Since starting this blog I have started reading a lot of other blogs. Noticed a lot of bloggers including Bloglovin’ on the blog as either as a social media button with all other social media profiles, or as just a button on the sidebar. Made me wonder What the heck is Bloglovin’? Finally decided I would start looking into what exactly Bloglovin’ is
Bloglovin’ – What the heck is it?
Think of Bloglovin’ like a one stop shop. All the blogs you want to follow in one place. Bloglovin’ works for all major blog platforms Tumbler, Blogger, and WordPress.
How do you setup Bloglovin’?
Found it really quick and easy to start using Bloglovin’.
- All you need to sign up is a e-mail address or Facebook account. Go to Bloglovin’ and sign up.
- If you previously used Google Reader, you can import all of your blogs to Bloglovin’ (it will prompt you to do this – no crazy technical skills required)
- You’ll have a list of all your blogs – next to each blog is an easy way to unfollow or to assign them to a group. The groups are a great way to keep them all organized.
There is also a Bloglovin’ app of course that you can use to read all your blogs on your iPhone, iPad, or Android. Just go to your app store to download it. Bloglovin’ has some cool features lets you mark post as read, so it just shows posts you haven’t read. You can also easily mark post you like. Only thing I noticed just at a quick glance was it doesn’t show you stats for your own blog. Looks like you have to login online to see the stats. Flipboard is another great app you can use that will show all your social media profiles along with Bloglovin’.
Add your Blog to Bloglovin’?
If you’re a blogger, you’ll want to claim your blog. Once you claim your blog (and if it’s not available to claim, you can add it manually and then claim it)
- Click on Your Profile
- Click on Add Your Blog
- Click Claim Your Blog
- Type the URL of your site into the text box. Then select your blog from the list.
- In order to claim the blog, you need to prove that it is yours. Bloglovin’ does this by having you insert HTML text to one of your blog posts.
- Select and copy the Bloglovin’ text. Then open another browser window, go to your blog, and add the text to a blog post, and republish it. Or publish a new blog post.
- Once Bloglovin’s text has been published in your blog post, go back to the Bloglovin site and click Claim blog
- Once you have claimed your blog, it is ok to remove the text in Step 5
After you claim your blog you’ll have access to stats and of course this handy dandy button Here are the buttons you can add to your blog If you would prefer you could add a social media button instead like I did on my sidebar (It is the first button you see when you look at the social media buttons I have on my sidebar).
Bloglovin’ – Why do I need it?
1. Helps you find blogs – On Bloglovin you can easily search for blogs that interest you. They have them nice and organized you just find the category that interest you.
2. Makes keeping up with your favorite blogs easy – Gives you one newsfeed with all your favorite blogs, so you can keep up with latest post. Great alternative to following via email so you do not get bombarded with lots of emails. Just check your newsfeed at your convenience.
3. Allows you to add your own blog – You can add your blog to help get more followers.
4. Saves post you like – Makes it possible for you to flag post that you like. Maybe the post had some important information you want to come back to. This makes it easy to find later.
5. Mobile friendly – Has a great app making it easy to read your post on the go via your phone or tablet. While your on Bloglovin’ feel free to add Lewis Lane Designs to blogs you follow, and I will follow you back. (Shameless plug I know).
If you need help setting up Bloglovin just let me know and I would be happy to help. Just leave a comment below.
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Wow. I was just working with this yesterday. Thats for the post. I was wondering if it was worth it. I think it is.
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You’re welcome! Glad you found it useful.
this is such a great article! Thank you for writing it and including step by step pictures for adding your blog. I was keeping a list of all the different blogs I read and then going and checking them all every couple of days! Now, I can have it all in one place, and I have you to thank for it!
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Great! Glad you found it useful 🙂 I read mine on my iPad it is like my own little newspaper lol
The widget in Bloglovin says it isn’t available for WordPress. I’d like to use it at the end of every post without having to copy the code EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. Is there a way to do this? I am not really an expert on coding, simplest instructions are best….
You can add the text widget to the sidebar and add the code. If you want it at the bottom of the post it would require some kind of code added to the functions php.
Thanks for this timely tutorial, Nicki. I have seen bloglovin around, not got to find out what it is until now. I’ve seen blogher as well, and I think it’s of similar use. Have you found that using bloglovin gets you more traffic? I mean can people who have not visited your site before browsing available blogs on bloglovin and then end up clicking on yours?
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Glad it was timely for you. Yes I have had a few that find my blog just via Bloglovin