No more MyBlogLog by January 2010 {updated}

There is commotion floating around the net that MyBlogLog will cease to exist next year (2010) January. According to ReadWriteWeb and Search engine land, “sources closed to project” said Yahoo will shut down MyBlogLog next month. Oh! That means just less than 30 days, and no one knows? That’s disappointing! I understand MyBlogLog isn’t hotshot it used to be, but still a significant amount of blogger does use it. It’s been 5 years since MyBlogLog started putting visitors’ faces and profile link on the blog/site.

Those who are not well aware, MyBlogLog is a social network for the blogger community that is based in part on interactions facilitated by a popular web widget that many members install on their blog. Bloggers sign up for free accounts on MyBlogLog and can initiate a blog community for one or more blogs they author. Bloggers can then display widgets on their sites which show MyBlogLog online community members who have recently visited their page. MyBlogLog was originally developed by Cloudspace— an Orlando, Florida web …