Editor reviews are based on the following criteria: Frequency of Updates, Relevance of Content, Site Design, and Writing Style. Blogs are compared to other blogs within the same category. They are an unbiased critique by editors.
Blogs that update often and offer a good amount of content tend to be rated higher. While these aspects do make a good blog, so does a good design. Making your blog easy to navigate and aesthetically pleasing, help a great deal in ratings. Your blog should stand out.
We know that some of you aren’t experts as CSS or HTML, but many of the blog hosting services now offer great, clean, stylish templates for free. Dress up your blog like you’re taking it out for a night on the town.
We try to approve blogs within 3 business days of submission. If a week has passed since you submitted your blog, one of the following has occurred:
1) The submission did not meet our criteria.
We consider blogs to be: a site that is arranged in chronological order from the most recent post at the top of the main page to the older post towards the bottom that provide information, comments, and/or news on a subject(s).
We get hundreds of submissions daily and in order to approve blogs in a timely manner, we delete the following submissions:
- blogs that have a broken or incomplete URLs
- blogs that are mostly ads and links
- blogs that only have one post (usually advertise a product)
- blogs that have not been updated in months
- blogs that just pick the feed of another blog
- blogs that offer downloads of copyrighted materials (music/movies)
- submissions that are only for individual posts (submitting a post does not mean it will be published in the main news feed)
- submissions that are for websites (i.e commercial sites)
- submissions are of the RSS feed
- multiple submission of the same blog (the same blog but with different hosts)
- advertising sites
2) The submission was incomplete
Sometimes things go wrong. Maybe the form was not completely filled out or the system failed to complete the submission. If you went to your Profile tab to add your blog and it is not yet in our system, you should have gotten this message:
You must click on the “Submit a Blog ” link to complete the process. If you don’t, it will not be sent to the submission queue. You can also Submit Your Blog Here.
If your blog meets our criteria and you have correctly submitted it, your blog should be approved within 3 business days. If after a week your blog has not been approved, please let us know by emailing us at: support@blogged.com
Did you know that you can embed comments made on Blogged to your own blog? That’s right, you can.
Let’s say you start a discussion in the Chatter tab and it has a good discussion going. You can take those comments and embed them on your blog and the comments will update in real time. It’s pretty easy. Here’s how:
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We changed things around a bit. So what’s different?
We’ve added real-time commenting that continuously updates comments without you having to reload the page . You can now have a real-time conversations with other users to discuss the story.
You can also Retweet Blogged stories (just click the green tweet button):
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The Profile tab allows other users to learn a bit more about you. Blogged users can see:
- Your latest Chatter activity
- Follow/Followers stats
- About Me
- Blogs you Own
It’s also great if you want to find a story you commented on a while back to either delete it or add another comment.
Of course if you don’t want all this displayed, you can always make your profile private. So, don’t forget to update the About Me section and tell other Blogged users a bit about yourself.
In order to claim your blog and verify yourself as the author, you’ll have to put a small widget on your blog [See: Tutorial: Claim Your Blog]. We recommend the verification widget be placed in the side bar. Sometimes, that can be a little tricky to find for new bloggers. Here are instructions on where to put the code in Wordpress, Blogspot and Typad blogs.
Wordpress Blogs:
Log in and in your Dashboard scroll down to Appearance and click Widgets:
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We want everyone at Blogged to discuss, give opinions, and engage in good old fashion debates on news. However, we do have some rules that we would like you to follow.
When commenting …. Don’t:
- Don’t post irrelevant links. Don’t use the comments thread to advertise your blog, or any blog.
- Don’t add off topic comments. Stick to what is being discussed in the thread.
- Don’t promote yourself. Comments such as “Hi, follow me” are off topic and will be deleted.
- Don’t use excessive profanity. Yes, sometimes you get mad, but don’t drop the F-word, M-word, the S-word just because you’re upset at the story or someone’s opinion.
- DON’T USE ALL CAPS! It’s not not only considered shouting, but it’s rude, annoying and hard to read.
- Don’t harass other users. Any comments that are directed at a Blogged user that are personal attacks, will be deleted. Don’t call people idiot or dumb just because they have a different opinion. Try and play nice.
- Don’t harass the Blogged staff. That goes for the Blogged users you see on the site all the time.
- Don’t post Hate Speech. Hateful speech targeted at a group of people, individual, or organization will not be allowed.
- Don’t post repetitive comments. Don’t comment the same thing on a bunch of different stories in a row.
- Don’t post any private information about yourself or others (i.e. email, phone numbers, etc.) If you want to get in contact with a user, send them a Private Message.
- Don’t discuss issues with the site in the comments. If you are having a problem with your blog or account, contact support@blogged.com
- Don’t encourage others to join in on harassing, trolling or spamming users or the site.
- Don’t abuse the “Start a Discussion” tool. If you want to share a post from your blog, that’s great, but posting 20 in a row is overdoing it. Not only does it spam the Chatter tab, but it turns people off your blog.
Finally, we reserve the right to delete any comment we feel has violated any of these rules.
We would like the discussion of news on Blogged to be enjoyable for everyone.
The Home tab is where you will find all the latest news stories posted on Blogged. You can sort stories by category, which include: Sports, Technology, Business, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Humor, Politics and World News.
- Hot Topics shows you the most popular stories being discussed.
- Followed Blogs shows you the latest postings from blogs you have decided to follow. It’s a great way to read all your favorite blogs all in one place.
- My Blogs shows you the latest postings your your blog (make sure to claim and verify yourself as the author).
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We have a new widget for you. The Activity Widget puts all the Blogged conversations back to your site! It’s a comprehensive widget that shows all of your blog’s activities on Blogged and looks something like this:
You’ll see an update whenever a user:
- Starts following your blog
- Rates your blog
- Comments on a blog post (you can even comment right back through the widget)
You can also see all your blog followers and the profile of your blog. It’s a perfect way to stir more conversation and discussion about your Blog!
Check it out. Just go to your Profile tab and under My Blogs, click on Get Widgets.
The Settings tab is the control center for your Blogged account. Here you can choose how public you want to make your profile, manage notifications and your claimed blog.
Managing Email Notifications & Privacy Settings:
When you create an account, notifications are automatically checked. When any activity takes place on your account, you will receive a notification to the email address you submitted. Here, you can select what notifications you would like to receive and if you don’t want to receive any notifications, just uncheck the box.
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