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Connect Your Organization With New Media
- Strategy
- Blog Tracking
- Custom Blog Feeds
From the creator of
The Truth Laid Bear
The Truth Laid Bear
Hosted By
Last Update: 08/23/2007
How To
- How do I add a blog to the Ecosystem?
- How do I claim a blog that is already listed in the Ecosystem?
- How do I display my Ecosystem status on my blog?
- How do I get my blog listed on the Ecotraffic ranking pages?
- How do I remove a blog from the Ecosystem?
- How do I change my blog's URL?
- How do I change my blog's title in the Ecosystem?
- How do I get my account name if I forgot it?
- How do I get my account password if I forgot it?
- How do I change my password?
- How do I indicate I do not want to receive emails from TTLB?
About
- What exactly is the TTLB Blogosphere Ecosystem?
- What links does the Ecosystem count?
- Does the TTLB Ecosystem scan all pages of a weblog looking for links to other blogs?
- Does the TTLB Ecosystem handle Blogrolling.com blogrolls?
- Why are blogs listed as 'Higher Beings', 'Adorable Little Rodents', and other weird categories?
- Who is N.Z. Bear?
Site Features
How To
How do I add a blog to the Ecosystem?
1) If you have not already created a TTLB account, sign up here.
...and then log in to your account. You must be logged-in to add a blog.
2) Select 'My Blogs' from the top menu.
3) Click on the 'Add a New Blog' link at the bottom of the Your Blogs section.
4) Enter the blog's name and URL and click Validate.
5) The Ecosystem will check to ensure it can read your blog and that it is not a duplicate. If successful, a 'Confirm' button will appear at the bottom of the page. Click Confirm, and your blog will be added to the Ecosystem.
Once you have followed the steps above, allow approximately 24 hours for the Ecosystem to first scan your blog and addit to the rankings.
How do I claim a blog that is already listed in the Ecosystem?
To claim a blog that is already in the Ecosystem, follow these steps:
1) If you have not already created a TTLB account, sign up here.
...and then log in to your account. You must be logged-in to claim a blog.
2) Search for your blog by entering the blog name here.
3) Click on the 'details' link next to your blog's name
4) Click on the 'Claim Blog' tab on the details display for your blog.
5) Click the 'Claim Blog' button
6) When you select 'My Blogs' from the top menu, you will now see your blog listed, and can disable it (if it is an old or duplicate blog), edit the blog's details, or get the status code for displaying the blog's Ecosystem status.
How do I display my Ecosystem status on my blog?
To retrieve your status display code, log into your TTLB account and select My Blogs from the top menu. Each of your claimed blogs will be displayed, and on the right side will have a link labeled 'status display code'. Click on that link, and you will be shown the code to paste on your blog to display your Ecosystem status.
How do I get my blog listed on the Ecotraffic ranking pages?
1) Register your blog with the Ecosystem if you haven't done so already
2) Add the free SiteMeter counter to your weblog
3) Ensure that your SiteMeter counter's Privacy Level is set to 'Normal' or "Medium". You can access this setting via the 'Manager' menu of Sitemeter: Using the 'Normal' setting will allows other users to see your SiteMeter statistics, whereas using the "Medium" setting only allows the Ecosystem and other similar applications to read them.
Once you have followed the steps above, allow approximately 24 hours for the Ecosystem to first scan your blog's SiteMeter counter and add you to the rankings.
Note: If you have more than one SiteMeter counter on your blog, follow these additional steps to ensure that the Ecosystem reads the correct counter:
4) Log in to your account and select 'My Blogs'. You should see your blog listed (if you have not claimed your blog yet, see here for instructions on how to do so).
5) Select the 'edit' link next to your blog.
6) On the Edit page, type the SiteMeter ID of the counter that you want the Ecosystem to read. Note that TTLB requests that only counters that track traffic to a single blog should be submitted. If you have a counter that is being used across more than one website, it is inappropriate to use and may be deleted when detected.
7) Click 'Update'
How do I remove a blog from the Ecosystem?
1) If you have not already created a TTLB account, sign up here.
...and then log in to your account. You must be logged-in to delete a blog.
2) If you have not already claimed the blog you want to delete, follow the instructions here to claim it.
3) Select the 'My Blogs' link from the top menu.
4) Click on the 'edit' link next to the blog you want to delete.
5) Change the 'Blog Status' radio button from 'active' to 'disabled'
6) Click 'Update'. The blog is now disabled.
Note that the blog will not disappear entirely from the Ecosystem for about 24 hours. Also, you can always re-enable the blog by returning to this page and changing the radio button back to 'active'.
How do I change my blog's URL?
1) If you have not already created a TTLB account, sign up here.
...and then log in to your account. You must be logged-in to change a blog's URL.
2) If you have not already claimed the blog you want to change, follow the instructions here to claim it.
3) Select the 'My Blogs' link from the top menu.
