Blogg-Buzz Gets A New Look And New Features
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Blogg-Buzz, a Digg like site for bloggers, has been redesigned and is much faster now and includes some new cool features! For those of you new to Blogg-Buzz, it is a blogger driven community, exclusively for bloggers to share, discover and promote blog posts that they find interesting. After you submit a story, other bloggers will read your submission and buzz the story if they liked it. If your post rocks and receives enough buzzes, it will be promoted to the front page where more bloggers will find it.
Blogg-Buzz is not just for submitting blog posts, but also to find interesting bloggers around the world and to get closer to them. Blogg-Buzz can also be useful for those who want to find the best content on the Blogosphere and can give your blog good number of readers when you make a good post and reach the front page.
What all you can do on Blogg-Buzz
What can you do as a Blogg-Buzz user? Lots…you can submit stories in Blogg-Buzz, vote for others stories, comment on stories and go into deep discussions, spy on who is buzzing, find out the Top Buzzers, add friends, send Private Messages to other Buzzers and even chat with them! So, it can be real fun once you start using Blogg-Buzz.
Unlike in Digg we will not ban you for submitting your own blog posts, as long as they are good posts.
Ever since we launched Blogg-Buzz, we got complaints about its speed and design. This time, Blogg-Buzz is much faster and also got a new design. We also added a few more categories that some members requested last time, if you find that we have missed out an important category, do let us know.
Members will now be able to un-vote the stories they voted for and also report bad stories. Once a bad story gets enough reports it will be automatically removed.
Other new features
- Related Posts - Added a new related stories feature to every story page so you can easily find the related stories
- Top stories in category - displays the Top stories of each category
- Search for Buzzers - On the profile page users can now search for other buzzers
- Save stories - Added a new feature that lets users save or bookmark any stories they want. The stories are saved under a new tab called “Saved” in their profile.
- Improved Top Buzzers page - Top Buzzers list is now listed according to the total buzzes of a user. So to be the Top Buzzer, keep buzzing all your favorite stories.
- Avatars in Top Buzzers page - avatars are now shown next to user names in the top buzzers page
- Vote counts in sidebar - Now in the sidebar you can view the vote counts for each story
- Avatars in view friends page - Now when you view your friends you will be able to view their avatars next to their user names
- Vote count in RSS feeds - The vote count for each story has been added to the RSS feeds.
- Chat: Other than the feature to private message a user, you can now chat with other members!
Joining Blogg-Buzz
This time we had to start with a new database because before the redesign, lots of non-bloggers had registered and submitted stories from non-blogs. So those of you who had registered earlier, will have to register again.
And one more thing..you are not allowed to register at Blogg-Buzz directly this time. We had to do this to prevent non-bloggers from registering and to keep up the quality of the stories.
To join Blogg-Buzz, you will have to send us the username you wish to use, your email and the list of blogs you own through this contact form in this way
Name: username (example: david45)
Email: your email
Regarding: Blogg-Buzz Invitation
Message: My blog is www.yourblog.com
We will NOT register an account for you unless you mention the blogs you own. We need to know the blogs you own to verify that you are a blogger. Please mention the username you would like created in the name field.
Once again, make sure you send us the username you wish to use, your email and the list of blogs you own, else we won’t be able to register an account for you.
Once we check your blogs, we will register your account and you will receive an activation link to your email which you have to click to activate your account at Blogg-Buzz.
After activating your account, you can login with password ‘bloggbuzz123‘ (without the quotes). Don’t forget to change the default password once you login. Also add an avatar 
Please follow these guidelines while submitting stories
- Must be a blog post: Please submit blog posts only (no blog homepage), stories from non-blogs will be removed.
- Quality Content: The blog post you submit must be of good quality, or it will be reported by other buzzers and will be removed automatically
- Link Directly to the Source: Save people time by linking directly to the original blog post.
- Search First: Avoid duplicate submissions by searching to make sure someone else has not submitted the story already.
- Be Descriptive: You are the story editor, so explain what it is and why it is cool.
- Proper Category: Please make sure that you submit your story in the most appropriate category.
Improving Blogg-Buzz
We have some ideas that would have made Blogg-Buzz more than a Digg like site, but implementing them will need time and money to hire an experienced programmer.
