Saturday, February 16, 2008

Who is it god for? MyBlogLog Profiles Going Dynamic

So, this email I got from yahoo, it seems their MyBlogLog service is going dynamic. It means that yahoo will start aggregating all the content that you create/generate on other services like Twitter, Last.fm, Digg, and YouTube and will display a link to those content maybe along with a small snippet and description on your MyBlogLog profile page.
Is it good?? yes for yahoo it is good they get more content for free :)
Is it good for you as a MyBlogLog user?? depends.. All these big players are finding all the possible ways to get hold of user created content and expand their internet assets.

Hello, MyBlogLoggers:

It took a long time for word to get out about our changeover to
Yahoo! IDs. Lesson learned. This time we're reaching out to you via
old-fashioned email.

In a couple weeks, we'll be launching a new feature called New with
Me. This feature will use the URLs on the Services tab of your
MyBlogLog profile to aggregate your latest activity on sites such as
Twitter, Last.fm, Digg, and YouTube. As a result, your profile page
will look different - publicly available updates from the services
you have listed will be merged with your existing information. Your
latest Flickr photos, Last.fm tracks, and YouTube videos, will all be
in one place. Updates from your contacts on MyBlogLog will be merged
and available as well. Simply put, the New with Me feature will
transform your static profile into a dynamic one.

MyBlogLog respects your privacy. We will aggregate and display only
information that is publicly available. If you're uncomfortable with
MyBlogLog aggregating and displaying publicly available information
from a particular service, you can remove that service from your
profile at any time.

Of course, we hope you're excited about the broader distribution of
everything you produce on the Web. If you use any of the sites
featured in the Services tab, you know the value of being able to
display all your activity in one place.

Your MyBlogLog profile, About Me widget, and Email Signature were the
first steps in distributing your Web identity. New with Me is the
next, pulling together a unified picture of who you are on the
distributed social Web. We have lots of cool things planned for this
feature -- I hope you'll use it to help build the next generation of
the Web.

For details, please check out our FAQ on this feature.

As always, check our blog for the latest news from us.

See you online!

Ian Kennedy
Product Manager, MyBlogLog

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