DISQUS

Adrian Eden · 8 months ago

Superior post. Connecting the dots and building community is key to longevity. I will continue to come to your Blog for information now. Happy Easter.

Danny · 8 months ago

Thanks Adrian, glad you found it useful and the very same to you for the Easter weekend.

Mike Wilton · 8 months ago

Danny, thanks for this post. I hadn't heard about Scribnia, I'll have to look into getting in on that. I'm guessing you're trying it out? What are your thoughts?

Danny · 8 months ago

So far I'm finding it to be a really good way to cut to the chase on whether I'd be interested in a blog or blogger (or reporter, columnist, etc).

The reviews are pretty useful and the metric rating system is useful as well (choose whether a blogger is a maverick or more mainstream, for instance).

I'll be taking time to look at it in more depth soon, but so far looks like it could be a useful addition.

Christopher Golda · 8 months ago

Thanks for including us Danny. Glad you're enjoying our plugin! Another cool way to use Connect is with a new service called ConvoTrack -- it was built using our API.

Danny Brown · 8 months ago

Thanks for the heads up, Chris - just installed it now (and recommended it to others). Opens up the versatility of a blog/website yet again.

Anything you BackType / Improving The Web guys don't have your fingers on at the minute? :)

Marty Thornley · 8 months ago

I love Backtype as well, at least the idea of it. I know it misses a lot of the comments I leave on different sites and it seems to be fairly slow sometimes in finding the comments I leave. I'm curious why that happens but think it is overall a great idea.

It is a great way to track the comments your favorite bloggers or online personalities are leaving on other sites. This would be even better if it were more immediate, but it is a great start.

They have plugin for wordpress using their new connect feature, which takes all their tracked tweets, comments, etc. and displays them as comments right along side your post. My site doesn't have a huge group of readers and doesn't get too many comments in general, but by using that plugin, I was able to show all of the twitter traffic and some extra conversation that otherwise would not show up. In the two minutes it took to install, it really livened up my site and connected it to a much bigger picture.

Christopher Golda · 8 months ago

Thanks for the comment, Marty.

Glad you're enjoying the plugin. Regarding missed comments, if you submit the blogs that we miss comments from, we'll add them for you asap. The time it takes for us to get comments depends on a lot of things, like the publishing platform, how many comments the blog gets overall, etc. We're working hard to improve both our coverage and timeliness.

Marty Thornley · 7 months ago

Hi Chris,
I guess of all sites, you guys would be able to find a comment about yourself! haha. Thanks for the suggestion. I will definitely try to keep track of what sites don't show up and go add them to BackType. Keep up the great work!
-Marty

Stuart Foster · 8 months ago

I'm a big fan of MyBlogLog and Backtype (and thanks to you I've installed ConvoTrack on The Lost Jacket). However, I had never heard of Scribnia before? I just signed up for the Alpha, I'm hoping to get an invite asap so I can play around with it. Thanks Danny!

Deb · 8 months ago

Thanks Danny for the info. Another three sites I will be reviewing this week!
@debworks

JustinSMV · 8 months ago

I love Mybloglog as it has many features they provide another metric tool I might recommend is the Google Friend Connect widget.

The Lovable Rogue · 8 months ago

I've been using BackType for ages now, originally following a recommendation from you I believe, Danny. Although I have experienced some of the small limitations discussed above by Marty in the past; a couple of missed posts, these have been very few in number, and have hardly detracted from the user experience. One of the strongest pros of the service stems from BackTypes focus upon the community; they always seem determined to enhance their service to meet the needs of the community. I think Christopher's presence in these posts emphasises their 'ear to the blogosphere' approach. A good little service.

TLR

Danny · 8 months ago

That's one of the things that makes them stand out from similar services, Chris. Of course, it'd be disappointing if a company that makes a conversation app didn't show up in some of the conversations... ;-)

I met Christopher Golda at Podcamp Toronto and he's a genuinely nice guy that's a blogger at heart. You can tell the love he's got for the company, and that can only be a good thing for us.

Russell D'Souza · 8 months ago

Danny,

I am Russell D'Souza, co-founder of Scribnia, and I wanted to thank you for your kind words about our service. If any readers would like alpha codes to test Scribnia please leave your email address at http://scribnia.com/ and we will send you a code within 24 hours.

Thanks once again Danny!

Russel D'Souza

Kyle Judkins · 8 months ago

I just installed BackType Connect on my blog, and I am very excited to include all of the comments from around the Internet. I only get a few onsite comments for each post, and Connect gives me a great way to show that more people are commenting which in turn encourages other readers to do the same. I highly recommend it.

misstillytilly · 8 months ago

Heya!

My name is Tilly, and I am the community manager here at MyBlogLog! Thanks for adding us to your list!

Drop me a line anytime if you need anything :)

XOXO
Tilly

Mayank Dhingra · 8 months ago

Thanks Danny for sharing these cool tools. I love backtype's connect plugin,will checkout Scribnia soon.

hanum · 1 month ago

best comment search engine which ever I found, cool. Nice info sharing, so informatif posting. Thank's...