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Looks cool to me... btw, I use Flashblock extension so it's unlikely I'll be following any Flash ad links

MyBlogLog is a fantastic service which I couldn't be happier with. I check it multiple times a day. It does help me see where visitors come from and what interests them most because of clicks. It has archiving, referrer logs, search refer logs, and some other extras. I personally feel it is by far the best outgoing link tracking service out there. MyBlogLog free is decent, but really MyBlogLog Pro at $25 a year is well worth the money and I'm surprised it only costs that much.

It's helped me spot what my visitors like to view, what links they click more (links with images, view more links, logos, etc.), and also helps you find out your popular entries and search engine refers.

Sorry if I sounded like an advertisement, but I honestly like it that much :)

Oh, and if you were wondering, it doesn't seem to mess around with any other statistical tracking services (ie: Mint, MeasureMap, etc.)

The only objection I would have is that link redirection kills any sort of search engine optimization value your out going links have.

link redirection kills any sort of search engine optimization value your out going links have.

It depends on how they do it. If they capture an onclick event and redirect from that, then the HTML stays intact, and spiders parsing it will handle it normally.

Yep, that is how it works. It does not disrupt any HTML at all and will process only when you actually click on the link. To see for yourself, you can go to a site in Firefox that uses the service, select text with an outgoing link, and then right click and view selection source. Selection source shows HTML rendered after the initial buffer. Meaning that even if Javascript was to change HTML after page load, it will show the new HTML. When doing this with MyBlogLog, you will see that non of the links are changed in any way and just the Javascript include is needed.

Reaction didn't seem so bad, so we've installed it. It seems to be working well.

I would install it. It is useful. It is not, however free. Also, it is now owned by Yahoo. I have an aversion to Yahoo as a company because whenever I've needed them do "do the right thing" they did the wrong thing. My life is better when I don't do Yahoo.

The free version of MyBlogLog keeps you one day out of date on your data, which is not bad. The "Recent Rreaders" widgit thingie from MyBlogLog is cool .