Comments on: If I Were the CEO of MyBlogLog, This would be My Strategy… http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/ Drew Meyers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MyBlogLog Gets the Ax GeekEstate Blog http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-542383 MyBlogLog Gets the Ax GeekEstate Blog Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:13:13 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-542383 [...] about their service a few years ago. I got to know Eric & Todd (co-Founders) quite well, and wrote about them A LOT on my personal blog. I remember when Zillow added the widget to Zillow Blog. [...] [...] about their service a few years ago. I got to know Eric & Todd (co-Founders) quite well, and wrote about them A LOT on my personal blog. I remember when Zillow added the widget to Zillow Blog. [...]

]]> By: A MyBlogLog API?? This Could Be Cool | Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-264754 A MyBlogLog API?? This Could Be Cool | Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:06:35 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-264754 [...] been quite some time since I’ve mentioned MyBlogLog on my blog, but they are still one of my favorite web 2.0 companies that I use daily as a blogger to track where my traffic is coming from. And the latest news from [...] [...] been quite some time since I’ve mentioned MyBlogLog on my blog, but they are still one of my favorite web 2.0 companies that I use daily as a blogger to track where my traffic is coming from. And the latest news from [...]

]]> By: MyBlogLog Vs BlogCatalog Vs BUMPzee: MyBlogLog Review - Part 1/4 « Online Presence http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-32186 MyBlogLog Vs BlogCatalog Vs BUMPzee: MyBlogLog Review - Part 1/4 « Online Presence Fri, 04 May 2007 07:02:54 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-32186 [...] If I were the CEO of MyBlogLog, This would be my strategy [...] [...] If I were the CEO of MyBlogLog, This would be my strategy [...]

]]> By: Fantastic Display of Transparency & Honesty » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-11355 Fantastic Display of Transparency & Honesty » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:09:18 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-11355 [...] issue was that thousands of users were e-mailed as a result of a loophole in their code. It’s no secret I’m a fan of MyBlogLog, but that’s not the reason I’m writing this — I think the episode is a great [...] [...] issue was that thousands of users were e-mailed as a result of a loophole in their code. It’s no secret I’m a fan of MyBlogLog, but that’s not the reason I’m writing this — I think the episode is a great [...]

]]> By: If I Were the CEO of Google, This would be My Strategy… » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-10351 If I Were the CEO of Google, This would be My Strategy… » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business Fri, 16 Feb 2007 06:40:27 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-10351 [...] I had so much fun with my first “If I were the CEO” post, I thought I’d try my hand at it again…this time with Google. The [...] [...] I had so much fun with my first “If I were the CEO” post, I thought I’d try my hand at it again…this time with Google. The [...]

]]> By: TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com) http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-9408 TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE (www.TransparentRE.com) Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:11:39 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-9408 <strong>Tracking Comments with CoComment...</strong> Tracking comments got much easier... Joseph @ Sellsius introduced me to Commentful a couple of months ago, but the user needs to add each comment url they are tracking, a simple task but often forgotten. Then, when there is a comment follow... Tracking Comments with CoComment…

Tracking comments got much easier… Joseph @ Sellsius introduced me to Commentful a couple of months ago, but the user needs to add each comment url they are tracking, a simple task but often forgotten. Then, when there is a comment follow…

]]> By: TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-6153 TRANSPARENT REAL ESTATE Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:41:56 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-6153 <strong>Real Estate Technology Ingenues...</strong> Joseph/Rudy at Sellsius and I share a passion for nurturing new bloggers... I help real estate professionals start blogs and hold "office hours" between 9:00 and 11:30 PST each weekday evening for simple advice about technologies, blogging tips ... Real Estate Technology Ingenues…

Joseph/Rudy at Sellsius and I share a passion for nurturing new bloggers… I help real estate professionals start blogs and hold “office hours” between 9:00 and 11:30 PST each weekday evening for simple advice about technologies, blogging tips …

