MyBlogLog and Yahoo light up the blogosphere
Posted on January 8, 2007
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Quentin was first and Chad gave the details here: we’ve acquired MyBlogLog!
I’m totally stoked about this. In describing MyBlogLog, Chad used an “audio analogy.” That definitely works, but I prefer the visual one: as powerful as blogging has been, we’ve been blogging “in the dark.” Being a blogger meant the best relationship one’s got with her visitors is through her logs - “Oo oo! 18.85.236.12 visited today at 11:04am!!!” And there’s the comments of course, but we know only a fraction of visitors to the blog actually leave comments. See [1].
It’s like we’ve been partying in the dark, and MyBlogLog turned on the lights! Now we can all see who’s in the room.
Another analogy - the experience of reading blogs has been like attending a movie in the local metroplex. The cool thing about blogging is that it has democratized the process of making a movie. Now instead of just seeing blockbusters from the major studios, anyone can “make a movie.” But the experience of consuming it is the same: a couple hundred strangers wander into a theater, the lights go down, and everyone faces the same direction staring at the screen. Protocol dictates little to no interaction with each other… (Isn’t it annoying when there’s a chatterbox in the next seat over?)
MyBlogLog turns on the lights, and invites people to look at (and dialog) with each other in addition to looking at the screen. Maybe the right analogy is a sports bar. The game is on the big screen providing the content and context. But the fun part is hooting and hollering with your mates, heckling the guys there to support the other team the next table over, etc. It’s communal. It’s interactive. It’s participitory. It’s fun.
[I’ve never been to a sports bar. Maybe I got that part wrong.]
This is a great way to start off 07. By the end of the month, we’ll debut something equally interesting and impactful. What a great way to start off 07.
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Good for you guys. Congrats.
Hey Bradley, I love you man…but I can’t figure this out. How is MyBlogLog worth $10 million? I like it, and I just started using it on my blog…but where is the revenue opportunity?
Delicious, Flickr, and MyBlogLog are really cool services. I like them and use them all. But, how do they fit together and create synergy…or revenue?
I wrote a blog today applying several different valuation methods to MyBlogLog but I couldn’t get anywhere near $10M. Take a look and let me know what you think. http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/01/yahoo_acquires_.html
BTW, I have known Bradley for almost 10 years. We worked together on video search when I was at AltaVista and Bradley was at Virage. I have the greatest respect for Bradley…he is brilliant. I just can’t figure out how all these pieces fit together.
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So, in order to keep up with those who keep up with you and are helping others build authority sites…you might want to start listing the Friday Traffic Report on Yahoo….otherwise, only Google will have the traffic for his huge list!!
“It’s like we’ve been partying in the dark, and MyBlogLog turned on the lights! Now we can all see who’s in the room.”
Thats funny… and Congrats, anyhoos!
Bradley -
I love the acquisition — congratulations! I posted on MBL here: http://www.participatemedia.com/?p=44
Great job!
Excellent analogy for how MyBlogLog works. I’ve never been much into tracking stats or social networking in connection with my blog…but I’m totally digging on MyBlogLog. Cheers!
almost end of month.
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By the end of the month, we’ll debut something equally interesting and impactful.
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Thanks for paying attention! Looks like “a couple weeks” or so, ie. more like the beginning of next month… We’re trying to sync up the release with a good venue for squawking about it (i.e. the Future of Web Apps in London)… Stay tuned Venu!
cool, thanks for the headsup.
The sports bar analogy is brilliant. Takes the “conversation of the blogosphere” into a much more interesting and, dare I say? intoxicating, space:)
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