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NetworkedBlogs App on Facebook Adding 500 New Blogs a Day

Written by Sarah Perez / February 4, 2009 6:24 AM / 45 Comments
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Blog reading on Facebook is becoming a popular activity. One of the top applications for following blogs through the social networking site is NetworkedBlogs, an app which launched last year bringing the blog community to the Facebook platform. Half MyBlogLog, half RSS reader, the application lets users add their blog, favorite the blogs of their friends, and click though the latest headlines. Most importantly, the app brings blogs to the more mainstream Facebook audience.

Blogs on Facebook are Doing Well

Originally called "Blog Networks," the creators decided to change the application's name to "NetworkedBlogs" when they purchased the external, independent web site at networkedblogs.com where an online blog directory is maintained. The application itself has not changed - it has only grown and improved. The company recently ramped up their infrastructure to handle pulling a lot more feeds and released a feature to pull the blog feed directly to your profile on Facebook. They're also continuing to improve their feed reader by adding more social elements to it.

Although we saw the potential for a simple but powerful community-building app such as this back in June, there was no way to know for sure whether or not it would catch on with Facebook users whose app preferences tend to favor games and other time-wasting applications.

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As it turns out, NetworkedBlogs is fairly popular...at least among blog applications.  They currently boast nearly 450,000 active users - that is, people who interact with the application by reading, commenting, adding a blog, etc. And the total number of installs sits at just over 700,000. That's huge when compared to the other blogging apps out there. Unfortunately, Facebook doesn't have a category just for blogging apps, but a search for "blog," "blogs," and "blogging" shows that their nearest competitor hasn't even cracked 100K, and, in many cases, other apps haven't even gathered 5000 users. 

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Additionally, bloggers who are using the NetworkedBlogs application are adding about 500 blogs per day, bringing the current total to 125,000 blogs available via this Facebook blog network.

What's New: A Network Widget for Your Blog (+Invites)

The latest big addition to the network is a new Network Widget which can be added to your blog's web site. When the widget is clicked, a Facebook Connect window pops up allowing your visitors the opportunity to follow your blog on Facebook. The widget is currently in beta, but the first 50 ReadWriteWeb users interested in trying it out can let us know in the comments. You can see the widget in action here on this blog (see the column on the right).

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Note: If you want to follow ReadWriteWeb on Facebook using the NetworkedBlogs application, you can do so from here: http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/readwriteweb.
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  1. Interested in getting that invite for my blog. Thanks.

    Posted by: Michael | February 4, 2009 7:16 AM



  2. I would really like to test this widget.

    Thanks

    Posted by: Nishal | February 4, 2009 7:18 AM



  3. I'm interested in trying out this widget.

    Posted by: Gee Why | February 4, 2009 7:20 AM



  4. i've been waiting for that widget for a while. i'd love to test it out on my blogs if i could get one of those invites...

    Posted by: muzo178 | February 4, 2009 7:47 AM



  5. Hi

    Please share an invite!

    The blog widget looks great! Thanks for the heads up on this service. Maybe this will help the masses adopt feed readers.

    Thanks.

    Posted by: Chris | February 4, 2009 7:54 AM



  6. Great Service indeed!

    @Chris, I agree: RSSeses for the masses!

    Please share an invite!

    Posted by: ByrneGreen | February 4, 2009 8:06 AM



  7. Would like an invite.

    Posted by: Ryan Richardson | February 4, 2009 8:08 AM



  8. O_o Oh really?

    Posted by: AnthonyF | February 4, 2009 8:23 AM



  9. I was interested by your comment: "Most importantly, the app brings blogs to the more mainstream Facebook audience."

    I would be very curious to see a comparison of content between sites like Twitter and Facebook - comparable to what used to show up in trend reports on Facebook - to determine if there is any appreciable difference in topic trends and content preference. This would help point to whether the populations of bloggers and the "Facebook audience" were substantively different.

