Wednesday, May 14

Automated Social Networking for Bloggers



"Scoutle is a social network for personal websites and blogs that helps you find and connect with interesting people, wherever they are." You are probably thinking, "oh no, not another social network!" Yes, I know, there are quite a few, but where Scoutle becomes different is when it searches the Internet for people that have interest to you based on blogs or other social networks in which you are subscribed.

Scoutle operates via webcrawlers they call Scouts. Users create their own personal Scouts, for example one for their blog, another for their Facebook or similar profile, and the scouts “walk through the Internet,” by meeting other Scouts with similar interests or profiles, creating a contact between both. Interesting, eh?

The interesting thing about Scoutle is not that its another social networking service, it’s the focus on automation. Little input is required from users to make connections, the Scouts do most (if not all) of the work usually needed to participate in any social networking site. Users can sit back and simply choose whether to visit the profiles delivered via new connections.

I'm a social networking junkie, so I may be subscribed to every single one except MySpace. Of all, I do have to say, I enjoy Scoutle. It is a great idea, not to mention (as they state on their site) it improves my traffic to What's newS and my page rank has climbed just a little. Of course, What's newS wasn't intended to be a popular destination, but it always makes me smile when it is :).

Take a look at the video. I highly recommend Scoutle for us bloggers. Check it out. It can't hurt. The site launched in beta May 8 and is available in English and Dutch.

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