It would be helpful if you could donate some money, so that we can hire a programmer and a designer for Blogg-Buzz, after all we are working on Blogg-Buzz for the bloggers. So it would be nice if you could help us help you. Any amount is accepted.
My PayPal address is johnpthomas278(at)gmail(dot)com
Also, if you like Blogg-Buzz please make a post about it on your blog and let your readers know about it.
We hope you will enjoy Blogg-Buzz just like we are enjoying working on it. So dear bloggers, stop Digging and start Buzzing!
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Posted on May 21st, 2007 | Category: Blogging |
tech blog
May 21, 2007 at 7:37 pm
this site sounds great, ill check it out.
Roberta
May 21, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Sounds pretty nifty….I think I may have to check this out…thanks for the tip!
Pallab
May 21, 2007 at 9:50 pm
I haven’t had any luck with digg so far. Only web 2.0 website that has so far delivered some hits is StumbleUpon with a few thousand hits. Goint to try and submit some of my better posts in BlogBuzz.
Techie Buzz
May 21, 2007 at 9:58 pm
This is definitely a nice way to know more bloggers and also connecting with like minded bloggers.
Also would love to share my stories through Blogg buzz
JohnTP
May 21, 2007 at 10:08 pm
It would be best if you also vote for others stories instead of just submitting stories from your blog. That is one of the bad things I noticed last time.
I hope it does not happen this time.
kuanhoong
May 21, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Nice. The feature I like the most is “Unlike Digg”.
I had enough of Digg.
listikal
May 21, 2007 at 11:34 pm
Just sent my invite John, can’t wait to start using it. Hopefully I’ll like it as much as I like Digg.
tech blog
May 21, 2007 at 11:44 pm
the only problem with most of these sites “digg look alikes” is that people only use them if they get somthing out of them. with digg you can get traffic and fame since they are so widely known. however with new starter sites people dont feel real encouraged to go join if there is something better, aka digg, reddit delicious etc.
however, blog buzz might take off nicely since is specifically targets bloggers. i wish them good luck.
Ashish Mohta
May 21, 2007 at 11:45 pm
: You can just make a quick request to Join link of BB. We will send you the invite quick
JohnTP
May 21, 2007 at 11:51 pm
listikal- I already invited you
tech blog- You are right. I see most of the bloggers joining just to submit stories from their own blogs.
It would be so nice if they could vote for others stories.
Vince Cordic
May 22, 2007 at 12:05 am
John,
Looks nice, hopefully it catches on, would be nice to have a Digg type site for bloggers.
Maybe some sort of incentive to vote would work, something like you can’t submit stories until you have 20 votes..or something like that anyways. Though that might just create havoc too.
Madhur Kapoor
May 22, 2007 at 3:28 am
Good to see Blogg - Buzz back , i was wondering what has happened to it .
Abdul Aziz
May 22, 2007 at 4:06 am
This is the first time I am hearing about this ……
Robert Irizarry
May 22, 2007 at 6:54 am
Good to see Blogg-Buzz and its new face lift. Nice work. It’s definitely faster and I’m enjoying the new feature set.
Husbandhood
May 22, 2007 at 8:39 am
So let me get this straight. The way its different from Digg is that:
1. Only for blog posts
2. You can submit posts from your own blog
3. Poor quality content will be removed
4. Its a new site
As far as I know, digg doesnt ban people for submitting their own blog posts. Submitting your own posts to digg is one of the most popular ways to increase traffic to your blog and people are constantly doing it. There are articles all over the web about doing that.
Also, how are they going to monitor the quality of thousands and thousands of posts.
I do like that its only for blog posts. But aside from that it sounds like all the other social bookmarking sites.
Shankar Ganesh
May 22, 2007 at 8:52 am
Well, I found it very very fast than the old version. Good job there!
Techie Buzz
May 22, 2007 at 9:24 am
Hey John,
Just thought that you should know that the Mybloglog script makes the site load a little bit slower for blog buzz.
Thought I could see entries i could not buzz it, btw this happens with your blog too.
Keith
JohnTP
May 22, 2007 at 9:54 am
Vince Cordic- Thanks for the idea, we will try to do it in the future. We need to find more ways to encourage voting of stories.
