How to Use MyBlogLog to Succesfully Build Massive Blog or Website Traffic

by Joshua Dorkin on April 23, 2007

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Update 2/24/11: Yahoo has announced that it will discontinue the MyBlogLog service on May 24, 2011.

I wrote about using MyBlogLog a few weeks ago (networking with social media sites) for networking purposes. I now want to tell you exactly how to build massive traffic using the MyBlogLog community.

MyBlogLog is an extremely important tool for getting a blog off the ground and for building exposure to your site. Many people don’t realize how powerful it really is! This post will help you get a jump start in building traffic to your blog / website, and will also help you find new, interesting sites you never knew about before.

How to Set Up MyBlogLog on Your Blog or Website

  1. Create an account with MyBlogLog. This hould take less than a minute. All you’ll need is to pick out your username, email, password, and the URL of your blog. Once you’ve created an account, be sure to upload an image of yourself as your avatar. Photos are just more personal and make things a bit more inviting.


    mybloglog avatar

  2. To bring more interest to your profile, or simply to help users get to know a bit about you, be sure to fill out some personal information in your profile. Again, it really just helps people to connect with you.
  3. You will then want to claim your blog or website. To do this, you’ll need to place a snippet of code that MBL provides you within your blog’s template. Now, when you look at your profile page, you’ll see your website.


    mybloglog claimed websites

    Both you and your website now have “communities.” Personally, you have the ability to add friends and chat with them. People must join your website’s community, but they can also chat with you through the site’s community.

  4. recent readersThe last major technical step in getting going is installing the MyBlogLog Widget on your blog or website. If you look in your personal profile, you’ll see a link underneath your website’s community “Get Widgets.” The one you are concerned with is the “Recent Readers” widget. This allows you and your other readers to see who has been on your site recently. Layout the widget to your liking and add it to your blog’s sidebar.

Congratulations! You’re Ready.
Here’s where the traffic building begins!

8 Steps To Successfully Building Blog Traffic Using MyBlogLog

  1. Make sure you are logged into MyBlogLog. This seems obvious, but if you’re not signed in, then people on the site can’t see you when you’re surfing around.
  2. Surf your favorite blogs! Start visiting the sites you’d normally visit and see if they have MyBlogLog widget installed. If they do, click on the View Reader Community link at the bottom. This will bring you to their website’s community.
  3. Join the communty and also add the user as a friend/contact. This shows the user in both their personal profile and their website’s community profile that you are interested. It also gives you more exposure so others can find you more easily.
    add contact

    (Note: When you add a user as a friend, you are sent back to your profile, not that user’s. I think this is a glaring problem with the site, as I then have to go back to the blog – to the community – to the user to find their profile again. I hope Eric and others at MBL consider changing this. It will just make things that much easier for users)

  4. This is one of the most important steps: Leave a comment on either their personal profile or their website’s community profile. Make sure it is not simply “Nice site” or “Great Blog.” Be sure to leave a relevant comment so the user can tell that you’ve actually visited their site.

    As a result of your comment, the odds are that the user will go and visit your profile (by clicking on your avatar). They will then see your blog / websites and if they have any curiousity in the topic, will check them out. You’ve just exposed your site to another new person!

  5. Wash, Rinse, Repeat! After a while, you’ll have targeted all the sites that you are a fan of. Don’t fret, you have much more work ahead!
  6. Now that you’ve gone and let your favorite sites know about your interest, it is time to start finding new sites. There are a many ways to do this:

    How to find New Websites of Interest

    a) Visit your favorite site’s community pages and look at who else is commenting. Visit their site / blog and return to step 2.
    b) Visit your favorite site’s community pages and look at who else is a member. Visit their site / blog and return to step 2.
    c) Return to your personal profile page and see who “Viewed this Page Recently.” Visit their site / blog and return to step 2.
    d) Go to the “My Admirers” section of your profile. Visit their site / blog and return to step 2.
    e) See who is leaving you comments on your personal community profile or your site’s community. Visit their site / blog and return to step 2.
    f) Visit the profiles of other users you’ve found and see what communities they are a part of. Odds are they will likely be related to their interests. You now have a slew of other communities and sites to visit.

  7. Watch the traffic begin! You’ll start to notice traffic slowly start to come from MyBlogLog. Keep people interested by continung to write quality posts.
  8. Set aside some time every day to expand your MyBlogLog contacts, visit new sites, comment, and get yourself out there. Remember, every time you visit another site with the MBL Recent Readers widget, you have another opportunity for exposure for yourself. The more you’re seen around, the more likely people will want to connect with you.

Don’t forget that in addition to using MyBlogLog for traffic that there are other important methods. Commenting on other, related blogs with thoughtful messages is hugely important. This should also become a part of your daily routine.

In case you’d like to start somewhere, you can do so with me!
My Personal Profile: BigP (my username)
This Blog’s Profile: TimeForBlogging

Join up and get involved in MyBlogLog today to build your blog’s traffic!

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Paul April 16, 2008 at 2:34 am

Very nice article and great tips to gain more traffic. Thank you for your resources. Keep it up.

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Cliff Posey April 18, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Thanks this was easy to read and understand. I use a site builder that has a blog built in with a separate domain name that my site’s domain name.

