Comments on: MyBlogLog is?

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:17:59 +0000

Hi Paula! I think I’m on BlogCatalog, but I don’t use that much, if at all these days.

For you, just starting out in ‘blogging, I’d say it’s as well for you to at least try all of the popular services, if to just get your face known if nothing else…

By: Paula

Paula — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:14:02 +0000

Good morning Wayne! I agree with you that MBL leaves a lot to be desired. I also think it would be awesome if they did make our profile page similar to the new widget!

Personally, I do like BlogCatalog much better for reaching out to other bloggers. Perhaps if MBL had a forum area, more than just on the profile pages…

(Yes, now I must admit that the blog I’m working on isn’t my very first… but it is the first I have invested so much of ME into!)

Have a GREAT weekend!!

By: spostareduro

spostareduro — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:12:09 +0000

“Collective finger” my my the language. *-)
It’s too Saturday morningish for this. lol

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:34:12 +0000

Hi S!

With the resources the guys at MyBlogLog have access to, there’s just no excuse.

And the recent update is just all the old stuff shuffled around a bit — that does not a decent update maketh! Not in my estimation, anyway.

With the number of people using MyBlogLog, if they were to pull their collective finger out and step up the pace, they would easily be a worthwhile place to spend our time building our social networks.

A shame, really…

By: spostareduro

spostareduro — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:15:41 +0000

I’m be forced to agree with a couple of things that you mentioned:
Site design being one of them, although I don’t like the new widget and have chosen to stick with the old one myself.
I also agree that we need a method of classifying our contacts-grouping..
As far as it being a fruitless way of connecting with others, I don’t see that.
I visit MBL every day to keep up with who’s visited me, who’s been added to groups that I am a part of, and as I see a link title in the feed sections of their blogs, I have a tendency of taking the minute or two that is necessary to ‘partake’ of the authors. If I like what I see, I message them, join their group, grab a feed, or otherwise show interest that my time will allow.
I have been pleased with traveling through its search engine (although the search engine needs tweaking) to find members or groups under certain keywords that pop into mind at random and it has brought me more friends in Stumbleupon, Digg, Mixx and other social environments.
I have the mailing set up to receive messages as they are posted by my ‘friends’ and have enjoyed the interaction.

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:41:01 +0000

Hi guys, it’s a shame about MyBlogLog because it could so easily be much more than it is.

It’s like they’re not even trying, or that the guys behind MyBlogLog think that what they have is good enough, when it’s not…

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:55:36 +0000

I’ve been wondering the same thing about all these various online social tools, I certainly never gave much space to the MyBlogLog widget although I do occasionally advertise my profile name there (by sheer coincidence I’d written something about that yesterday that ran just now on Sciencetext.com I do think they’re all basically variations of the same need and all are not quite getting it right in their own unique ways.

By: Nick James

Nick James — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:51:50 +0000

Astute observations there, Wayne. I rarely bother checking MyBlogLog for two of the reasons you state, the clunky interface and lack of adequate messaging. It also has a tendency to go haywire with avatars every now and then… I couldn’t have put it better than the “irrelevance of MyBlogLog…” which seems to be a rut it’s presently stuck in. Good stuff!