]]> By: MyBlogLog Makes Another Brilliant Move - MySpace Support » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-4647 MyBlogLog Makes Another Brilliant Move - MySpace Support » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:05:33 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-4647 [...] Geez…MyBlogLog is making all the right moves! I haven’t kept up to date with tech blogs I usually read since Zillow’s Wednesday release, but I just checked TechCrunch and found that MyBlogLog launched support for myspace profiles, which should grow their audience/reach considerably. I do have a myspace profile, but don’t really use the site that much–the experience is just too crappy. However, there are roughly 100 million users using it and people DO want the ability to view who is looking at your profile as this comment mentions. I wonder what approach MyBlogLog will take to raise awareness in the myspace community. As much as I hate to say it, my suggestion to rapidly raise awareness would be to target good looking girls and focus on getting them to place the widget on their profile. Guys don’t really look at other guys’ profiles. The myspace super-users browse around and look for hot girls–so by reaching them you reach all the guys using the myspace. A useful tool will spread via word of mouth VERY quickly…so I’m guessing mybloglog will continue their organic expansion strategy. I feel like an idiot for not seeing the opportunity Steve Poland points out in the TechCrunch post–mybloglog on every site on the web. I’m guessing the MyBlogLog folks weren’t thinking about hitting sites like the NY Times, NHL.com, and ESPN since their company name strongly caters to blogs. But seriously, don’t you wish there was a way to interact with others reading the same articles online that you are reading? MyBlogLog could get there… [...] [...] Geez…MyBlogLog is making all the right moves! I haven’t kept up to date with tech blogs I usually read since Zillow’s Wednesday release, but I just checked TechCrunch and found that MyBlogLog launched support for myspace profiles, which should grow their audience/reach considerably. I do have a myspace profile, but don’t really use the site that much–the experience is just too crappy. However, there are roughly 100 million users using it and people DO want the ability to view who is looking at your profile as this comment mentions. I wonder what approach MyBlogLog will take to raise awareness in the myspace community. As much as I hate to say it, my suggestion to rapidly raise awareness would be to target good looking girls and focus on getting them to place the widget on their profile. Guys don’t really look at other guys’ profiles. The myspace super-users browse around and look for hot girls–so by reaching them you reach all the guys using the myspace. A useful tool will spread via word of mouth VERY quickly…so I’m guessing mybloglog will continue their organic expansion strategy. I feel like an idiot for not seeing the opportunity Steve Poland points out in the TechCrunch post–mybloglog on every site on the web. I’m guessing the MyBlogLog folks weren’t thinking about hitting sites like the NY Times, NHL.com, and ESPN since their company name strongly caters to blogs. But seriously, don’t you wish there was a way to interact with others reading the same articles online that you are reading? MyBlogLog could get there… [...]

]]> By: Interview with Scott Rafer, CEO of MyBlogLog » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-4310 Interview with Scott Rafer, CEO of MyBlogLog » Personal Insights on Web 2.0, Blogging, and Business Wed, 06 Dec 2006 03:38:04 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-4310 [...] I just came across an interesting podcast with Scott Rafer, the CEO of MyBlogLog, that contains some great insights into the company’s direction. Of couse I HAVE to mention this since it involves my favorite web 2.0 company out there. For instance, one of the more interesting pieces of information I got from it was that MBL has only 25,000 user profiles (and 38,000 registered blogs), but 4 million counted visitors per day to those 38k blogs. MBL has been getting lots of traction in the real estate industry recently-which I think is a great thing that will continue. If you’re interested in social networking and blogging (and the combination), you’ll be glad you listened to the podcast. [...] [...] I just came across an interesting podcast with Scott Rafer, the CEO of MyBlogLog, that contains some great insights into the company’s direction. Of couse I HAVE to mention this since it involves my favorite web 2.0 company out there. For instance, one of the more interesting pieces of information I got from it was that MBL has only 25,000 user profiles (and 38,000 registered blogs), but 4 million counted visitors per day to those 38k blogs. MBL has been getting lots of traction in the real estate industry recently-which I think is a great thing that will continue. If you’re interested in social networking and blogging (and the combination), you’ll be glad you listened to the podcast. [...]

