I’m holding this as a draft until we are really there….( editted to add.. oh heck! I cannot wait, plus I need some suggestions, so just read down) But I am so excited, I can’t help but begin this post!
I just opened my email this am and I had an email from Guy Kawasaki. Now that alone is pretty exciting….he is considered one of the “Blogging Gods”. In fact, just a few weeks ago there was a hoopala becasue some other blogger got “Kawasakied” and that became a term of prestige. And them there is “Kawastalki” ..when you stalk Guy Kawasaki.. and if you do not beleive me, read here!. Ok, that’s just the background.
So, Guy, being a Blog God has begun a site called Alltop. Have you heard of it? If not, then just read here for a good story of how it all came top be. It is pretty new, but a big deal as it is like the Blogger Gods Club..kind of. They take the feeds from the “top” sites on the web and then display them on a single page aggregation in “communities”. They list the top five stories in the community headers, and then have links and feds to other ” best of” the web sites. I use it alot for my work at Blogio.
So yesterday, I am there and I think.. “ah, no adoption sites at all?” and so I send them an email suggesting an adoption catagory and then listing, oh, a few important sites.. why Adoption should have their own listing, etc.
And then, this AM..I open my mailbox and the angels sing…. Guy said YES!!!!
Seriously, this is something to crow about. Be proud. Get a link for a badge to joyously wear.
It’s like..huge. I mean one of thie things that I have learned in the past few months.. having to get out of the safe cocoon of AdoptionLand is that in the big Blogosphere…we are very segaregated. Most people, other Bloggers, the world, etc.. don’t know we exist. And now.. this is like a debute. We are coming out and playing with the big kids.
Wow.. just wow. And Kudos to Guy Kawasaki… for being so approachable, so cool, so supportive. If we could send kisses on the internet…
Anyhoo…the question is: If we have this wonderful opportunity to have a best of Adoptionland on Alltop for the world to see.. what do we wish to have? I sent him a smattering of us, but we need more. So I ask you all..what’s the best of the adoption websites? Leave your suggestions in the comments and lets get cracking!
The Daily Bastardette/Marley. This Woman’s Work/Dawn. Writing My Wrong/Suz.
These are my favorites.
You know the links. I’m typing with one hand. P says “gahhhhhhhhhh.”
Veryveryvery awesome, Claud. You are an inspiration.
That’s really cool! Otherwise if any adoption blogs showed up at all they’d probably be in the parenting category, and then they’d likely only be a-parent blogs, and that’s no good.
Jenna, Theresa, Paula, Issycat, Susan, Nicole, Thanksgivingmom, Shannon, AmFam, and Dawn have been some of the most influential bloggers for me who are still currently writing.
Got them all.. keep it coming! I am making my liosts and checking them twice!
There are so many! I’ll add a couple more outstanding blogs to the list but it’s hard to pick just a couple. –
Sume
http://ethnicallyincorrect.wordpress.com/
JaeRan
http://harlowmonkey.typepad.com/
The Daily Bastardette.
Totally.
This is the DEFINATLY yes list so far:
bastardette.blogspot.com/ withoutatribe.blogspot.com/ LizardChronicles
joy21.wordpress.com chezblot.blogspot.com addiepray.wordpress.com miassavinggrace.wordpress.com ThisWomansWork
thirdmom.blogspot.com/ justenjoyhim.wordpress.com WritingMyWrongs
thechroniclesofmunchkinland.com /
cocokrispybeans.wordpress.com
paragraphein.wordpress.com nevyn.wordpress.com/feed/
erika-klein.blogspot.com adopteerights.net/nulliusfilius/ familypreservation.blogspot.com MusingsOfTheLame
and I just sent oh…70 more?? If it has a feed, is on my blog roll, is current.. they it’s on the list!!
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are you only speaking of blogs? If so, I want to throw AmyAdoptee out there, she totally rocks. And, if you want more than blogs ie support, I’d throw in adoptionthreads
They have to have feeds…so the forums don’t work.
I already checked into that. Most of the main sites..OUSA, ETHICA, DONALDSON…no go, but I listed the Ethica blog site as they have a feed.
They have to have good current feeds or they don’t work with a single page aggrigation….
Baby Love Child
BB Church’s Fun House
Bastard Granny Annie
And thanks to the people suggesting Bastardette!