Yahoo! is Closing MyBlogLog?

Discussion in 'Yahoo' started by Ascendancy, Dec 30, 2009.

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    Ascendancy, Dec 30, 2009 IP
  2. ezyweb

    ezyweb Well-Known Member

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    MyBlogBlog has been declining for a long time now - it really hit its peak 3 years ago and since has been declining
     
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  3. Ascendancy

    Ascendancy Active Member

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    I do agree that it's declining, but it's still a shock to hear Yahoo! plans on closing it down. There are still tons and tons of popular blogs and communities on there, it's got a high PR and Alexa rank and traffic must be pretty decent there, I'm surprised Y! doesn't see any possible way to earn money with the site anymore.
     
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    YugoSlavac Well-Known Member

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    Maybe they should take some money they received from Microsoft and work on MyBlogLog instead of just closing it.
     
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    The whole thing started as a rumor as Readwriteweb published an article about it, and then the YDN developer lead responded that shutting down is just one of the options on the table and the decision will be taken later. Probably they might not shut it down after all.
     
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    xolala Peon

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    I don't think they would shut down such a popular feature. If they do, can you petition against it?
     
    xolala, Jan 7, 2010 IP
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    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Thats like the 2nd service of yahoo first geocities and this..
     
    Bohra, Jan 10, 2010 IP
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    I hope they dont close Yahoo mail soon enough :p hehe
     
    R@J, Jan 10, 2010 IP
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    rmvalues Well-Known Member

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    me too... because Yahoo! mail is the best
     
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  10. Bohra

    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Yahoo mail is the place where they still have goood market share so that will be the last option i guess
     
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    I heard about that too. I wonder why yahoo is closing some of their sites down? What I can think of is they might be doing it to save some money. But it seems they would try and make money off of it.

    I don't see any ads on the home page or anywhere. Unless I'm missing them. If they would put some ads on that site I think they could make some money and I really think they should keep it open.
     
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    I Prefer Mybloglog over Blogcatolog and it's a Shame that they are Closing Down come to Think of it the MyBloglog Blog is Never Updated so it shows how interested Yahoo is in mybloglog
     
    roezer, Jan 10, 2010 IP
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    who cares about yahoo blog?
     
    seoexpert28, Feb 18, 2010 IP
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    yes closing of that blog is going to effect many of us here.
     
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    The circumstances, is not a bar. . . .
     
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    #16
    They might have closed down geocities over the resources it consumes versus the earnings (ya don't get to much via nasty pop-ups). But mybloglog has the potential to get them even more earnings, if they use it right. They just have to add a pay per click advertising feature there. With all the visitors they'd got the ability to gain lots of money.

    By the way, what are the alternatives from mybloglog, blogCatalog for listing blogs - Any other suggestions?
     
    Torsten, Feb 21, 2010 IP
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    I have been looking into this site http://bloggers.com/ the membership is not very high but it has a clean interface and you see screenshots of the blogs before you visit.
     
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    Thanks, I first thought you were refering to blogger.com blogspots entry site.
    But now I see that it's a different site.

    I will try this out. It's a PR4 site, but certainly it's got some potential.
     
    Torsten, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    why you guys stuck on free blogs...
     
    extraspecial, Feb 22, 2010 IP
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    LOL you guys should club together and make Y! an offer for MyBlogLog
     
    ukprowriter, Feb 22, 2010 IP