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MyBlogLog Contacts: New, Improved and Un-limited!

Today we released a better way to manage your contacts on MyBlogLog. Click on the add/manage link below your Contacts to see the new screens. It's pretty straightforward. If someone adds you as a contact, they will show up on the "Pending" tab. You have the choice to then add them as a mutual contact, keep them as a "Follower" or "Block" them and never hear from them again.

Those of you who have asked for a way to quickly sift through your list of "admirers" (now called "followers"), your prayers have been answered. Hit your MyBlogLog profile page and up top you'll see notification of how many pending contact requests you have waiting. Now you can sort through that list, friend those you like, block out any spammers, and help clean up your neighborhood. The better your Contact list, the better the signal on the stuff you see in your New with My Neighborhood page.

Because there is a better way to control your Contacts and you've always been able to limit who can leave you messages (just your contacts, or everyone), we've lifted the 15 contact requests/day limit. Yay!

So take this opportunity to clear out your Pending Contact list. We've got something really kick ass in the queue and it'll be even better if you clear the plate now so you can see how it works.

MyBlogLog and OpenID

Starting now you can  use your MyBlogLog profile URL to login to any site that supports OpenID.  Visit the Yahoo Open ID site to learn how.

For those of you with big, long fugly default urls, visit the Change your Profile page to pick something short and sweet and get one step closer to Profile Zen.

Why would you do this?

Let's say you come across a site that accepts OpenID for authenticated comments. You can use your MyBlogLog profile here so anyone wanting to click through and learn more about you will go to your MyBlogLog page and see all your blogs and latest updates on your New with Me page.

Many thanks to Shreyas Doshi, Allen Tom and the Yahoo Membership team on helping make this happen.

UPDATE: Once you add your MyBlogLog profile URL to the list, you don't need to use your entire profile URL. Just type "mybloglog.com" and we'll take it from there.