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Updates are usually good things, resulting in a cool new design, added features, or greater reliability.  But MyBlogLog seems to have goofed - while introducing tagging to its site, the Yahoo-owned social network basically called social media optimizers “spammers” and “schmoes.”

When the Five Hundred sedan didn’t sell well, Ford renamed it after a much older model, the Taurus.  Ford didn’t change the car in any substantial way, but name recognition is everything, right?  Now Yahoo may be attempting to apply that theory to MyBlogLog; a name change is in the works, and other, more substantial, alterations should also take place.

Lee Odden interviewed MyBlogLog CEO Scott Rafer and got some insights into the blossoming social community site. From the looks of things, there are certainly some interesting developments in store for the young blogging community site.

Social traffic is fantastic because: It’s highly targeted It’s immediate It’s low cost and often free The downside is because of it’s interactive nature (which contributes to it’s virality), spam marketers will always try to flood you, and drown out your message with their spam. This includes, but is not limited to:

Having previously discussed Performancing Metrics as being a little bit of a "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", I decided to sign up directly with Clicky. I also removed any Performancing affiliate links from the article.

The MyBlogLog Blog: Everybody hurts... sometimes So I've kind of watched from the sidelines the past few days as this MyBlogLog drama has unfolded. I'd joined MyBlogLog in the past after reading about it on Fred Wilson's blog but never seemed to really get into it. Maybe I just need to spend more time with it to figure it out, but anyways.

Much has been written about the “Shoemoney Affair,” in which the blogger known as Shoemoney wrote about a MyBlogLog hack that allowed unscrupulous types to spoof their identities, and was subsequently banned from the service, despite the fact that — as Tony Hung pointed out at Deep Jive Interes

I feel bad for the guys at MyBlogLog. Ever since being acquired by Yahoo, they've not exactly had a comfy ride. Things escalated this weekend, with reports that spammers had found an exploit that allowed them to add themselves as "co-authors" on as many communities as they wished.