DISQUS

whydowork · 1 year ago

Thanks for the update. I like the MyBlogLog widget and its the only one I run on my blog. '07 was a year where the blog widget really took off, and surprisingly MyBlogLog seems to do the most for me in terms of driving traffic.

I'm somewhat surprised you have the BlogRush widget up, whats the driver for that?

AndyBeard · 1 year ago

I haven't seen a valid reason to remove it.

John Reese implemented better targeting, though it did take a bit longer, and if you are inclined you can also use a plugin to ensure a specific post is displayed from a dedicated RSS feed.

The primary reason now that it doesn't send a reasonable amount of traffic is that so many people have "talked it down" having previously reported inaccurate statistics and misunderstood the concept.

I have 2000 people in my MBL community, but I generally get as much traffic from Blogrush every day as I get from MBL and that is passive, without optimization.

I am sure if I was more active on MBL I could get more traffic, in the same way if I optimized Blogrush I would get more.

Blogrush is great for small niche blogs, they actually get some useful free traffic. Not a lot, but it is useful.

whydowork · 1 year ago

Thanks for the update. I like the MyBlogLog widget and its the only one I run on my blog. '07 was a year where the blog widget really took off, and surprisingly MyBlogLog seems to do the most for me in terms of driving traffic.

I'm somewhat surprised you have the BlogRush widget up, whats the driver for that?

AndyBeard · 1 year ago

I haven't seen a valid reason to remove it.

John Reese implemented better targeting, though it did take a bit longer, and if you are inclined you can also use a plugin to ensure a specific post is displayed from a dedicated RSS feed.

The primary reason now that it doesn't send a reasonable amount of traffic is that so many people have "talked it down" having previously reported inaccurate statistics and misunderstood the concept.

I have 2000 people in my MBL community, but I generally get as much traffic from Blogrush every day as I get from MBL and that is passive, without optimization.

I am sure if I was more active on MBL I could get more traffic, in the same way if I optimized Blogrush I would get more.

Blogrush is great for small niche blogs, they actually get some useful free traffic. Not a lot, but it is useful.

Melody · 1 year ago

Thanks for letting me know about MyBlogLogs new widget I like the interactive features much better than the old ones.

Melody · 1 year ago

Thanks for letting me know about MyBlogLogs new widget I like the interactive features much better than the old ones.

Rob · 1 year ago

I tried Blogrush for a while and I found it pretty useless for my needs. The content wasn't targeted enough.

I didn't notice any significant traffic via the network. However, I'm going to give MyBlogLog a try with this new widget.

Rob · 1 year ago

I tried Blogrush for a while and I found it pretty useless for my needs. The content wasn't targeted enough.

I didn't notice any significant traffic via the network. However, I'm going to give MyBlogLog a try with this new widget.

Chris Goffinet · 1 year ago

Skinning is possible today. I have already made a 'deep blue' skin. If you look at the CSS property .mbl_widget_background in the code, you can already do this. www.chrisgoffinet.com

Chris Goffinet · 1 year ago

Skinning is possible today. I have already made a 'deep blue' skin. If you look at the CSS property .mbl_widget_background in the code, you can already do this. www.chrisgoffinet.com

NotebookRepublic · 1 year ago

I've been waiting all along for this kind of widget, I'm joining now ... thanks for sharing!

NotebookRepublic · 1 year ago

I've been waiting all along for this kind of widget, I'm joining now ... thanks for sharing!

Justin Smith · 1 year ago

I'm so happy to finally see some much needed changes to the myblog widget.

Even though mybloglog has stuck as the "visual visitor" widget of choice, it really needed some updating.

Thanks for sharing, it was the first I'd seen of it.

Justin Smith · 1 year ago

I'm so happy to finally see some much needed changes to the myblog widget.

Even though mybloglog has stuck as the "visual visitor" widget of choice, it really needed some updating.

Thanks for sharing, it was the first I'd seen of it.

Brown Baron · 1 year ago

I've used Kent's Blog Juice widget and it was pretty good. That new look for the MBL widget looks much better than the default. I wonder if they have a brown-colored one.

Brown Baron · 1 year ago

I've used Kent's Blog Juice widget and it was pretty good. That new look for the MBL widget looks much better than the default. I wonder if they have a brown-colored one.

bittersweetcollide · 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing, I just went ahead and got my new widget for my blog. :)

bittersweetcollide · 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing, I just went ahead and got my new widget for my blog. :)

Kyle · 1 year ago

I just noticed the new MyBlogLog widget earlier today! Between that and Yahoo's full integration with the service it looks like MyBlogLog is making some big gains real quick. Its a little tricky to classify the service, but I guess it best competes with Technorati and all this is another step to build them up as an authority where Technorati has been falling lately with all the spam in that system.

Kyle · 1 year ago

I just noticed the new MyBlogLog widget earlier today! Between that and Yahoo's full integration with the service it looks like MyBlogLog is making some big gains real quick. Its a little tricky to classify the service, but I guess it best competes with Technorati and all this is another step to build them up as an authority where Technorati has been falling lately with all the spam in that system.

Gary Arndt · 1 year ago

While I keep a minimal MyBlogLog widget on my site, I've given up actually being part of the community. There seems little point in it. BlogCagtalog is much better at doing the same thing. Entrecard is better at driving traffic.

Gary · 1 year ago

While I keep a minimal MyBlogLog widget on my site, I've given up actually being part of the community. There seems little point in it. BlogCagtalog is much better at doing the same thing. Entrecard is better at driving traffic.