Comments on: If You Don’t have a Blogroll, Will MyBlogLog Cut It? http://www.techipedia.com/2007/if-you-dont-have-a-blogroll-will-mybloglog-cut-it/ tamar weinberg is a social media consultant and tech geek at heart Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:40:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Why the Fuss about BlogRush? » techipedia | tamar weinberg’s blog of stuff http://www.techipedia.com/2007/if-you-dont-have-a-blogroll-will-mybloglog-cut-it/#comment-20220 Why the Fuss about BlogRush? » techipedia | tamar weinberg’s blog of stuff Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:47:05 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2007/01/09/if-you-dont-have-a-blogroll-will-mybloglog-cut-it/#comment-20220 [...] to drive traffic. In fact, I noticed that the pure existence of another widget is clutter. I like MyBlogLog because avatars are unique and catch the eye, but blog titles are just words on a screen. In a way, [...] [...] to drive traffic. In fact, I noticed that the pure existence of another widget is clutter. I like MyBlogLog because avatars are unique and catch the eye, but blog titles are just words on a screen. In a way, [...]

]]> By: Tamar Weinberg http://www.techipedia.com/2007/if-you-dont-have-a-blogroll-will-mybloglog-cut-it/#comment-616 Tamar Weinberg Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:17:58 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2007/01/09/if-you-dont-have-a-blogroll-will-mybloglog-cut-it/#comment-616 Exactly my thoughts. That's exactly what I intend to do eventually. I will likely make my own page in due time -- it won't be an official "blogroll" for the same reasons you specify. Exactly my thoughts. That’s exactly what I intend to do eventually. I will likely make my own page in due time — it won’t be an official “blogroll” for the same reasons you specify.

]]> By: Kim Krause Berg (cre8pc) http://www.techipedia.com/2007/if-you-dont-have-a-blogroll-will-mybloglog-cut-it/#comment-614 Kim Krause Berg (cre8pc) Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:04:11 +0000 http://www.techipedia.com/2007/01/09/if-you-dont-have-a-blogroll-will-mybloglog-cut-it/#comment-614 I had a different feeling about Blogrolls when I created by blog. Rather than have an official "blogroll", I created a separate page in the blog called "Suggested Sites". My thinking was that there might be people who value what I might say, and it stood to reason, that if I linked to sites that I found helpful to me, or for whom I considered reputable or readable, or whatever, I was providing a value in that list. The sites I choose are added with thought behind it, rather than because "its just what bloggers do" or to get a link back from somebody. Most blogrolls are essentially mini-communities. You can tell who hangs out with who in one glance. But is that enough user information? It wasn't to me. I wanted to add a site and write something about it next to their site name. The little extra's like that aren't in MyBlogRoll. Yet :) I had a different feeling about Blogrolls when I created by blog. Rather than have an official “blogroll”, I created a separate page in the blog called “Suggested Sites”. My thinking was that there might be people who value what I might say, and it stood to reason, that if I linked to sites that I found helpful to me, or for whom I considered reputable or readable, or whatever, I was providing a value in that list. The sites I choose are added with thought behind it, rather than because “its just what bloggers do” or to get a link back from somebody.

Most blogrolls are essentially mini-communities. You can tell who hangs out with who in one glance. But is that enough user information? It wasn’t to me. I wanted to add a site and write something about it next to their site name.

The little extra’s like that aren’t in MyBlogRoll. Yet :)

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