Comments on: The breakthrough that is MyBlogLog http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/ Inside Online Media Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: MyBlogLog Gets Acquired By Yahoo! And It Was Good ¦ Online Media Cultist http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-13805 MyBlogLog Gets Acquired By Yahoo! And It Was Good ¦ Online Media Cultist Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:09:19 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-13805 [...] The killer app is a MyBlogLog widget that bloggers install on their side nav. When MyBlogLog members visit a blog, their profile picture shows up in the widget. This is a powerful and visual way to let bloggers know they’re being read by actual humans (something Matt McAlister calls distributed identity). Clicking a profile picture takes you to a MyBlogLog profile, where you can add contacts, join communities, and send private or publicly viewable messages. Quite simply, there’s nothing cooler for publishers than spending time crafting a piece and then seeing the thumbnail profile picture of those who are checking out your story. [...] [...] The killer app is a MyBlogLog widget that bloggers install on their side nav. When MyBlogLog members visit a blog, their profile picture shows up in the widget. This is a powerful and visual way to let bloggers know they’re being read by actual humans (something Matt McAlister calls distributed identity). Clicking a profile picture takes you to a MyBlogLog profile, where you can add contacts, join communities, and send private or publicly viewable messages. Quite simply, there’s nothing cooler for publishers than spending time crafting a piece and then seeing the thumbnail profile picture of those who are checking out your story. [...]

]]> By: kid’s allright » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog — bringing “anywhereness” to Yahoo! http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-10354 kid’s allright » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog — bringing “anywhereness” to Yahoo! Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:18:50 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-10354 [...] To take the street artist metaphor further (for your benefit, I’ll forsake the doggy calling card metaphor), each time a street artist throws up a sticker or tags a wall, her notoriety (and brand) increases. It’s the definition of guerrilla marketing and self-promotion. Well, MyBlogLog enables that for online publishers. Each time I read an article by other MyBlogLog users like Chad, Bradley, Scott, Eric, Matt, Jeremy, Marc, Susan, Yahoo!, Michael, or Richard, my “notrivers” avatar appears on the page instantly…and when people click on it they can make their way to my MyBlogLog profile page and eventually to my site. And traffic is to a publisher what notoriety is to a street artist. [...] [...] To take the street artist metaphor further (for your benefit, I’ll forsake the doggy calling card metaphor), each time a street artist throws up a sticker or tags a wall, her notoriety (and brand) increases. It’s the definition of guerrilla marketing and self-promotion. Well, MyBlogLog enables that for online publishers. Each time I read an article by other MyBlogLog users like Chad, Bradley, Scott, Eric, Matt, Jeremy, Marc, Susan, Yahoo!, Michael, or Richard, my “notrivers” avatar appears on the page instantly…and when people click on it they can make their way to my MyBlogLog profile page and eventually to my site. And traffic is to a publisher what notoriety is to a street artist. [...]

]]> By: Kisakookoo http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-6770 Kisakookoo Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:48:22 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-6770 Hi! Why I can't fill my info in profile? Can somebody help me? My login is Kisakookoo! Hi! Why I can’t fill my info in profile? Can somebody help me?
My login is Kisakookoo!

]]> By: Mike Lee http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-5993 Mike Lee Sun, 14 Jan 2007 06:16:40 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-5993 It certainly can be disconcerting to see your movements within the blogosphere tracked like that. But at the same time, I'm finally meeting some of my readers - which is really interesting. I find myself curiously viewing my Recent Readers list just to see who's been there. (I know, I'm a nosy bastard.) Also - and I've been playing with this theory just recently - I wonder if MyBlogLog is turning the blogosphere into a social network. I mean, it already IS a social network. But unlike Friendster, MySpace, Facebook, Y!360, etc, you weren't always able to easily bounce from connection to connection (unless the blog had a blogroll, but then the same blogs would appear on everyone's blogrolls). With the ability to create and traverse new connections like this, especially somewhat ephemeral, transitory, and possibly accidental connections, I can't help but wonder if MyBlogLog will give rise to a new form of a social network. It certainly can be disconcerting to see your movements within the blogosphere tracked like that. But at the same time, I’m finally meeting some of my readers – which is really interesting. I find myself curiously viewing my Recent Readers list just to see who’s been there. (I know, I’m a nosy bastard.)

Also – and I’ve been playing with this theory just recently – I wonder if MyBlogLog is turning the blogosphere into a social network. I mean, it already IS a social network. But unlike Friendster, MySpace, Facebook, Y!360, etc, you weren’t always able to easily bounce from connection to connection (unless the blog had a blogroll, but then the same blogs would appear on everyone’s blogrolls).

With the ability to create and traverse new connections like this, especially somewhat ephemeral, transitory, and possibly accidental connections, I can’t help but wonder if MyBlogLog will give rise to a new form of a social network.

]]> By: rexblog.com: Rex Hammock’s weblog » Blog Archive » Matt McAlister is meme-tracking MyBlogLog’s announcement http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-5628 rexblog.com: Rex Hammock’s weblog » Blog Archive » Matt McAlister is meme-tracking MyBlogLog’s announcement Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:01:13 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-5628 [...] Yahoo’s Matt McAlister (on his personal blog) has aggregated lots and lots of links on the Yahoo! purchase of MyBlogLog.com. [...] [...] Yahoo’s Matt McAlister (on his personal blog) has aggregated lots and lots of links on the Yahoo! purchase of MyBlogLog.com. [...]

]]> By: MyBlogLog now part of Yahoo! - congrats Yahoo! at locally type(d) http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-5585 MyBlogLog now part of Yahoo! - congrats Yahoo! at locally type(d) Tue, 09 Jan 2007 08:25:23 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-5585 [...] The breakthrough that is MyBlogLog [...] [...] The breakthrough that is MyBlogLog [...]

]]> By: web @ amanzi » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog snapped up by Yahoo! http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-5582 web @ amanzi » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog snapped up by Yahoo! Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:40:13 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-5582 [...] The breakthrough that is MyBlogLog [...] [...] The breakthrough that is MyBlogLog [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Zawodny's blog http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-5575 Jeremy Zawodny's blog Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:33:29 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-5575 <strong>Welcome MyBlogLog to Yahoo!...</strong> It seems like only yesterday that TechCrunch posted a premature story about Yahoo! buying MyBlogLog. Well, now it's official and I'd like to publicly welcome the MyBlogLog team to Yahoo. In the last month or so, I've had the chance to meet and get t... Welcome MyBlogLog to Yahoo!…

It seems like only yesterday that TechCrunch posted a premature story about Yahoo! buying MyBlogLog. Well, now it’s official and I’d like to publicly welcome the MyBlogLog team to Yahoo. In the last month or so, I’ve had the chance to meet and get t…

]]> By: Chad Dickerson’s blog » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog is now part of Yahoo! http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/comment-page-1/#comment-5574 Chad Dickerson’s blog » Blog Archive » MyBlogLog is now part of Yahoo! Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:30:26 +0000 http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2007/01/08/133/the-breakthrough-that-is-mybloglog/#comment-5574 [...] Categories: yahoo   |   Spread the word:  tag this post with del.icio.us |  digg it! Leave aComment [...] [...] Categories: yahoo   |   Spread the word:  tag this post with del.icio.us |  digg it! Leave aComment [...]

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