I must say i have always loved MyBlogLog. When I recommend to startups to create not only a branded widget, but a useful one that site owners would actually want to put it on their site, this is the kind of widget I am talking about. The MyBlogLog widget provides a great way for you to know who’s visited your blog, learn more about them, and read their blogs as well. Often time you find that people who stop by your blog usually have excellent taste and seem to write pretty nice blogs themselves as well. I have met many interesting bloggers and found some excellent readings by clicking on their faces.

Now MyBlogLog has introduced the new tagging feature that allows users to add tags to each of the communities, thereby allowing for better findings of content you’re looking for. So for instance, if you know social media is one of your topics of interest, you can check out all those tagged with social media. It’s a great way to find new readings and also connect with bloggers who have similar interests to yours. MyBlogLog has also asked users to tag spam blogs as “Schmoe” which is also a nice way of filtering the system from spammers.

Once a tag is added to your community, other users can vote it up or down. This determines its size in the cloud. You can also permanently remove any tag you don’t fancy. Currently tags are imported from Del.icio.us and Technorati. Other sources will be added over time.

I applaud Yahoo for finally upgrading MyBlogLog as they have promised. I understand other changes, including a redesign, are also coming up soon. Really looking forward to that.

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