4) Click on the 'edit' link next to the blog you want to edit.
5) Update the 'Primary URL' field with your new URL. If have just moved your blog, you can place your "old" URL in the 'Second URL' or 'Third URL' field, and this will tell the Ecosystem to continue counting links from your old URL as well as the new one. This is handy while your fellow bloggers are in the process of discovering your new URL and updating their links to use it.
How do I change my blog's title in the Ecosystem?
The Ecosystem automatically reads your blog's title from the <title> tag in the header section of your blog's HTML. Check with your blog hosting provider for instructions on how to change this tag if your blog's name is not showing what you want it to.
How do I get my account name if I forgot it?
Use the form here to enter your e-mail address and your account name and password will be e-mailed to you.
How do I get my account password if I forgot it?
Use the form here to enter your account name or e-mail address and your account name and password will be e-mailed to you.
How do I change my password?
Log in to your account and select 'My Account' from the top menu bar, then click on the Change Password/Edit Profile link.
How do I indicate I do not want to receive emails from TTLB?
Log in to your account and select 'My Account' from the top menu bar. Check the 'Unsubscribe from all e-mail messages' checkbox and click 'Update subscriptions."
About
What exactly is the TTLB Blogosphere Ecosystem?
The TTLB Blogosphere Ecosystem is an application which scans weblogs and generates a list of weblogs ranked by the number of incoming links they receive from other weblogs on the list. There are now many other weblog ranking systems, but the TTLB Ecosystem was the first --- originally published on June 2, 2002 --- and remains widely regarded as the definitive blog ranking list.
What links does the Ecosystem count?
All links from a scanned weblog to any other weblog (i.e., links from a weblog to itself are ignored). This includes links within posts, and 'permanent' links in a weblog's blogroll. Remember, however, that the Ecosystem only counts links from blogs that are also registered in the Ecosystem. If you have links coming from a blog that isn't registered, feel free to add it.
Does the TTLB Ecosystem scan all pages of a weblog looking for links to other blogs?
No, only the front page.
Does the TTLB Ecosystem handle Blogrolling.com blogrolls?
Yes. Even if you are using the Javascript implementation of Blogrolling.com, the Ecosystem is designed to retrieve your blogroll when it scans your weblog.
Why are blogs listed as 'Higher Beings', 'Adorable Little Rodents', and other weird categories?
One part of the Ecosystem that has proven popular over the years is that it assigns each weblog to a somewhat whimsically-named category based on its current rank. Higher Beings are at the top of the list, with Insignificant Microbes at the bottom. Consider it a gentle reminder that this all shouldn't be taken too terribly seriously.
Who is N.Z. Bear?
The founder and creator of The Truth Laid Bear and the TTLB Ecosystem. N.Z.'s work on the Ecosystem and other weblog projects have earned him a reputation as one of the key innovators in the new world of weblogs and citizens’ media.
N.Z. has been invited to the White House for his work on Porkbusters (which he co-founded with Glenn Reynolds) , and has frequently been cited on CNN, national talk radio, and other media. He is a member of the Heritage Foundation's New Media Advisory Board, and was named the first-ever "Blogger of the Year" at the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference.
His face is not yet on the one-dollar bill, but he's working on it.
While N.Z. personally supports some (but not all) conservative causes, he prides himself on ensuring that the Ecosystem and TTLB as a whole serve as neutral, non-partisan resources to all communities of the blogosphere.
Site Features
What is the Ecotraffic page?
The Ecotraffic page ranks weblogs based on tracking data captured by the SiteMeter hit counter. Where the main Ecosystem pages show who is getting the most links from other bloggers, the Ecotraffic pages show which blogs are actually receiving the most readers.
For instructions on how to have your blog listed in the Ecotraffic listing, see here.
What is a blog Community?
TTLB's Community pages show what is going on in a sub-group of weblogs --- a blog Community. A community can be based on just about anything, from nationality (see Iraqi blogs or Canadian blogs), to a common interest (Education Blogs) or political perspective (the Raging RINOs, the Liberal Coalition)
At present time, TTLB is not setting up any new communities --- but that will change soon. If you have an idea for a community, you can submit it here and we will contact you when we begin setting up new communities.
What is the ÜberCarnival?
The ÜberCarnival is a collection of the latest editions of weblog Carnivals from across the blogosphere. Weblog Carnivals are collections of blog posts on particular subjects, generally run once weekly and with posts self-selected and submitted by their authors and rounded up by a central host for the Carnival. The problem with many Carnivals is that due to the work involved in hosting them, they generally rotate between different blogs from week to week --- making it sometimes difficult to find where the Carnival you are looking for is currently hosted. The ÜberCarnival solves this problem by providing a one-stop-shop to find all the latest editions of Carnivals from across the blogosphere.
TTLB now partners with BlogCarnival.com for Carnival listings, and so if you register your Carnival there, it will be displayed in the ÜberCarnival.