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Friday, June 4, 2004

One month since upgrade

It has been one month since the system upgrade, so we wanted to post an update.
 
Without most members noticing, we moved from the old system to a brand-new system in a different state. Thanks to careful planning, we were able to minimize downtime to less than 30 minutes during the move.
 
We are spending about ten times as much on the new system. This has been a significant investment, but uptime logs show that availability and reliability have greatly improved as a result.
 
The expanded capacity will make it possible for us to add new features and improvements to Blogit. We will be announcing some of these over the next two months.
 
Regards,
 
Brian
Blogit Team
www.blogit.com: The online writing marketplace

Thursday, May 27, 2004

Home page design and content changes

We're pleased to launch the new Blogit website design today. As mentioned earlier, we've been working on this as part of our Blogit service upgrade.
 
The design and content of the home page has changed. If you prefer the previous home page, you may still view that by clicking on the Old Home Page link at the bottom of the current home page. Newest Posts are also still available via the link on the home page. And all of the Category links take you to a specific category where you can sort blogs by name, ranking and how recently they were updated.
 
While we continue to make improvements to the Blogit service, we are also working to grow Blogit (and the money available to writers) through marketing partnerships and additional advertising.
 
To ensure that Blogit can be marketed as widely as possible, partners need to know that Blogit writers cover many different subjects, not solely adult-only subjects. When writers post Mature Audiences (MA) content on the general site instead of on the MA site, and it appears on the home page, it can cause confusion about the scope of Blogit.
 
This is why we made the decision to move New Posts to its own page to reduce the risk of misplaced MA content appearing on the home page. If you see MA content posted on the general site, please notify the writer (or us) so it may be moved to the MA site. We've also changed the way Featured Blogs appear on the home page for the same reason.
 
We hope you like the new Blogit site.
 
Thank you.
 
Brian
Blogit Team
www.blogit.com: The online writing marketplace.

Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Changes afoot

Many changes are coming to Blogit this year. The major system upgrade and the rotating home page lists were just two of the first steps.
 
Coming next: additional changes to the home page, a brand-new design, and much more!
 
Thanks to its members, Blogit has grown tremendously over the past year, and our goal with the changes is to accelerate growth further and faster.
 
Regards,
 
Brian
Blogit Team
www.blogit.com: The online writing marketplace.

Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Home Page Changes

With the Second Phase of our upgrade now complete, we'll be making changes to the Blogit website over the next few months.

One immediate change is Blogit's decision to showcase more blogs and members. This will be based on a variety of parameters. You will now see a dynamic Top List in the right hand column. This will feature some of the more popular categories as well as the Longest-Running Blogs, for example, and various other lists.

Please note that the original Top Blogs (in the last seven days) list continues to appear in this rotation. It is also linked at the bottom of the home page, next to New Comments and Most Popular (in the last 24 hours).

Your suggestions are always welcome. Thank you!

Brian
Blogit Team
www.blogit.com

Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Thank you 100,000 times!

As some of you have already noticed, we hit the 100,000th post on Blogit last night.

The Blogit Staff wanted to thank you for making Blogit the success it has become. Each member has contributed to this -- with thousands of blogs, and almost 170,000 comments on over 100,000 posts!

You can see Blogit's tremendous first year growth here.

Brian

Blogit Team

Monday, February 23, 2004

Welcome to Blogit!

The name change to Blogit has occurred as announced.
 
Please note that the site is now accessible at its new URL: www.blogit.com.
 
All links to Blogging Network will continue to work in case you have existing links to your writing. That is, all links to Blogging Network will get redirected to the new Blogit site so you don't have to do anything!
 
Please note that you may need to sign back in via the new site www.blogit.com. If you don't remember your password, click on the link below the Sign-in section that says "Forgot your password?"
 
Brian
Blogit Team

Friday, February 20, 2004

Name change to Blogit on Monday!

As promised we wanted to notify you ahead of time. Blogging Network's name will change to Blogit on Monday.
 
Please note that the site will now be accessible at www.blogit.com.
 
However, all links to Blogging Network will continue to work in case you have existing links to your writing.
 
Please note that you will need to sign back in via the new site www.blogit.com. If you don't remember your password, click on the link below the Sign-in section that says "Forgot your password?"
 
Brian
Blogging Network Team

Thursday, February 19, 2004

Additional search features

BN members,
 
We have added some frequently requested features to Search.
 
First of all, you may now sort search results by date, which makes it easy to locate recent posts. To do this, simply click "Sort by: date" after searching.
 
An important note: for old posts (dated before this feature became available), posts will be sorted by the date they were last edited, rather than the date they were created.
 
Secondly, there is a new Search Members page that allows you to easily jump to any member's Profile page. To go to the new page, click "Search" and click the "Members" tab.
 
So search away!
 
Brian
Blogging Network

Wednesday, February 18, 2004

New feature: Changing nicknames

BN members,
 
It is now possible to change your BN nickname using My Account. To do this, go to My Account and click "Change nickname".
 
Please note that nicknames may only be changed once in a 30-day period.
 
And, to view a member's nickname history, go to their profile page and click "See nickname history".
 
Please let us know if you have any questions.
 
Brian
Blogging Network Team

Press requests

The Blogging Network staff gets frequent press requests from reporters. If any BN member is interested in speaking publicly about their BN experience, please email us at press@shaycom.com or leave a comment.

You can see details here for the current press request from the Washington Post.

Thanks!

Brian

Blogging Network Team

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