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Media"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Website Tools"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Bloggers Review: Wibiya Bar"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"You\u0026nbsp;may have noticed the new bar at the bottom of the screen when you visit this page, or you may have not seen it. Check it out, I'll wait. \u0026nbsp;OK, seen it now? It's a great new\u0026nbsp;service\u0026nbsp;from \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.wibiya.com/\"\u003eWibiya\u003c/a\u003e. I'll review it's\u0026nbsp;features\u0026nbsp;from left to right. Here's a picture of an earlier\u0026nbsp;version\u0026nbsp;of the bar.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H6_DVpa2eWU/SqZGOkkrVzI/AAAAAAAABdk/4Kd8LgaWEnI/s1600-h/wibiya1.PNG\" imageanchor\u003d\"1\" style\u003d\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003e\u003cimg border\u003d\"0\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H6_DVpa2eWU/SqZGOkkrVzI/AAAAAAAABdk/4Kd8LgaWEnI/s400/wibiya1.PNG\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"separator\" style\u003d\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003eStarting on the left you can choose many options:\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eSearch menu, choose whether you want to search this site or Google, with text entry field.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA\u0026nbsp;translation\u0026nbsp;menu, for our international and non\u0026nbsp;English\u0026nbsp;speaking visitors.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecent posts menu, easy way to find a recent post.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost randomizer button, useful if you are not sure what you are SYKO about today.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGames feature, for if you get really bored and want to play some web games right here on Syko.org.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\u0026nbsp;Next, over on the right side, there's my favorite parts of the Wibiya Bar:\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003eRSS Feed subscribe button, which allows you to\u0026nbsp;subscribe\u0026nbsp;without leaving the page.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShare\u0026nbsp;button to share on Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, StumbleUpon, Digg, BuzzUp!, MySpace, FriendFeed, Technorati, Google Bookmarks and Windows Live\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFacebook Fan Pages \"tab\" where you can become a fan and see the latest activity on the\u0026nbsp;Facebook\u0026nbsp;fan page.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFacebook community \"tab\"\u0026nbsp;where\u0026nbsp;you\u0026nbsp;can connect you\u0026nbsp;Facebook\u0026nbsp;and chat in the\u0026nbsp;community\u0026nbsp;shout-box.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Twitter \"tab\" where you can see recent tweets about SykoNews and Syko.org and follow us on twitter.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wibiya Notifier, where the staff here at can add little notes to the reader about changes or recnet developments about the site.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe hide button, for some of you this may be your favorite spot on the bar.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003eI love the Wibiya bar and I think it is a great addition to the website, in addition to all the user features it adds to the website, it also records how many shares, visitors from the Facebook community, subscribes to the RSS and many other admin features that make it a must have tool for blogs and other social websites.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nWhat do you think of the bar? Would you use it on your blog? Let us know in the comments.\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\nPS: Go \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.wibiya.com/UserBetaLogin.php\"\u003esign up for the beta\u003c/a\u003e and tell them Syko.org referred you because it could increase your chances of getting the bar while it is a private beta.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003ca href \u003d \"http://www.syko.org/?source\u003dfeed\"\u003eSykoNews\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.syko.org/feeds/5363543395078423351/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.syko.org/2009/09/bloggers-review-wibiya-bar.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/6761410/posts/default/5363543395078423351"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/6761410/posts/default/5363543395078423351"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.syko.org/2009/09/bloggers-review-wibiya-bar.html","title":"A Bloggers Review: Wibiya Bar"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"joshed"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//4.bp.blogspot.com/-3TPKFF67Bj4/VtlT1HfY2LI/AAAAAAAAhG0/Ae6XwNSW1ug/s32/joshed.info_icon_576.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H6_DVpa2eWU/SqZGOkkrVzI/AAAAAAAABdk/4Kd8LgaWEnI/s72-c/wibiya1.PNG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6761410.post-5482885358560745035"},"published":{"$t":"2008-09-07T21:59:00.004-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-17T15:14:45.784-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Blogosphere"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Media"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Blogger Gets Social"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Blogger has recently released a feature that lets you publicly subscribe to other blogs. Google calls this \"following\" and you can only follow blogs powered by Blogger, at least for now.