Madhur Kapoor- Blogg-Buzz was there all the time, just that it was being spammed by non-bloggers.
JohnTP
May 22, 2007 at 10:00 am
Husbandhood- Poor quality content will be removed by the members themselves, not by us. Members can now report bad stories, so once a bad story receives enough reports it will be removed automatically. Even Digg does this with their bury feature.
Digg did ban a few blogs in the past like JohnChow.com and PaulStamatiou.com
Blogg-Buzz is currently only a Digg like site for bloggers, but we are working to make it much more than that. But we will need money to hire experienced programmers. And you the bloggers will have to help us out with that by donating. After all we are working on Blogg-Buzz for the Bloggers only!
JohnTP
May 22, 2007 at 10:04 am
Techie Buzz- Yes, MyBlogLog script does increase page load time, but I thought that bloggers would love to see the faces of the recent visitors. I can remove it if enough people request it.
What did you mean?
Nirmal
May 22, 2007 at 10:45 am
Its nice to see Blog-Buzz Redesigned. I have sent the mail through contact form, waiting for the reply.
Five point someone
May 22, 2007 at 10:48 am
but it cant bring the traffic that digg bringss in 2 me…u post any link on digg and it sends 60 memebers 2 u in no time….
Five point someone
May 22, 2007 at 10:51 am
send me a invite john.
DotNetNuke
May 22, 2007 at 10:52 am
Hi John, can i have invitation too please? Thanks.
Nirmal
May 22, 2007 at 11:12 am
Five point someone,
For me Digg has not given much of traffic compared to Stumble upon, so it depends. Its not always that Digg gives to good traffic and moreover whats there in trying new ways to get traffic?
Nirmal
May 22, 2007 at 11:21 am
I got the invite, thanks John. Hoping to make the good use of Blogg Buzz.
DotNetNuke
May 22, 2007 at 11:41 am
Ok, i followed instructions and now waiting for invitation
JohnTP
May 22, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Five point someone- Blogg-Buzz is a new site, so you should not expect a lot of traffic from it. Even Digg in its early stages would not have send people much traffic.
Also, Blogg-Buzz is not just about sharing and discovering blogs, its also a place to find other bloggers and to get closer to them.
Rhys
May 22, 2007 at 3:09 pm
Was a big fan of it. And part of it’s appeal is that “It’s not like Digg”. Get a good bunch of people voting on proper blogs then open it up to all, and it should be fine.
Daniel Becher
May 22, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Very good these modifications. But still I prefer the Digg.:)
Madhur Kapoor
May 22, 2007 at 3:55 pm
John , Do send me an invite , i requested it yesterday .
JohnTP
May 22, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Madhur Kapoor- Please use the contact form in the way I mentioned in this post to be invited.
listikal
May 22, 2007 at 6:18 pm
I know what you’re talking about John. I failed to remember I got one of your original “Alpha” invites. I appreciate it though.
Ryan J. Parker
May 22, 2007 at 6:44 pm
If TechCrunch can use MyBlogLog then so can everyone else. :p
I’ll have to check this out soon. I notice the spider on my blog.. I assume it’s looking for new posts?
Husbandhood
May 22, 2007 at 7:10 pm
I took a look at the site and filled out the invite/contact form to join.
One really good thing about the site is that its new. This gives all of us a chance to get our posts out there before it fills up.
One thing I noticed was that you dont have a family category. If that could be added then I could add posts.
AmeyJah
May 22, 2007 at 7:50 pm
i love your concept john.as i am novice( not starter) blogger, i really want help from these social bookmarking, i am just now working on a code ao that you can buzz any post from blogger hosted blog. and new looks optimized i wish you best luck for that.
Ron
May 23, 2007 at 1:07 am
JOHN - did have you experince with hittail? may you can point it out for us…
Grace
May 23, 2007 at 9:22 am
Isn’t this basically a Digg clone? Just more… elaborated and new?
Alex
May 24, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Great design and great job with Blogg-Buzz, but I am not really impressed by the sign-up thing…
horisly
May 25, 2007 at 11:19 pm
first time to here this site, that look good.