Why would I want to be Minti?
Posted on February 2nd, 2008 in Blog
There’s so much about this blog world I just don’t understand. Just as a for-instance, I signed up for Minti.com a few months ago, ’cause it seemed like everyone was doing it. (Hello, MyBlogLog, Cre8buzz, Alexa, and so many others!)
Now, you may remember that I was really excited about being the only Google hit for "organic look for the 9" — so excited, in fact, that I Googled it again today.
Minti came up first. I clicked and got my post, verbatim, with a few words chopped off the end and a link that said "this post is from my other blog." And, of course, the page was topped with Minti’s ads.
So — why exactly would I want that? I know, I signed up for it, it’s my own fault, but that seems a little weird, them just re-posting my content like that. (And getting a higher Google ranking than me, to boot!)
Sigh. Is there a book or something that explains all these sites and why or why not to join them?
Yeah, I Twitter, don't laugh. 
February 2nd, 2008 2:36 pm
No, but if you wrote one, I bet you could make millions! I’m just as confused as you.
March 14th, 2008 7:51 pm
Hi Doodaddy,
I am one of the co-founders of Minti, stumbled across your blog post in technorati.
Claiming your blog on Minti increases it’s exposure to the Minti community which I am guessing is an excellent target market for your blog.
The reason we truncate your blog post is so that we push traffic to your website.
I am sorry our blog claim came up higher in Google than yours.
I hope your blog claim on Minti is increasing traffic to your blog.
Kindest
Clay Cook