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Do you have a favorite blog and want to let the author and readers know that you are a fan? Well now you can do that and more with the Blogger Following feature,\" explains \u003ca href\u003d\"http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer\u003d104226\"\u003ethe help center\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBloggers can add a widget that lists the people who follow a blog. Visitors can follow a blog from the widget and see their subscriptions in Blogger's dashboard or in Google Reader.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZaGO7GjCqAI/SMPuUS6XJzI/AAAAAAAALsU/h7vb8dgy3lg/s640/blogger-followers.png\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243296423630808882\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn most feed readers, subscribing to a feed is an anonymous action and the only public information is the total number of subscribers. The new Blogger feature indirectly adds public subscriptions to Google Reader.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.abstractioneer.org/2008/09/blogger-following-why-google-is-my.html\"\u003eGoogler John Panzer has more details\u003c/a\u003e about the next steps:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Followers gadget lets you surf the network of people who read and interact with blogs. Just click on any of the followers and you'll go to their profile. For now, that profile is just their Blogger profile page with the blogs they own... but down the road, we'll also be integrated with \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/friendconnect/\"\u003eFriend Connect\u003c/a\u003e. Which will open up this network further, in a couple of ways: A non-Blogger site can add a Friend Connect gadget to show the people following it; and you can filter the followers of a blog to show only the friends you already have on your favorite social network. Which you can view as extending your social network out into the blogosphere, or as the blogosphere incorporating all social networks -- take your pick. Of course all of this is based on \u003ca href\u003d\"http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/\"\u003eOpenSocial\u003c/a\u003e, so anyone will be able to add gadgets and talk the OpenSocial protocol to access, with user permission, all of this network data and do new and interesting things on top of it. This represents a natural evolution of the loosely joined, standards-based pieces that have always characterized blogging.\u003c/span\u003e\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe \"followers\" feature is not yet available for all Blogger users, but you can enable it by following a blog. The address is:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.blogger.com/follow-blog.g?blogID\u003d\"\u003ehttp://www.blogger.com/follow-blog.g?blogID\u003d\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv_prefs\u003e\u003c/div_prefs\u003e\u003cblogid\u003e (e.g: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.blogger.com/follow-blog.g?blogID\u003d6761410\"\u003efollow SykoNews\u003c/a\u003e).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere are \u003ca href\u003d\"http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer\u003d106241\"\u003etwo options\u003c/a\u003e: follow the blog publicly and appear in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.blogger.com/followers.g?blogID\u003d18157064\"\u003ethe list of subscribers\u003c/a\u003e or subscribe anonymously. In both cases, the blog will appear in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.blogger.com/home\"\u003eBlogger's dashboard\u003c/a\u003e and in \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.google.com/reader/view/user/-/state/com.blogger/blogger-following\"\u003ea read-only Google Reader folder\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e that can be hidden in the settings.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZaGO7GjCqAI/SMP36HKhSEI/AAAAAAAALsc/sqC2KbsnwUc/s640/blogger-reading-list.png\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243306968917035074\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eInstead of building a social network like \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mybloglog.com/\"\u003eMyBlogLog\u003c/a\u003e, Google creates an application on top of other social networks. Incidentally, the application is first tested for blogger.com, but a future Google Reader API and the migration to OpenSocial/FriendConnect will make it look more interesting.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eVia \u003ca href\u003d\"http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/blogger-followers-new-social.html\"\u003eGoogleOS\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/blogid\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003ca href \u003d \"http://www.syko.org/?source\u003dfeed\"\u003eSykoNews\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.syko.org/feeds/5482885358560745035/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.syko.org/2008/09/blogger-gets-social.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/6761410/posts/default/5482885358560745035"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/6761410/posts/default/5482885358560745035"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.syko.org/2008/09/blogger-gets-social.html","title":"Blogger Gets Social"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"joshed"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00992076529300299403"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"//4.bp.blogspot.com/-3TPKFF67Bj4/VtlT1HfY2LI/AAAAAAAAhG0/Ae6XwNSW1ug/s32/joshed.info_icon_576.png"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZaGO7GjCqAI/SMPuUS6XJzI/AAAAAAAALsU/h7vb8dgy3lg/s72-c/blogger-followers.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});