Getting the Most Out of Your Blogs with MyBlogLog
Anyone that’s ever blogged as a way to promote their products or services and, hopefully, make money online knows how effective good blogs can be. However, for them to be truly effective, they need good exposure on the internet. MyBlogLog, a service of Yahoo! makes this not only possible but very easy.
MyBlogLog is a social network service used in the blogging community. A lot of its effectiveness comes from the addition of a web widget installed on the bloggers blog. MyBlogLog membership is free, which makes it even more popular for bloggers hoping to get more interested readers and exposure. When you sign up for a MyBlogLog account, you enter your blog and are starting your own blog community for your particular interest. Other readers that are interested in your blog can subscribe to your community, so they’ll always know when something new is posted. They can also share your posts with contacts in their own blogging community.
Bloggers that have installed web widgets on their site will be able to show other members of the MyBlogLog community who have recently viewed their site. The widgets also allow you to connect with other users by providing links to the other member’s pages in their community. The members that use the widgets are privy to a lot of helpful information such as how many people visited your site, who visited it, what links they may have clicked and their origin. You can also find new communities by typing what you’re looking for in a search box.
If you’re interested in finding out about any new members to MyBlogLog, a list of the new members is shown on the MyBlogLog Communities or Members page. This is a great way to find if there are any new members with similar interests as yours. By looking at what tags have been put on their profile and checking out their communities, you can find many “friends” to view your community and help with the promotion of your stories or sites.
If you already have a Yahoo! ID, you’re well on your way. Once your Yahoo! Profile is set up, add a photo and you’re ready to start blogging. Any time you go to a site that’s MyBlogLog enables, your photo will show up on a widget. All the other user has to do is click on your picture and they can see all you’ve written or posted. You can also add different communities to your blog and learn what others’ are reading and find out whose reading your stuff.
