MyBlogLog

I discovered MyBlogLog rather late, it looked interesting and seemed a good way to see who actually visits ones site and don't leave comments. It allowed me to see and thus visit other blogs that I may not have come across, which I found really helpful!

I tried to sign in to mybloglog today, and found to my surprise that I couldn't do so. The site has been bought/taken over by Yahoo and the only way to sign in is to use a current Yahoo ID or re register as a Yahoo user.

This was something I felt strongly enough about, that I took the link off my site, despite Yahoo's insistence that it " helped by reducing another password for me to remember".

When I signed up to MBL, it was quick easy and needed no other information than an email account for verification and obviously a blog. It was nice easy and simple, rather like me who prefers to keep things in separate places and doesn't like to put all his eggs into one basket. The ability to visit others sites and leave a tag saying you had been without actually leaving a comment, was ideal, it was great others bloggers knew I had been and had a link back to my site if they wished to follow it.

So my apologies to all those who still use the MBL service, but its take over and insistence on having a Yahoo ID has irked me somewhat, and I am sorry I will no longer be a part of that community.