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Beta no more!

There are big things afoot in our corner of the web and we want to make sure you know the latest. We’ve pulled off the “beta” tag and gone all 1.0 on you. In the next couple of paragraphs I’ll explain what that means now and what you can expect in the coming months.

The first thing you’ll notice when you go to www.mybloglog.com is that we’ve merged MyBlogLog “the stats service” with MyBlogLog Communities. We’ve always been about intimacy and now it’s all in one place for you. When we say “Discover who visits your favorite site” we mean just that. Whether you’re an author who wants to know what your readers are clicking on or a reader who wants to see who shares your passion for a specific web site, we’re hooking you up. Hopefully, we're giving some form to this invisible social medium called the Web and then standing aside so that you can make the most of it."

We’ve made changes big and small to commemorate the occasion. You’ll notice a new home page right off the bat. We no longer bounce you straight to your personal profile, and if you get confused look for the link in the top right of the page. Additionally, we’ve made signing up a much easier process. While it might not matter a ton to you, the (hopefully) millions of people who follow you in to MyBlogLog will benefit from all the wonderful feedback you provided. On your personal, unique, and confidential view of your own profile page, we’ve also added a few new buttons. The most common questions I receive are “how do I change such-and-such in my blog settings” and “where’s the widgets?” Now you can jump directly to the widgets and site settings pages from your profile.

And speaking of the widget, we’ve made some MAJOR modifications on the backend. The Reader Roll and Top 5 Links widget now come with built in stats tracking. Just throw either one (or both) on your page and you get stats tracking. Of course, you can always go stealth and use the tracking script by itself.

Lastly, we’ve changed the way “admirers” work. Admirers (people who have made you a contact and would like you to do the same) still exist, but now only you can see them. When you look at your profile you’ll find the list in the same spot as before, but after receiving a lot of feedback, we’ve decided to make the list for your eyes only.

Expect to see some great things in the next couple of months. Now that we’re happy with the framework and we’ve knocked out the bugs, it’s time to start building the next round of features that bring you even closer to other people on your favorite sites. Improved messaging. More widgets. Additional stats. Significantly more communities. Better yet, if you’ve got an idea on what would make MyBlogLog better, send me message or drop me an email -- eric [a]t mybloglog.com. So many of MyBlogLog’s improvements start with a member saying “wouldn’t it be great if…” (Thanks Ferret and LordMatt).

That’s it for now. It’s awesome to belong to such a great community of people and we’re doing everything we can to give you the features and experiences you deserve.

Cheers!
Eric