Andy Beard started a MyBlogLog meme. I discovered it at PurpleWren, Sandra Renshaw’s blog. Sandra compiled Andy’s along with Mike Sansone’s and added her own choices from her MyBlogLog community.
As a member and regular user of MyBlogLog, I’m coming in with my own list (added to the bottom).
I use MyBlogLog daily in my constant search for interesting blogs with up-to-date information. For instance, I recently found INNINGS and featured his blog INNINGS - the Norman Roberts Blogspot.Com on DWB yesterday. As a nice return, Norman featured DWB (thanks Norman!).
Further in the week I’ll feature two more I came across on MyBlogLog - Mark McGuinness and his Wishful Thinking blog and Richard Quick’s Web Design Book. Well written, both are perfect for a project I’m working.
I found both Web Design Book and Wishful Thinking by sticking to a system when using MyBlogLog. First thing, I visit my community and scroll down to the bottom to see who’s made me a contact. Then I follow each to see if they’re a fit.
I have a wide range of interests so in my community you’ll find blogs on SEO, cooking, website design, blog design, photography, art, writing, copywriting, marketing, technical issues, business tips, health, mind matters, computers and more. So if they are a fit, I add them to my community. If they are not a fit (and don’t have a blog with smut and well, you know) then I go ahead and add them as a contact because I do want to keep in contact. I then visit DWB’s Community and do the same.
I discover even more by visiting communities others have made. Well, when I have free time anyway, like during lunch or late at night. Or when I’m brain-dead and can’t face work any longer.
I’d be interested in seeing how others use MyBlogLog. Is it for community? Or research? Or raising your profile on the internet? Or just great fun?
Just to let you know, Andy has set out two logical rules for the MyBlogLog meme:
- You have to be in the community you recommend
- You have to be a subscriber of the blog
enjoy!
Andy Beard’s choices
Andy Beard | Andy Beard’s Community
Andy Beal | Marketing Pilgrim Community
Graywolf’s SEO Blog | Graywolfs SEO Community
A VC | Fred’s A VC Community
Converstations | Mike Sansone’s Community
The RSS Blog | The RSS Blog and KBCafe
Mike Sansone’s choices
Black in Business | Jim Walton’s Community
Social Caster | Bruce Prokopet’s Community
Shared NeedLes | Jamie Parks’ Community
Brain Based Biz | Robyn McMaster’s Community
Branding Strategy Insider | Derrick Daye’s Community
Sandra Renshaw’s choices
Bella Baita View | Pasticciera’s Community
Purple Women | Teri Tith’s Community
Goodness Graciousness | Jennifer’s Community
Stories by RELÂ | Mark True’s Community
Branding & Marketing | Chris Brown’s Community
Growth Capitalism | (Hannah) Steen’s Community
Megan Prusynski Design | Megan Prusynski’s Community
cat’s choices
Brown Sugar | Brown Sugar’s Community
CREATEaPRO.com | John Rubio’s Community
Creative Blend | Holly DeWolf’s Community
Debbie Millman | Debbie Millman’s Community
FreelanceTipster | Gordon-Walker’s Community
INNINGS | Norman’s Community
Moxie Design Studios | Kathy and Joelle’s Community
PRATIBIMB | Abhijit Dharmadhikari’s Community
Rickmann Design | Andrew Rickmann’s Community
Successful Blog | Liz’s Community
Web Design Book | Richard Quick’s Community
Wishful Thinking Mark McGuinness’s Community
These are either past features or future features. Please join their communities if they’re a fit. And now I’m off to check out the shared communities above!
To join in on the meme, copy the list and add your links. If you are unfamiliar with getting a list of links off a site, there’s an easy way to do it. Look up in your browser to the top bar. You should see the browsers name (Firefox, Safari, etc), followed by ‘file’, ‘edit’, ‘view’, etc. Click on ‘view’ and go all the way down to ‘page source’. You’ll be presented with a page filled with code. Scroll down on the page until you see the list of links, all done up in their html. Click at the beginning of the list, scroll all the way to the bottom of the list, hold down your shift key and click again. Your selection should turn yellow, selecting the whole list. Copy and paste the code into your blog post.
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January 17th, 2007 at 11:43 am
Hi cat,
Thanks for adding to the meme. Can’t wait to check out your choices. I see you a lot on MyBlogLog. That’s my favorite tool because of the photos. It’s a fun way to build community.
Sandy
January 17th, 2007 at 11:58 am
Yes, I’m on MyBlogLog a lot because it’s such an excellent resource for finding sites I may not have thought about looking for.
I’m finding all sorts of blogs that are not hugely high on incoming hits, but they have fantastic copy.
Technorati just doesn’t have the same feel, nor is it as easy to find quality conversations as in MyBlogLog.
And like you mentioned, the photos are a must. I like faces. With the banners here, the faces behind the blogs are sort of what DWB is all about anyway. And as I’m a faces person more than anything, I like.
Thanks again for leading me to the MyBlogLog meme!
January 17th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Hi Cat, like Sandy and you, I really enjoy MyBlogLog because of the pictures, conversations and new ability to find good sites I otherwise would not have known about.
Thanks so much for keeping the meme going.
January 18th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Hi Cat:
This MyBlogLog thing works. I’ve been building my feed list and communities quite a bit and have noticed you and I tend to join the same communities. The faces really help me connect with it.
Chris
January 18th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
Hi Chris,
Yes, I do see the some of the same faces on MyBlogLog. And with you in marketing and DWB covering marketing, we’ll be running into each other a lot.
I was just reading your blog. Love the mention of Todd And’s Power 150. I’ve seen several similar but nothing as detailed or as graphically pleasing as this.
January 25th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for the shout out, Cat!