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RiledUp April 19, 2008 at 3:05 am

Great post and great tips for increasing more traffic using mybloglog. Thank you.

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Dimson April 21, 2008 at 5:19 am

Yahoo is going to rename MyBlogLog to YahooBlogLog or MyYahooLog. Maybe, this renaming will bring new functionalities..

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arthritisguy June 27, 2008 at 7:53 pm

i have been using mybloglog and it is a good way to get traffic also.

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university reviews July 25, 2008 at 2:59 am

its a good post
but the method is very tedious
i suggest that please check the spelling in your line “This hould take less than a minute. All you’ll need is to pick out your username….”
replace hould with should!

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denny July 29, 2008 at 3:01 am

hei josh, thx for the article
it explained a lot to me
i want to try some thing new to increase my traffic
you got me the idea to start using mybloglog, many of my friend use others but it seem that mybloglog is better than others
thx again and keep up the good job maybe u need a bigger pocket hehehe

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Tutorial September 3, 2008 at 8:55 am

Just an awesome guide too Use MyblogLog..

Bookmarked it..Thanks

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enrichco September 8, 2008 at 6:49 pm

excelent tips. i usually using mybloglog but until now i can’t manage and make it more effective. thanks.

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Live Your Way September 13, 2008 at 8:45 pm

Joshua, good stuff. I have just setup a MyBlogLog account, joined your community, and added you as a contact.

If anybody wants to add me, my Personal Profile is: liveyourway

…at least I think it is…I’m still new at this!

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Mar Matthias Darin September 22, 2008 at 3:19 pm

MyBlogLog violates AdSense TOS. MBL publicly releases your AdSense Click through Rate (violation og section 7, TOS). See this article for proof.

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ClipsCapital October 13, 2008 at 5:03 am

I joined MyBlogLog thanks to this post and so far I am very impressed and can see the potential it holds.

I joined your community and I will keep checking your blog for more interesting posts like this one.

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VlogHog October 27, 2008 at 4:29 am

It’s because of this article that I’m active in MyBlogLog.

Well, I was part of it but now I’m active in it.

Thanks.

I’ve given it a thumbs up on my Stumble bar.

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Sid Burgess January 2, 2009 at 4:59 pm

I love it. I think MyBlogLog is one of the greatest new things on the internet hands down.

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Timon Weller January 5, 2009 at 6:36 am

MBL in a nutshell, good technique… I use MBL all the time as well so this should help… thanks.. :)

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Gerry from GerryWalter.com January 13, 2009 at 12:46 am

It is a great tool to network with although it does take a lot of work to keep it up.

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Novell Tagailo February 18, 2009 at 6:01 pm

I’m a member of MyBlogLog since last year, but I never really took advantage of the potential of the website until i read this post. I have a question though, I hope you can answer, cause I also use BlogCatalog. How do you compare both? thanks

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Bill March 8, 2009 at 1:52 pm

Awesome idea. It seems so simple I don’t know why I didn’t think of it. Thanks for allowing us to be SEO whores and encouraging us to start with your own MBL profile

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rufman March 24, 2009 at 4:39 pm

This is the post I was looking for. So much talk about mybloglog and now I know how to use it. Thanks!

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Trina (Trendqueen) March 29, 2009 at 10:54 pm

Thanks for the great information on MyBlogLog. I just signed up for it and was wondering how to use it the best way to get more exposure for my blog. This post answered most of my questions! THX!!!

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Rino Blogane April 8, 2009 at 11:36 am

hmmm…
i have mybloglog account but never optimized it, maybe I can try now

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Jana July 11, 2009 at 10:13 am

This is great post…I hope that I’ll get a lot of traffic to my new music blog. Good luck my friends! :)

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Dale August 29, 2009 at 9:05 pm

Thanks for the highly informative post I will have to give it a try on my six pack abs site.

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Laura September 19, 2009 at 1:03 pm

Thanks for this. I was curios about MyBlogLog and you explained it perfectly.

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blogideas November 24, 2009 at 7:37 pm

Hey, great post! I have my bloglog but have never known how to actually use it properly, I do use Blog catalog and Stumbleupon and they work great, but now I just have another one to add to the list.

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rosieq11 December 19, 2009 at 7:16 am

Hello; WOW I am new to this MyBlogLog and blogging. My coach Liz Tomey suggested I come here and you have a lot of info. Thank you. I can believe it, You are a real estate investor too!!

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hari March 22, 2010 at 9:17 pm

Hi, actually i’m not new on MBL but you know, recently i just research the connection traffic and MBL on google :P and i found your site on first page and #1 (mybloglog dan traffic), now i will try your tutorial, best regard… :D

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drew September 20, 2010 at 2:16 pm

Creative way to generate traffic!

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Norma January 30, 2011 at 9:10 am

I have been blogging for months and I have no traffic at all so I am trying to get into networking but I have no idea how… then your article comes along. It is very helpful. There are old articles about Yahoo cutting MBL off like Delicious. Are there really plans to stop MBL or should I still sign in?

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Joshua Dorkin February 21, 2011 at 11:28 am

They are killing it off . . . probably not worth your energy at this point, IMO.

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