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Review: MyBlogLog and its marketing potential
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
I've finally joined MyBlogLog after reading a few reviews and ideas on how it can your blog.
I went to the signup page and as MyBlogLog is now a Yahoo! service, you do need a Yahoo! account. Unfortunately, the one I used to have had expired so I set up a new one which did take an extra few minutes.
Then, the screen takes you back to MyBlogLog and you fill in some brief details there including choosing your username. Once logged on, my first stop was to change my image from the default grey square to something slightly more user friendly.
Then, I decided to put the code on this blog. Great...so where was the link to do this? Well, as it turns out, after a bit of confused head scratching, you have to go to a random page in the menu (see, I can't remember what it is, it was that little help!) to add your blog. A link from the initial screen saying "add your blog here" would have been far more helpful.
Inserting the tracking code into your blog is very simple and the interface for filtering different I.P. addresses etc...is a great idea. However, it does say that everyone has the 'pro' version for the first 3 days after which, unless you pay to continue, your account is downgraded to the free version, so I'll have to update the blog should this feature change.
There's widgets that I can add to my blog - top links and recent readers. These are customisable and again, straightforward to add should I wish - just a line of JavaScript, rather than chunky wedge of code.
So what can you do with the code? The most obvious thing for me is to tailor the content of my blog to what readers want. Each google search that ends in a visit to your blog shows what search term was used - great for seeing what draws people in. Obviously if I see a demand for something, I'll add more posts on that topic.
I will update this post as more becomes apparent, but first impressions are that MyBlogLog could be a useful tool for any blogger wanting to dig a little deeper into their reader community.
Labels: blogging
