a look in what MyBlogLog have to offer. I truly believe that by adding the widget to your blog and utilize the other features as well could help increase your traffic rate, certainly it depends to what extent you make use of MyBlogLog full features.
Can’t wait to see what other features MyBlogLog have in mind.
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Thanks for this great explanation of mybloglog - which I like using very much.
You are right about the fact that it can sometimes be confusing and seems to have an evolving feature set. I have a selfhosted wordpress blog and right now am trying to figure out how to get clicktagging working - it’s turned on in mybloglog but is not happening on my blog.. presumably there is some javascript code I need to install but it’s not clear what to do.
Meanwhile, friends of mine with hosted blogs on wordpress.com have clicktagging. The “alternative for selfhosted wordpress” offered through the mybloglog settings seems to focus on getting icons to show with comments, and does not talk about clicktagging.
If mybloglog could lick this issue themselves through a supported widget that would be better than relying on one provided by someone else.
Cheers,
Tobias
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