South Africa 2.0
The Mail and Guardian brings you amatomu.com, South Africa 2.0. Eish bra, this is a shweet site eksê. Their claim: The South African blogosphere, sorted. Which just proves that these okes are murg en been South African.
If you're not a blogger, you probably have no access to a computer. It seems blogging is an event to be considered for the Olympic Games. It has taken off in a big way, and it doesn't seem like it will come in for landing soon. So it was only a matter of time before a South African Technorati was born. And good people of South Africa, they're doing a brilliant job.
If you dig a blog post, Shmaak it
Amatomu gives you the ability to subscribe to their site, adding your blog to the list. you can add a 'Shmaak it' button to your posts, which readers can click if they... shmaak it. The more clicks your posts get, the higher up your ranking goes on Amatomu, thus creating exposure for you. Shweet little marketing trick hey.
Choose your favourites
Amatomu lets you add favourites to your profile, so you won't forget who you really shmaak.
Check your blog stats
This is a really nice feature. You've got your own stats page. It shows you page impressions, unique visits, links from amatomu and so on and so on.
Get a blog
You thought blogs are for secretaries who have nothing to do in their spare time? Think again. Blogging is an excellent way to get the word out on your products or services, IF you do it in the right way.
