What the Hell is MyBlogLog
Posted on February 10, 2007 by
Adie 
Blogging 
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By now I’m sure a lot of you have heard about MyBlogLog, and if you haven’t you’re probably wondering what all those faces are doing at the bottom of my sidebar.
Connecting Users
MyBlogLog is a newish social networking site setup specifically for bloggers. The idea behind the site is to connect blog communities across multiple sites and allow users to keep an easier track with their favorite communities and fellow users. Visitors can join a blog’s MyBlogLog community by browsing their communities or by clicking on “View Reader Community” on their Recent Readers widget. MyBlogLog highlights the fastest growing communities on their community homepage which can generate some good additional traffic and activity.
Delicious Widgets
One of the biggest draws for MyBlogLog is the easy-to-integrate widgets associated with their site. The most widely used one is the “Recent Readers” which you can see by scrolling down to the bottom of my sidebar. Another one is the “Top Links” which tracks the most popular links and displays them in a list. There’s also an option to track all clicks and display them on a hover-over. I used the links features for about a week but quite honesty didn’t see all that much use in them.
There are a couple other good widgets that take advantage of MyBlogLog’s userbase but aren’t necessarily endorsed by them. One of these is MyAvatars by Napolux. MyAvatars integrates MyBlogLog user avatars into your blog’s comments system so that you can easily match blog commenters with their faces from MyBlogLog. There’s also the possibility of utilizing MyBlogLog’s database to create custom widgets such as ShoeMoney’s Top Commenters widget (combines Comment Karma with MyBlogLog).
Free Promotion
Another great thing about MyBlogLog is the free promotion it generates. Much in the same way having a MySpace account for your site or blog can generate free traffic, MyBlogLog users find and visit your site by browsing the communities or stumbling into it through a chain of other users. In this sense MyBlogLog is extremely useful and really is a quality service to the blogging community.
However just like MySpace there are a ton of spammers. MyBlogLog has a really lame abuse reporting system that could use a serious revamp. There’s also a lot of people trying to take advantage of not only MyBlogLog but all social networking sites to generate visitors and increase SEO - see Gary Ruplinger (and yes I do plan to refer back to this guy everytime I mention social networking SEO spam).
Overall MyBlogLog has a long way to go but is a fun little alternative to larger social networking communities. The majority of the users over there are like-minded and friendly. Ignoring the random spammer there’s little to complain about.
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I love MyBlogLog. I comment quite a bit but most people don’t. I’ve found a lot of great people in niche blogs that I read by clicking on the avatar. It’s a great idea.
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…and tones of spam :/
The spam is definitely a problem, but it’s a problem I’m sure they’ll work out in time.
Just take a look at this post on ShoeMoney blog.
I see NorthxEast sponsored the post. I like this idea… and it’s a very clean look.
Mybloglog widget is creating a problem with the wordpress slightbox plugin instaled in my blog.
Really? I’ve never had a problem with it.
I like it. It gives readers a reason for coming back and it helps put a face on some of your readers.
My traffic and reader base and gone up a lot since I’ve been using it.
Always good to hear!
Nate first introduced me to MyBlogLog.
I have been quite impressed by its social networking features. Great Blog btw.
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[...] just reported another potential problem with MyBlogLog (following a number of exploit posts which led to some drama). This time they say MyBlogLog is [...]
[...] MyBlogLog is a wonderful new social networking website made specifically for bloggers. Most bloggers who register for MyBlogLog do so because they actually want to network with others in the industry. Browse the communities, find other blogs that interest you, and add them to your list. You can also add and message contacts to get to know more people. Even just browsing around other users’ profiles will get you additional traffic. [...]