Although my Bike Diva blog is 1 1/2 years old, and my Run Diva blog is 8 months old, all my other diva blogs were started just a few months ago. At the end of 2008, I purchased the domain names for Tea Diva, Conspiracy Diva, Backyard Diva, Craft Diva, Cuisine Diva, Horror Diva and Writing Diva.
Blog Directories
Since most of the diva blogs are so new, I was looking for blog directories that would let me list all the blogs for free. I did a search on blog catalogs, and found a site called Blog Catalog.
Blog Catalog has a simple form that you fill out for each blog you want to register. Blog Catalog asks for the following information:
- Blog title
- Blog URL
- Blog country
- Blog language
- Primary category
- Secondary category
- 6 keyword tags
- Blog description
Verifying Your Blog
Before Blog Catalog will include your blog on their site, they must verify that your site exists, and you must place a Blog Catalog button or widget on your blog. There are 9 different buttons to choose from and 3 different widget styles. If you are using one of the widgets, you can customize it to match your blog. In lieu of adding a Blog Catalog button or widget to each site you are registering, you can add a meta tag to the home page of your blog.
I'd like to hear from anyone that is using Blog Catalog to list their blogs. The basic listing service on Blog Catalog is free. There is also a premium account option available on the site.
Take care,
Lynn Smythe AKA the Writing Diva
Hi Lynn,
Nice writeup. I agree that Blog Catalog is an excellent resource for Bloggers. I also recommend Blogged.com. http://www.blogged.com
Take a look, it's also free and I've found it helpful in getting more traffic and readers to my Blog. But it does take some time and management to set up properly.
Posted by: John Ross | 08/25/2009 at 01:34 AM
This is such a good information as I just started blogging. Thanks.
Posted by: Rachel Tai | 08/25/2009 at 04:34 AM