Andy, as you say it is in beta and we want to make sure it's stable as is. We have many more features planned for the social dashboard.
As far as copying Yahoo, I think it's pretty obvious that we have not. They don't even have a product out. The first we heard of their plans was in an email Friday. I wish we could launch such a comprehensive feature in less than a week :) Plus Yahoo's email doesn't describe a dashboard feature, it describes a feed on the personal profile page, that shows the world what you are doing. We are in the process of adding that feature to, though as described it's functionality is minor in comparison.
The reality is that the BlogCatalog Dashboard has been on the drawing board for quite some time now.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Tony you guys never get any sleep
On the copycat thing I decided it was better to raise it than have someone else do it.
It is true that they have only announced it 4 days ago, and it is due "in the next couple of weeks".
As I pointed out, there was a need for an overview anyway, and that will continue to be enhanced with useful features.
Tony Berkman
· 1 year ago
Andy, it's better to raise it now. I thought it's also better to clarify that we were in development of the social dashboard far ahead of any Yahoo announcement.
Tony berkman
· 1 year ago
Andy, as you say it is in beta and we want to make sure it's stable as is. We have many more features planned for the social dashboard.
As far as copying Yahoo, I think it's pretty obvious that we have not. They don't even have a product out. The first we heard of their plans was in an email Friday. I wish we could launch such a comprehensive feature in less than a week :) Plus Yahoo's email doesn't describe a dashboard feature, it describes a feed on the personal profile page, that shows the world what you are doing. We are in the process of adding that feature to, though as described it's functionality is minor in comparison.
The reality is that the BlogCatalog Dashboard has been on the drawing board for quite some time now.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Tony you guys never get any sleep
On the copycat thing I decided it was better to raise it than have someone else do it.
It is true that they have only announced it 4 days ago, and it is due "in the next couple of weeks".
As I pointed out, there was a need for an overview anyway, and that will continue to be enhanced with useful features.
Tony Berkman
· 1 year ago
Andy, it's better to raise it now. I thought it's also better to clarify that we were in development of the social dashboard far ahead of any Yahoo announcement.
Stephan Miller
· 1 year ago
I have to admit I like the new BlogCatalog dashboard. But I am starting to get a Facebook vibe. I guess, though, the reason I left Facebook was I got tired of all the idiotic childish stuff like getting random digital objects thrown at me that actually have a pricetag. But it is nice. Great for watching the social patterns of other bloggers.
Stephan Miller
· 1 year ago
I have to admit I like the new BlogCatalog dashboard. But I am starting to get a Facebook vibe. I guess, though, the reason I left Facebook was I got tired of all the idiotic childish stuff like getting random digital objects thrown at me that actually have a pricetag. But it is nice. Great for watching the social patterns of other bloggers.
Daniel
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the feedback andy. Great as always.
What did you mean by "delays in updates"? It would of course be impossible to make 80,000 api calls to grab our member's social data across all their communities every single minute. but we are grabbing api data non-stop.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Daniel
As far as I can see, as I mentioned in an email, you are pulling the data, it is just not appearing.
A perfect example is Nine - he made 2 updates to Twitter about the Dashboard last night.
I am mutual friends with Nine on Blogcatalog (not even sure that is required) but for some reason that data doesn't appear in my timeline.
It is a bug, not a lack of a feature, though this stuff is going to add some server load to both Blogcatalog and Twitter, though you were pulling the Twitter data anyway, it might not have been so frequently as will be required for this to be really useful. You will probably need to pull all the data (if it is updated) every 30 minutes, or have Twitter push the data to you.
Daniel
· 1 year ago
are you subscribed to follow NINE in your dashboard? i received both his twitter updates last night.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Hi Daniel - my blooper as you can see with all the post updates
Daniel
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the feedback andy. Great as always.
What did you mean by "delays in updates"? It would of course be impossible to make 80,000 api calls to grab our member's social data across all their communities every single minute. but we are grabbing api data non-stop.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Daniel
As far as I can see, as I mentioned in an email, you are pulling the data, it is just not appearing.
A perfect example is Nine - he made 2 updates to Twitter about the Dashboard last night.
I am mutual friends with Nine on Blogcatalog (not even sure that is required) but for some reason that data doesn't appear in my timeline.
It is a bug, not a lack of a feature, though this stuff is going to add some server load to both Blogcatalog and Twitter, though you were pulling the Twitter data anyway, it might not have been so frequently as will be required for this to be really useful. You will probably need to pull all the data (if it is updated) every 30 minutes, or have Twitter push the data to you.
Daniel
· 1 year ago
are you subscribed to follow NINE in your dashboard? i received both his twitter updates last night.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Hi Daniel - my blooper as you can see with all the post updates
Jon Burg
· 1 year ago
Wow, this is certainly interesting.
Where do you see monetization in this model? - paid biz intel? - paid insight and trend reporting - ad supported?
Any idea when this is going "late beta" or ready to launch?
Daniel
· 1 year ago
I think we are aiming for next week for our full release. It really depends on the feedback form our members and getting the dashboard to a point we feel comfortable with.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Daniel, from what I can see so far, though I have no idea what MyBlogLog plan to realease in a couple of weeks time, the bar has been set extremely high.
