MyBlogLog introduces new Tagging Options
May 24, 2007 | Comments (5) | Filed under: Tools
A few days ago I speculated that big changes may be on the horizon for MyBlogLog as a result of some downtime issues with common wordpress plugins. Lo and behold, those changes have arrived sooner than expected. Earlier today, TechCrunch announced that MyBlogLog will launch a new Tagging feature sometime soon that will allow users to tag web communities they frequent.
According to the article, MyBlogLog founder Eric Marcoullier had this to say about the intended functionality of the new features.
The main use will be to categorize topics and people to let users find new content they might be interested in. If you read a certain blog, view it’s MyBlogLog page and click on a tag to see other blogs that are tagged with the same word.
If you’re interested in trying the feature out, visit the MyBlogLog community for Bookmark Bliss and toss in a couple of tags. I recommend using “Online Business”, “Blogging”, “Programming”, and “Web Design” but the choice is definitely up to you 
While this feature is interesting for sure, it seems to me like they are playing a bit of catchup with competitors such as BumpZee having already implemented tagging long ago. One other interesting note is that in an attempt to help fight spam, MyBlogLog encourages users to flag such sites with the tag “Schmoe” standing for Social Media Optimizer. These sites will be reviewed by MyBlogLog and will have appropriate actions taken against them.
Ultimately, plans are still in place for the site to be redesigned and maybe renamed (Yahoo Blog Log?) at some point in the future. I hope they take the time to optimize the query time of the widgets as well…
Interesting news to say the least. Hopefully the “schmoe” tagging doesn’t get out of hand. Anyone who is interested in doing a little tag promotion swapping, let me know in the comments. Post a couple key tags you’re interested in and a link to your community and maybe we can all help each other get started.
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I am relatively new to MyBlogLog. Is there a users manual? Could you right a post how best to use MyBlogLog?
I’m up for swapping. Something like nursing student and nurse blog work for me!
i noticed this today on myblog when you tagged me! thanks
its a nice addition though im sure its gonna be abused at some point from members
Count me in for the tag swapping. Of course I’m with Skarld — is there a MyBlogLog user manual? I know the site is not that complex but I still get the feeling I’m missing something about MyBlogLog. That being said, I saw the new feature and was surprised the owners didn’t send out any kind of announcement about the new feature. One day everything looked the old way and the next day there was this new tagging feature with no explanation. Perhaps it was just me and everyone else got the memo.