What Are They Saying About Your Site?

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When someone else links to your site, it’s always nice to send a “Thank you” either by email or a reciprocal entry linking to something they’ve written, too. Unfortunately, incoming trackbacks are a notoriously unreliable way to keep track of who’s been linking your site.

So when I was reading David at Houmah.com’s page today, I was intrigued by his entry concerning a new widget that lets you look who’s talking about you.

The widget, called My Buzz Monitor, lets you stop relying on trackbacks or Technorati searches to find out who’s linking your site.

It’s free — you don’t even have to register — and easy to insert anywhere on your site. You can run it as a javascript code or use one of their several one-step installations for various platforms, including XML and Google Reader.

I’m a big believer in keeping sidebars less cluttered, so I’ve put mine on a separate Buzz page focusing on incoming links to this site. Since the widget can also be used to track keywords, the service can also be used to create a page with multiple widgets tracking different keywords like David has done.

What an excellent way to discover new blogs sharing your site’s focus!

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This entry was posted on Sunday, January 13th, 2008 at 1:08 pm and is filed under Blog Better (Blogging 401). Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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Comment by Dave
2008-01-13 13:19:08

Hiya… glad you found it interesing. I have gone through more than a few widgets (BlogRush…ugh).. this little tidbit seems to have a few ways it can be used.

Now let’s see how well it works. I found our post via Technorati, not the widget, lets see how quick it picks up on it :0)

Dave

Dave’s last blog post..Look whos talking

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Comment by Kate
2008-01-13 13:46:38

Now, isn’t that ironic that it would show up on Technorati that quickly but not on this widget? It’s still got to be better than BlogRush. I’d tried that at ElectricVenom.com and found it almost useless.

Thanks for the visit and the entry turning me on to this widget!

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Comment by Franklin
2008-01-13 18:41:09

Sounds interesting :) Since my page is already screwy-looking, one more gadget won’t make a difference LOL

Franklin’s last blog post..Pardon my mess!

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Comment by Kate
2008-01-13 19:35:39

We definitely need to talk about that layout, Franklin. What platform ARE you using?

Btw, a recommendation on your current blog header: get rid of the _ between the words. You’re killing your blog header tag with them.

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Comment by Franklin
2008-01-13 20:14:41

That blog is a wordpress one. Browser is Firefox.
I did remove the underlines though, thanks for the suggestion :)
Franklin’s last blog post..Pardon my mess!

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Comment by Kate
2008-01-13 20:58:25

I use Firefox, too, but I’m still pretty confident this isn’t how you want your site to look.

Or is it?

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Comment by Franklin
2008-01-13 21:12:45

Nope, but I am working on it. Honest, Kate, I am :) I’m a little slow at these things, and I have to admit that blogono and wordpress don’t make it easy for an idiot like me to work on. Maybe I should have named it Work In Progress LOL

Franklin’s last blog post..Pardon my mess!

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