MckLinky was created by Brent Riggs and co-inspired by MckMama.MckLinky was born from need. There was a time when there was only one "linky" service available and it wasn't exactly Mr. Reliable.
As I (Brent), thought about using link lists on my own blogs, I did not want to rely on a service that had a growing history of having problems or being unavailable. So as a programmer, I simply decided to create my own linky system to use privately.
Over time, others asked me about being able to use my system. I got to together with my good friend, MckMama, who has linky lists of hundreds, sometimes thousands of links, and we brainstormed the idea. As we were thinking about names, it became obvious that a takeoff on "MckMama" was the right choice... MckLinky.
We came up with a list of the best and worst aspects of how linky lists should work and planned to create a simple, reliable system that included the easiest and most useful features.
Brent and MckMama launched MckLinky as a free service offering the BASIC MckLinky to kick things off. Very quickly, they will introduce several new kinds of linky lists that will allow users to have fun on their blogs offering users the ability to do MckLinky lists for things like picture caption contests, ask a question or create an idea list.
We hope you enjoy MckLinky and get a lot of good use out of it. Please free free to contact us any time with suggestions, comments or questions.
$100 Tell Your Friends About MckLinky Contest
We appreciate people helping us spread the word about MckLinky. So we are going to run a one day carnival, and everyone who participates will go into a drawing for a hundred bucks as our way of saying thank you.
Rules:
- Write a post on your blog telling people about MckLinky (some suggested wording below)
- Once you write your post, go here: http://theblogfrog.com/psearch/ViewThread.aspx?threadID=905&blogID=104191
- You can get a MckLinky badge from here: http://www.mcklinky.com/
- Tomorrow, we will choose a winner from the list, but the winner must have a post on their blog telling their readers about MckLinky.
Here’s some suggested wording for your post:
- There’s a great new “linky” service available and I wanted to let you know about it. It’s called “MckLinky” – http://www.mcklinky.com/. After realizing the need for a new, reliable link-list capability, Brent Riggs and MckMama got together to create a free, easy to use linky service for all their blog friends.
MckLinky is a free links list feature that allows you to do include lists of other blog links like MckMama does on Not Me Monday. Some people call them “carnivals” or “memes” but you can use MckLinky any time you want your blog readers to leave a list of links on your blog. It’s simple, reliable and free.
Check it out here: http://www.mcklinky.com/
MckMama is running the contest here: http://theblogfrog.com/psearch/ViewThread.aspx?threadID=905&blogID=104191
Questions? Feel free to email me. brent@brentriggs.com I hope you enjoy MckLinky. Let me know of any ideas you have for new tools or features on MckLinky.
~ Brent
