TopRank Community) and despite some of the infrastructure issues related to their increased popularity, am very optimistic about what the resources brought on by Yahoo will do for the community.
In order to find out more about MyBlogLog, I contacted CEO Feedster.
In this quick set of questions Scott talks about how he got involved with MyBlogLog, the acquisition by Yahoo, future enhancements, fighting spam and advice for other budding tech companies with similar aspirations.
First, can you tell us about your background and how you made the transition from Feedster to MyBlogLog? Is it true you connected with Eric via LinkedIn? What was/is your vision for MyBlogLog?
There was 6 months between Feedster (left sept 05) and MyBlogLog (joined Mar 06). They were entirely disconnected. In Jan 06, an Offering the Feedster 500 a free MyBlogLog pro account was a clever marketing move. What kinds of marketing and promotion tactics were most successful?
The widget made us. From a non-automated perspective, commenting on other people's blogs relentlessly seems to be the most productive thing.
How many people have signed up so far?
A bit over 50k have profiles.
What rate per month?
The acceleration with Yahoo makes that tough to track. We grow at about 2% a day on average.
How did the acquisition come about?
We started chatting with happy next of Mybloglog users at Yahoo Search Marketing, and then pulled in Flickr pix and will do all we can to keep integrating. Check out companies are bought not sold. it's darn inconvenient, but true.
Thanks Scott!
For more info on MyBlogLog, check out the Techcrunch here, this post by MyBlogLog tools from SoloSEO and Search Engine Journal's Comments
Lee Odden is President and Founder of
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daily news, interviews and best practices. Interview w/ MyBlogLog CEO Scott Rafer
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TopRank Community) and despite some of the infrastructure issues related to their increased popularity, am very optimistic about what the resources brought on by Yahoo will do for the community.
In order to find out more about MyBlogLog, I contacted CEO Feedster.
In this quick set of questions Scott talks about how he got involved with MyBlogLog, the acquisition by Yahoo, future enhancements, fighting spam and advice for other budding tech companies with similar aspirations.
First, can you tell us about your background and how you made the transition from Feedster to MyBlogLog? Is it true you connected with Eric via LinkedIn? What was/is your vision for MyBlogLog?
There was 6 months between Feedster (left sept 05) and MyBlogLog (joined Mar 06). They were entirely disconnected. In Jan 06, an Offering the Feedster 500 a free MyBlogLog pro account was a clever marketing move. What kinds of marketing and promotion tactics were most successful?
The widget made us. From a non-automated perspective, commenting on other people's blogs relentlessly seems to be the most productive thing.
How many people have signed up so far?
A bit over 50k have profiles.
What rate per month?
The acceleration with Yahoo makes that tough to track. We grow at about 2% a day on average.
How did the acquisition come about?
We started chatting with happy next of Mybloglog users at Yahoo Search Marketing, and then pulled in Flickr pix and will do all we can to keep integrating. Check out companies are bought not sold. it's darn inconvenient, but true.
Thanks Scott!
For more info on MyBlogLog, check out the Techcrunch here, this post by MyBlogLog tools from SoloSEO and Search Engine Journal's Comments
Lee Odden is President and Founder of
Online Marketing Blog offering
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