Know your place. Not just in the community, but in the blogosphere. Share your blog. But you don’t want to spam. Technorati is a tool that is great for knowing where you stand in the blogosphere. According to Technorati.com/about

“Technorati is the recognized authority on what’s happening on the World Live Web, right now.”

Now you’re saying to yourself what the hell does that mean, well basically you get yourself an account, claim your blog, and let them do the rest. MyBlogLog, that’s like the bloggers MySpace. Make an account, post info about your blog, build up a group of friends…. You know the routine.

Why is Technorati great?
Technorati will automatically get a ping from your blog when you make a new post. Basically like a little notice saying “Hey! I just wrote something”. Technorati ranks your blog. It can tell you who is linking to you, and who links to you. This is better than Google in a way because you get almost instant gratification, the blogging world can see you. Also along with your rank, Technorati shows a listing of popular topics or tags you use when writing. Also Technorati shows all incoming links for a blog. So let’s say that someone is reading through the Technorati page for Net Business Blog, and they see that ShareTheMoneyWith.Us has linked there and they are interested so then they can click on the link to come to my site. Why is Technorati important? Technorati can give you some pretty good stats about your blog. It also allows your blog to be searched during the crucial time when you are growing your blog before Google lets your out of their sandbox.

Why is MyBlogLog great?
It’s a community of bloggers! I think I like MyBlogLog a bit more than Technorati. Technorati may be official and give you ranks of stuff, but MyBlogLog seems much more fun. You create an account, and much like MySpace or Facebook you’ve got your friends or contacts. People can leave you messages, or leave messages about your blog. You’ve got your admirers. MyBlogLog also shows you the 5 most recent people who’ve viewed your profile. It’s not so much to see who’s lurking but is a way to give them a bit of advertising for their own blog. Don’t worry, you show up on a users 5 most recent viewers when you check out their profile too! Why is MyBlogLog important? Because it is free publicity! You just browse around finding blogs that seem interesting and you leave your own little bit of a trail by way of your popping up on the 5 most recent viewer listing.

Time to be social. Time to grow your blog.