Using Mybloglog & Technorati to Increase Blog Readership

Firstly I’d like to apologise of the lack of posting over the past few days! I’ve been away on a much deserved break up to Queensland in Australia & I decided to leave all electronic equipment behind. Ahhhh, stress free to say the least.

Well, I’m back! Refreshed & ready to go for some new posts & new ideas to help keep you guys (my readers) one step ahead of all your counterparts (my non readers :p).

I’d also quickly like to congratulate Eli over at Bluehatseo on his first full year with the blog. Congrats & keep up the good work buddy!

Right, now down to business! I’m sure some of you have noticed that I’m using Mybloglog on the right hand side of the blog just where the categories are.

It looks a little something like this:

It was recently acquired by Yahoo & has soared in popularity over the past few months. A lot of the big bloggers are now using it on their sites. This means you have a lot of potential to have your profile & blog seen just by visiting other blogs momentarily. In fact, you don’t even have to read the blog. Just stop by then leave, as long as you’re logged into Mybloglog it’s fine.

I could create a huge list of bloggers using Mybloglog but it’s probably best that you sit down & gather about 100-150 blogs that are Popular & related to your niche. Visit them daily, hell set up a script to automatically visit them for you if you wish.

In doing this everyday you’re opening your own blog up to their visitors. If they cick on your profile pic they’re taken to your page within Mybloglog where they can leave a comment, add you as a friend or even visit your own network of sites. This is AWESOME for networking with other bloggers.

Now this is where it gets fun. I set up a profile for one of my other blogs & set my profile picture to a beautiful female. I visited as many blogs as I could within my niche that had Mybloglog on them. I also set up a profile in Technorati with the same picture of the beautiful girl.

It seems that when guys see a lovely girl has been visiting & reading their blog it sets off a chain reaction that sparks their curiosity. Just within 7 days of doing this my feed subscribers have doubled & I’ve been getting loads of wierd & but also friendly comments on the profile.

Here’s a perfect example of a profile that’s embraced the technique

Another good trick is to admire other bloggers within Mybloglog. When they log into their account they’ll see that they have a “female admirer” & delve a little deeper to see who she is

Now this technique, whilst it can be somewhat deceptive it’s tapping into the fact that most males are inquisitive & horny creatures. For example if you guys thought I was a pretty girl you’d probably be totally ASTOUNDED at the content I was writing & maybe I’d have thousands of subscribers. But, because you know I’m a guy & there’s much more competition not as many people care :p

This technique also works well on technorati. What I like to do is create a profile for the blog with the same picture. Maybe try & blog about some of the “Top 10″ things that are in the most talked about list (and related to the topic of my site, most times they’re not related), sit back & watch the suckers come flying in.

*insert evil laugh here*