What do you get when you cross a blog directory with a forum discussion area? Throw in some social gizmos along the lines of adding a blogger as a 'friend' and joining 'neighborhoods' -- you get BlogCatalog.
Before I get into BlogCatalog too much, I just have to say that I found out about it on my way over to apologize to Chris for referring to he as a she -- and hopefully I can get back over to add him as friend really quick before I get a bad name in my neighborhood.
Why you should be in the BlogCatalog
Outside of the obvious reasons for getting your blog listed in a directory, there are perks to go along with BlogCatalog. You can truly hook up with like minded blogs very easily, and there are a lot to choose from. Also the discussion area is quite active and a great place to go for information on wide range of blogging subjects -- or just to shoot the breeze.
This place is great way to build your network of blogging buddies with. That in itself, is probably worth the price of admission -- did I mention that it is free.
Signing up was a breeze. Even though they say it would take 24-48 hours, I was in under 15 minutes. And within minutes of being approved, I had visitors and comments coming in. How cool is that?
So if you decide to check out Blogcatalog, stop by my place and say hello.
4 comments:
Blog Catalog is great you really do seem to get to know people through it and of course it drived more like minded people to your site too.
MyBlogLog is also worth joining
BlogCatalog went thru a revamp of the site and copied MyBlogLog in many ways, but a little bit better. The Directory of blogs is far superior than MyBlogLog and the addition of a discussion forum was a nice touch -- allows bloggers to come together in a central area and talk to each other, rather than thru a shoutbox.
I am not saying that MyBlogLog is bad. You should sign up for it too, more exposure is always good.
However, I only have so many hours in a day to invest in promotion. I would like to concentrate on one venue at a time and build it up before moving onto the next.
I've been called worse things ;-)
Thanks for the links, I really like the way Blogcatalog is shaping up-see you over there!
I have been called worse too.
Yep -- catch you around. Already been over to your place on that John Chow thing.
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