The Jig is Up -- MyBlogLog joins Yahoo!
Congratulations to the team who created MyBlogLog, which started up a mere 3 months ago. I have been a regular visitor to the site; the first community portal that has interested me (I tend to take a look at anything new so have perused quite a few of them!).
MyBlogLog is an impressive social network tool where bloggers and their readers join in communities of people with interest in the same blogs. You are then able to find more blogs which cover your interest areas (and there is top quality writing to be found) as well as set up communication with fellow community members.
Their member photo blog gadget, which you can see in the right sidebar here, gives the community a more personal touch. This somehow makes me feel more a part of the communities I am in - a community should create a sense of belonging! I can see the portrait images of the people who visit my blog as well as see mine on the pages I visit.
I look forward to seeing this service develop and prosper.
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All you wish to know about blogging - If you are interested in a topic I have not covered then please ask as this blog is for you, my readers.
My BlogLog joins Yahoo
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Run Blogger using your own domain name
You are now able to run Blogger under your own domain name without having to pay for hosting. Blogger will still host the site for you. The full explanation is on the Blogger help site here:
How do I use a custom domain name on my blog?:
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Netscape Scroller
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Netscape Scroller:
Add a scrolling Netscape news widget to your website or blog sidebar. Simply copy the code shown on this pageFiled in: widgets, blog-tools, blogging sueblimely sueblimely
Blog this! bookmarklets
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
CategoryTagBlogThis and DeliciousTagBlogThis for del.icio.us and XBlogThis! for Technorati are extensions of Blogger's 'Blog This! 'bookmarklet', which pop up before the blogger post window appears. They allow you to create comma delineated tags. These tags are then integrated into your post saving you the effort of putting the code in manually. A great time saver.
You edit the CategoryTagThis! bookmarklet to point to your own del.icio.us account. The DeliciousTagBlogThis! bookmarklet points to all posts with your chosen tags. The bookmarklets and a good explanation of how they work can be found at Fresh Blog.
XBlogThis! creates Technorati tags and allows you to enter the blog author's name as the title. You can find the bookmarklet and full description at it's authors blog site Kens's Meme Deflector
Any tags linked to a del.icio.us account will also show up in Technorati so the first two bookmarklets cover both del.icio.us and Technorati.
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You edit the CategoryTagThis! bookmarklet to point to your own del.icio.us account. The DeliciousTagBlogThis! bookmarklet points to all posts with your chosen tags. The bookmarklets and a good explanation of how they work can be found at Fresh Blog.
XBlogThis! creates Technorati tags and allows you to enter the blog author's name as the title. You can find the bookmarklet and full description at it's authors blog site Kens's Meme Deflector
Any tags linked to a del.icio.us account will also show up in Technorati so the first two bookmarklets cover both del.icio.us and Technorati.
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Technorati tags for Blogger
Monday, January 08, 2007
If you are unsure about the correct way of adding tags to your page so that they are indexed by Technorati, the following article gives a thorough and clear explanation.
Technorati tags: an introduction - A Consuming Experience
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del.icio.us tools - Tagometer
Sunday, January 07, 2007
The social bookmark manager, del.icio.us, has a new tool that you can use on your blog. This shows the number of people who have bookmarked your page on del.icio.us together with the tags it is bookmarked under. You can view this and some of the other tools available on the left sidebar of this site.
Tagometer Badge
Tagometer Badge
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Creating a widely read blog
Having happened across the 'Total BS (Blog Statistics) article on Guy Kawasaki's blog 'How to Change the World - A practical blog for impractical people', I was interested in finding out how he had achieved such figures:
Guy Kawasaki's Site statistics, on day 30 of his blog:- 268,060 unique visitors. This reflects 211,947 first-time visitors and 56,113 repeat visitors.
- According to Technorati, 1,479 sites now maintain 2,843 links to the blog. About two weeks ago, my blog ranked #488 in Technorati; the current rank is #289.
The 120 Day Wonder: How to Evangelize a Blog I know a fair amount about evangelism and a little bit about blogging, so I've combined the two in order to provide some insights into the evangelism of a blog …
Pasted from: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/04/the_120_day_won.html
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Tagging with BlogThis! - Freshblog
You can use these 'Blog This' bookmarklets to easily add tags to your blogger posts. Read the instructions and get Tagging with BlogThis! - Freshblog
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Definitions of Web 2.0
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Links to articles by web professionals on the definitions of Web 2.0. The term is interpreted in various different ways but overall the definition points to a more mature era of the web backed by advances in coding; catering for a demand for wider user contribution.
Introduction to Web 2.0 on Squidoo
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Introduction to Web 2.0 on Squidoo
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Technorati Help: Blogging 101
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
An excellent description of bloggingTechnorati Help: Blogging 101
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