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New Yougler Home Page

May 24th, 2008 · No Comments · updates

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On the seemingly never ending task of updating the site’s look, Yougler has a new home page. A simpler less text oriented first impression.
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Site States

May 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · stats

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Yougler startup. Current statistics.
Numbers in parenthesis are from 5-2-08.

plugin downloads …………………138 (28)
pages linking to my site…………1,801 (1,553)
diggs………………………………………18 articles & 39 diggs (17 articles with 44 diggs (many are mine))
page views………………………………379 but 609 averaged over the last seven days(653)
Google page rank……………………0 (0)
del.cio.us bookmarks …………….3 (1)
registered users……………………..zprp (zppw)
Alexa page rank……………………..1,033,471 3.54% (1,033,471 6.89%)
Blog Rank…………………………………10,280,644 (10,280,644)
mail received…………………………….zyfd

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Add Your Favorite Blogs and Posts to Your Blogging Profile

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments · profiles, startup

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Yougler Startup
Yesterday Yougler added a new feature to the blogger profile page users. Now you can add your favorite blogs or posts to you profile page so that you may share them with your readers.
To add your favorite blogs or posts to your profile, go to edit your profile and click the link under “Add […]

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Two New Page Updates

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · general, profiles

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Yougler Startup
As an extension of the new Blogger Profile Page, Yougler has now updated the Blogger Contact and the Blogger Contact Info Pages. The the “new look” updates will keep taking place as time allows.
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Death of the Yougler Mailroom

April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · spam-free email, startup

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Yougler Startup
Yesterday we deactivated the Mailroom function at Yougler. It was a bit more complicated than it was worth. Now emails AND their contents are sent directly to the user email account for White Pages Profiles. If the White Pages user replies to the email, the reply will be sent with their return email address. […]

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Sun and Mashable.com offer “The Startup Review”

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · startup

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Yougler Startup
Sun and Mashable.com have partnered to present “The Startup Review” on mashable.com which is a daily feature/review of a new startup to help spread the word on unique and emerging ideas throughout the community. www.mashable.com/startup-review-sponsored-sun-startup-essentials/
Sun is also hosting a free event called “Startup Camp” in San Francisco on May 4-5, 2008 to allow […]

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New Blogger Profile Page is Live

April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogger Profiles

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Yougler Startup
Just a note to inform readers that the new blogger profile page is now live. It is a little cooler I guess It is tested on IE 6 & 7, Firefox for Mac and Windows, and Safari on Mac. That is about as far as I will take it. If you are using […]

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Updated Blogger Landing Page and New Features in the Works

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · startup

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Yougler Startup
For the last few days I have been working on a new landing page for the blogging profiles. This is in response to the feedback to make the site look “cooler”. The task is taking longer than planned. I always think less is more and there are benefits to that thinking other than the […]

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First Reviews are In

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · startup

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It seems my start up has a way to go based on what seven (so far) people think. The Yougler plugin was reviewed by at Weblog Tools Collection . The review was fairly upbeat. The comments were negative. Basically they think the way the site looks is too simple. I agree and that is something […]

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Background on Yougler: History of the Startup

April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · general, startup

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This post is some background information to help readers understand how Yougler got to this point.
Yougler was an idea of mine that came to me about 16 months ago. I was having the usual trouble with spam in my mailbox and got to thinking there must be a better way. It just seemed that the […]

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