Checking out MyBlogLog
I’m checking out MyBlogLog, which is an overlay network that connects bloggers. It also provides some analytics from others who are MyBlogLog members, helping to tell the story on Social Media Measurement.
There are communities, bloggers, groups, that you can join or add to. If someone is a blogger on MyBlogLog, and I’m logged in, they can track my movement and what I’ve consumed. Since this is completely opt-in I’m not too concerned. The biggest nag in the back of my head is what is MyBlogLog going to do with my data.
I tend to be a second generation adopter, so I wait for a few of my contacts and others that I know to try tools before I jump in.
I’m giving MyBlogLog about a two week trial, and then I’ll see if it’s something that I want to continue doing.
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Heya Jeremiah. Any chance you can give the reader roll a chance during this two week period? I think you’ll find that it improves the experience dramatically as you see other users visiting the site and find out where else they go. It makes the experience a bit more passive as you don’t have to explicitly remember to visit MyBlogLog. You just have to take notice occasionally of the people visiting your blog when you’re there. Cheers!
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[…] Her biggest challenge will be to get me to come back and be a user again, I tried it out, then decided it wasn’t for me, as I’m not sure where that data is going and how it’s being used. […]