]]> By: Ian Robertson http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-3731 Ian Robertson Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:54:06 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-3731 Thanks for visiting my site and making a comment :) You're article is a good read. Thanks for visiting my site and making a comment :)

You’re article is a good read.

]]> By: Drew Meyers http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-3315 Drew Meyers Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:07:36 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-3315 Eric- I'll certainly be looking forward to your next set of features. MBL is going to be all over the internet before too long (which I'm sure you're excited about). Eric-
I’ll certainly be looking forward to your next set of features. MBL is going to be all over the internet before too long (which I’m sure you’re excited about).

]]> By: eric http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-3309 eric Thu, 23 Nov 2006 02:07:35 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-3309 Drew -- we're thinking about something very much like that. We need to come up with a good heuristic for determining the most important readers -- likely a comment of visits, clicks and comments -- and then it's just a matter of exposing that to the community. There are issues with not being able to track RSS reads, but we gotta start somewhere. Drew — we’re thinking about something very much like that. We need to come up with a good heuristic for determining the most important readers — likely a comment of visits, clicks and comments — and then it’s just a matter of exposing that to the community. There are issues with not being able to track RSS reads, but we gotta start somewhere.

]]> By: Drew Meyers http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-3294 Drew Meyers Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:21:19 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-3294 Joel- I would argue MBL is a bit different with blogs. Blogs are content where as myspace focuses on people. But yes, there are many similarities. I think a MBL toolbar would be very interesting-especially if it included a tool to enable users to see new blog posts they subscribe too- maybe displaying "most recent 5 posts in my community" (meaning all the communities I as a user belong to)? Scott Another idea just came to me: What about giving attribution to the "super contributors" of each blog community. For instance, I know Scoble has a couple die-hard readers that engage in almost every comment discussion. Maybe show the top 3 commenters for each community? Joel-
I would argue MBL is a bit different with blogs. Blogs are content where as myspace focuses on people. But yes, there are many similarities.

I think a MBL toolbar would be very interesting-especially if it included a tool to enable users to see new blog posts they subscribe too- maybe displaying “most recent 5 posts in my community” (meaning all the communities I as a user belong to)?

Scott
Another idea just came to me: What about giving attribution to the “super contributors” of each blog community. For instance, I know Scoble has a couple die-hard readers that engage in almost every comment discussion. Maybe show the top 3 commenters for each community?

]]> By: Pat Kitano http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-3282 Pat Kitano Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:31:42 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-3282 Thanks Joel... great suggestions... I'm still new to the social networks (maybe because I'm old and my kids aren't in high school yet) and learning quickly about how they work... Thanks Joel… great suggestions… I’m still new to the social networks (maybe because I’m old and my kids aren’t in high school yet) and learning quickly about how they work…

]]> By: Joel Burslem http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/comment-page-1/#comment-3276 Joel Burslem Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:58:00 +0000 http://www.drewmeyersinsights.com/2006/11/20/if-i-were-the-ceo-of-mybloglog-this-would-be-my-strategy/#comment-3276 Really aren't we just talking about the MySpacing of blogs? I'm down with the idea - if for no other reason it moves people away from their eye burningly awful MySpace profile pages. :) I'd throw StumpleUpon into the mix of suggestions and/or partnerships - there seems to be a natural fit with MBL social features and SU's site discovery model. The ability to suggest and share new sites or pages into a MBL neighborhood would be great. How about a MBL toolbar that you could install to help pull together all these features? Really aren’t we just talking about the MySpacing of blogs?

I’m down with the idea – if for no other reason it moves people away from their eye burningly awful MySpace profile pages. :)

I’d throw StumpleUpon into the mix of suggestions and/or partnerships – there seems to be a natural fit with MBL social features and SU’s site discovery model. The ability to suggest and share new sites or pages into a MBL neighborhood would be great.

How about a MBL toolbar that you could install to help pull together all these features?

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