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BlogCatalog claims to be the leading social directory for bloggers. One aspect that many find quite intrusive is the BlogCatalog widget. If you are registered with BlogCatalog your profile picture appears on the widget as you visit any other members’ sites. We have two memberships at BlogCatalog for our various blogs in different niches. When my partner tried to log in today the ‘log out’ button was not responding and the site stayed locked on to my profile. We then had to find the cookie for this site and clear it so that he could log in. When he did get into the site, he discovered that his site had been declined - after being a member of the site for nearly a year. No explanation given, and he had no email notification from BlogCatalog either.

All in all, not a great experience with this blog bookmarking site. I notice they are offering a week’s trial of the new ‘donor features’ which are in beta testing. These are going to cost$6 a month and they will offer:

	Stand Out! Support the blogcatalog community and your account will be upgraded with a support badge. The support badge will be placed on your profile so you are sure to stand out.	Comments I’m not sure this is worth paying for
	Beta Access Get access to our newest features before they are released to the public.	Test their beta features for them
	No Ads No more pesky ads getting in your way, browse BlogCatalog ad free!	There are no ads on the site
	Get Featured As a premium member your blog will be prominently displayed on our homepage, helping you get the exposure your blog deserves!	Featured status could be useful - but how many sites will be featured?
	Online Community Integration Integrate your online communities to personalize your profile page. Currently we only have Twitter support but stay tuned for Digg, Delicious, last.fm, and many more!	Could be useful - most sites are developing thsi kind of feature
	Weekly Thumbshot Updates Is your blog’s thumbshot not recent enough for you? Support the community and you can update your thumbshot every week.	This would not affect my decision to visit a blog