Jon Burg
· 1 year ago
Wow, this is certainly interesting.
Where do you see monetization in this model? - paid biz intel? - paid insight and trend reporting - ad supported?
Any idea when this is going "late beta" or ready to launch?
Daniel
· 1 year ago
I think we are aiming for next week for our full release. It really depends on the feedback form our members and getting the dashboard to a point we feel comfortable with.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Daniel, from what I can see so far, though I have no idea what MyBlogLog plan to realease in a couple of weeks time, the bar has been set extremely high.
Damien
· 1 year ago
Interesting, but kind of same old api pulls. I want to see one that says: This blog has had these posts stumbled. Still holding out for that.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Stumbleupon doesn't have an API, so you would have to scrape the hell out of it.
That is something an individual site might do, but not ideal for a service.
Damien
· 1 year ago
Interesting, but kind of same old api pulls. I want to see one that says: This blog has had these posts stumbled. Still holding out for that.
AndyBeard
· 1 year ago
Stumbleupon doesn't have an API, so you would have to scrape the hell out of it.
That is something an individual site might do, but not ideal for a service.
Vishnu
· 1 year ago
Have to check the same once its out of beta. any way I like BC than MBL.
Vishnu
· 1 year ago
Have to check the same once its out of beta. any way I like BC than MBL.
Internet Marketing Joy
· 1 year ago
For me, the BlogCatalog dashboard is very useful. I just love it!
Internet Marketing Joy
· 1 year ago
For me, the BlogCatalog dashboard is very useful. I just love it!
All Comments
As far as copying Yahoo, I think it's pretty obvious that we have not. They don't even have a product out. The first we heard of their plans was in an email Friday. I wish we could launch such a comprehensive feature in less than a week :) Plus Yahoo's email doesn't describe a dashboard feature, it describes a feed on the personal profile page, that shows the world what you are doing. We are in the process of adding that feature to, though as described it's functionality is minor in comparison.
The reality is that the BlogCatalog Dashboard has been on the drawing board for quite some time now.
On the copycat thing I decided it was better to raise it than have someone else do it.
It is true that they have only announced it 4 days ago, and it is due "in the next couple of weeks".
As I pointed out, there was a need for an overview anyway, and that will continue to be enhanced with useful features.
As far as copying Yahoo, I think it's pretty obvious that we have not. They don't even have a product out. The first we heard of their plans was in an email Friday. I wish we could launch such a comprehensive feature in less than a week :) Plus Yahoo's email doesn't describe a dashboard feature, it describes a feed on the personal profile page, that shows the world what you are doing. We are in the process of adding that feature to, though as described it's functionality is minor in comparison.
The reality is that the BlogCatalog Dashboard has been on the drawing board for quite some time now.
On the copycat thing I decided it was better to raise it than have someone else do it.
It is true that they have only announced it 4 days ago, and it is due "in the next couple of weeks".
As I pointed out, there was a need for an overview anyway, and that will continue to be enhanced with useful features.
But it is nice. Great for watching the social patterns of other bloggers.
But it is nice. Great for watching the social patterns of other bloggers.
What did you mean by "delays in updates"? It would of course be impossible to make 80,000 api calls to grab our member's social data across all their communities every single minute. but we are grabbing api data non-stop.
As far as I can see, as I mentioned in an email, you are pulling the data, it is just not appearing.
A perfect example is Nine - he made 2 updates to Twitter about the Dashboard last night.
I am mutual friends with Nine on Blogcatalog (not even sure that is required) but for some reason that data doesn't appear in my timeline.
It is a bug, not a lack of a feature, though this stuff is going to add some server load to both Blogcatalog and Twitter, though you were pulling the Twitter data anyway, it might not have been so frequently as will be required for this to be really useful. You will probably need to pull all the data (if it is updated) every 30 minutes, or have Twitter push the data to you.
What did you mean by "delays in updates"? It would of course be impossible to make 80,000 api calls to grab our member's social data across all their communities every single minute. but we are grabbing api data non-stop.
As far as I can see, as I mentioned in an email, you are pulling the data, it is just not appearing.
A perfect example is Nine - he made 2 updates to Twitter about the Dashboard last night.
I am mutual friends with Nine on Blogcatalog (not even sure that is required) but for some reason that data doesn't appear in my timeline.
It is a bug, not a lack of a feature, though this stuff is going to add some server load to both Blogcatalog and Twitter, though you were pulling the Twitter data anyway, it might not have been so frequently as will be required for this to be really useful. You will probably need to pull all the data (if it is updated) every 30 minutes, or have Twitter push the data to you.
Where do you see monetization in this model?
- paid biz intel?
- paid insight and trend reporting
- ad supported?
Any idea when this is going "late beta" or ready to launch?
Where do you see monetization in this model?
- paid biz intel?
- paid insight and trend reporting
- ad supported?
Any idea when this is going "late beta" or ready to launch?
That is something an individual site might do, but not ideal for a service.
That is something an individual site might do, but not ideal for a service.