While Gavin's been linking people's names to their profiles in his comments for a long time, Blogsmith profiles really haven't done much. Until now! Fun and exciting options like profile pictures, website links, and comment history are all there. Check it out on Joystiq for now, but Engadget, Autoblog, and of course this site will follow soon.



Some notable profiles include:

• Brian (not bothering to link because he's set it to private)
• Gavin (huh.. also private)
• Celly (spotting a trend here)
• Hard Gay (um, not the real one)
• Me!

The reference is for Gavin, but the feature is for everyone. If you're not someone who lives entirely in a feed reader, you may have noticed something neat on Gavin's site or, more significantly, on Engadget. Instead of a list of recent posts after the post content (and ad), you'll see a list of related posts.



A lot of people have mused that other blogging systems have had this feature for a while, but we were just holding out for one worthy of our blogging system. Not just based on tags, categories, or titles, these links combine tag frequency, post date, and a slew of other criteria into a complex algorithm that I can't begin to understand. But it works. And hopefully, it'll drive traffic around different parts of Engadget and other sites. So... go check it out and enjoy the wanton surfing that's bound to ensue.