    Posted by: morgan | February 4, 2009 8:35 AM



  10. Interested in getting a beta invite code for the new widget. Thanks for the great info!

    Posted by: Roger Erik Tinch | February 4, 2009 8:44 AM



  11. Sounds interesting. I'm interested in giving the widget a spin.

    Posted by: deepikaur | February 4, 2009 9:18 AM



  12. I'd like to try out that widget, thanks.

    Posted by: Mike | February 4, 2009 11:10 AM



  13. I'd like to try that widget out as well.

    Posted by: Aaron Olson | February 4, 2009 11:18 AM



  14. I would love to try out this widget. :)

    Posted by: lizriz | February 4, 2009 12:46 PM



  15. I'd like to try out the widget, thx.

    Posted by: Rabbit | February 4, 2009 1:00 PM



  16. I personally LOVE it. Great way to reach peeps. ;)

    Posted by: DD | February 4, 2009 2:26 PM



  17. May I have an invite?

    Posted by: Rosemary | February 4, 2009 2:27 PM



  18. Thanks Sarah. I sent out invites to everyone who left a comment. I'll send out more invites as comments come through.

    Posted by: Waleed | February 4, 2009 3:22 PM



  19. Interested in trying this out too.

    Posted by: Josh L Posted on FriendFeed   | February 4, 2009 4:31 PM



  20. It's really great! I'd like to try the widget. Please send me an invite.

    Posted by: Ninh Nguyen | February 5, 2009 12:58 AM



  21. I interested in trying this widget out for a new project I'm working on.

    Posted by: Andrew Acomb | February 5, 2009 8:33 AM



  22. I would like to get the widget for my blog: http://www.yourobamaupdate.com

    Cheers!

    Posted by: Andre Walker | February 6, 2009 12:41 AM



  23. I would really love to add your widget to my blogs. Can you please send me an invitation so that I can do so. Thank you very much - and keep up the great work for members.

    Posted by: Kristin Hopper | February 6, 2009 9:19 PM



  24. I'm interested in trying out this widget.

    Posted by: Massimo | February 7, 2009 8:12 AM



  25. I have used it to subscribe to many new blogs I follow. I also promote my blog to my facebook friends. It is a very useful Blog tool.

    Posted by: DNLee | February 7, 2009 3:34 PM



  26. Would like to try this feature out if it's still on offer to the first 50 enquirers. L

    Posted by: Lorraine Kashdan-Lougher | February 11, 2009 1:18 PM



  27. I'd like to try this widget for my blog if it's still available.

    Thanks!

    Posted by: Amy Rogers | February 12, 2009 1:21 PM



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  29. I would love to try the Networked Blog widget out on my blog!

    Posted by: HoneyB | February 14, 2009 1:14 PM



  30. Would like an invite for that widget.

    Thanks very much

    Posted by: noltha | February 15, 2009 8:06 AM



  31. Please, may I have an invite too..... grazie!!

    Posted by: Rob | February 15, 2009 9:02 AM



  32. Interested in the Networked Blog widget on my blog and website.

    Posted by: Cari Schauer | February 16, 2009 9:40 PM



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  34. I'm interested in trying out this widget. Thanks!

    Posted by: Juan Eladio | February 17, 2009 8:36 PM



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  37. Would Like an Invite For the Facebook Widget. Have Three Blogs Currently. One I am networking to FB

    Posted by: Eric Logan | February 22, 2009 8:21 PM



  38. Wanna try this Widget!

    Posted by: mehaal | February 23, 2009 3:09 PM



  39. I want to try it ! on submission of the comment, I get an error!

    Posted by: Mehaal | February 23, 2009 3:11 PM



  40. I would like to have this widget as well -- directions?

    Posted by: SlickGilchrist | February 23, 2009 10:09 PM



  41. Same here.....I'd like this widget for my blog too. Thanks.

    Posted by: Sarah C Lopez | February 24, 2009 6:27 PM



  42. Same here.....I'd like this widget for my blog too. Thanks.

    Posted by: Leonard Foster | February 28, 2009 8:41 AM



  43. Looks like there's still room on the list - would love to try the invite if the option is still there.

    Thanks!

    Posted by: faryl | March 4, 2009 12:24 AM



  44. I'd like this widget for my blog too. Thanks.
    thanks for share

    Posted by: Atca | March 4, 2009 10:50 PM



  45. For some reason I had this widget sent but then it 'fell off'.....can you send the code again for this widget? THanks.

    Posted by: Sarah C Lopez | March 5, 2009 12:57 PM



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