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MyBlogLog gets you Buzzin’ and LinkedIn

One of the best parts about being a part of the Yahoo family is not only the free snacks and soda pop, but we also get dibs on all the great content they provide! The first of many Yahoo services that MyBlogLog now has the chance to re-syndicate is from Yahoo Buzz. Buzz gives you the opportunity to either “Buzz up” or “Buzz Down” interesting links and news stories, and depending on the ranking, it may be featured on the Yahoo homepage! Enabling Yahoo updates from your MyBlogLog service page will broadcast all the stories that you have been buzzing about!

Head on over to your MyBlogLog services page and flip the switch to enable Yahoo updates. This will tell Yahoo that you have given MyBlogLog the a-ok to pull in and re-publish all the services Yahoo offers to be broadcast. To edit the Yahoo services that you wish to broadcast, you will have to visit their updates page and pick and choose from there. At this time, we are only pulling in Yahoo Buzz, but stay tuned for more services popping up soon!

Not to be outshined is the addition of LinkedIn updates to your New With Me stream that also goes live today. Plug in your LinkedIn ID to the Services page and we will pick up any changes to your Headline (the only public data they currently syndicate) on our weekly Sunday evening pull and let the world know when you got that promotion!

MyBlogLog, a long overdue site redesign!

You know in the movies when they get the nerdy girl to untie her ponytail and remove her glasses? All of a sudden she’s the hottest chick at school? Yeah, it’s kinda like that. We always knew MyBlogLog was one hot little number, now she’s got the look to prove it.

Don’t worry, we still got all the features that you can't live without; your stats, your widgets and, of course, the New With stuff. Only now everything is framed with shiny shadows and rounded edges! Also notice that on your profile we have moved the most recent visitors module, up on top, not down below the fold so you can quickly see who's been checking you out.

Just for funsies, you should head over and check out the welcome screen for logged out or unregistered users. We went and completely upgraded the featured blogs by scrolling through the top 20 sites (based on number of members), and displaying a more straightforward message about what we offer; Discover, Broadcast, and Connect. You're going to hear these three words more often from us, I'd love to hear if this description it resonates with you.

Of course this new look for MyBlogLog couldn’t have been completed without help from our amazing muse, Jaime Sonoda, who we smooth-talked into sparing us some cycles, and the designing skillz of our man Manny. Together they created quite the slick design.

So jump in there and give it a look around. Let us know what you think!

MyBlogLog adds updates from Zillow and Trulia profiles

MyBlogLog had the pleasure this week to sponsor and attend the very first REbarCamp here in San Francisco. In honor of the event, we thought it was about time we showed some love to our rockin’ real estate blogger community!

Many of those in the real estate business already know that MyBlogLog offers all the right tools to help stay connected, and now we made it even more useful! Since Trulia and Zillow added RSS feeds to their profiles, we're now crawling those profiles for new information every hour and feeding that into your New with Me feed where it gets syndicated along with all the other content that you share on MyBlogLog.

For Trulia, we pull in any answers you've given to questions asked on Trulia. For Zillow, we pull in any new listings you add on Zillow. Speaking with both companies today, it looks like they'll be sharing more content via RSS so when it makes sense, we'll add those too.

If you have a Trulia or Zillow account, hop on over to the Services tab and add your ID and we'll take it from there. If you have your own site, you can also list these services in your About Me widget and show everyone your latest activity.