Yesterday, ReadWriteWeb broke news that MyBlogLog is slated for the Yahoo! chopping block in January 2010. Aggravating to say the least!
MyBlogLog and WidgetsLab.
I believe WidgetsLab is one of the only widget based blogs to still be displaying the MyBlogLog visitors widget. The visitor widget has spent time in the footer (highly customized) and in the sidebar where it currently resides. It has been on WidgetsLab since late 2006 and has outlasted many, many other widgets.
Marshall Kirkpatrick says:
Five years to the month after it was founded, cross-blog social networking widget MyBlogLog will be closed down by Yahoo! in January, we’re hearing from sources close to the project. MyBlogLog is a service that shows blog writers and readers the faces and profile information of other MyBlogLog users that visit their sites….
…Yahoo! has let the service atrophy for years and will now put it to rest. To think that this service offered publishers and developers access to personal, demographic, taste and activity data of a website’s readers – and yet that offering has in the end gone no where – that’s downright crazy.
View entire story at ReadWriteWeb.com
Wait…there’s more!
This comes from the Yahoo! Developer Network Blog
Yesterday, rumors surfaced around Yahoo!’s imminent shutdown of its MyBlogLog service. Frankly, it’s no secret within Yahoo! that we’re actively discussing the future of MyBlogLog. However, it’s also true that we have not made any final decisions at this point. Is a shutdown on the table? Sure, that’s an option. But there are other options as well. We know this creates some uncertainty for current MyBlogLog users. While we aren’t quite ready to share more details, we promise to keep you posted.
Chris Yeh, Head of YDN
Scott Rafer, one of the MyBlogLog co-founders commented on the ReadWriteWeb story:
I would like to draw your attention to this portion of Scott’s comment:
The various MBL alumni are figuring out how to bring out helpful new publisher services. News on the first project that should see the light of day will appear @hearttheweb in January.
What is Heart The Web?
hearttheweb.com
http://twitter.com/hearttheweb
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