Blog Rush Debuts- Will You Be Signing Up?
Problogger reviews the new Blog Rush Blidget- MUST READ!
My summary:
Blog Rush is a widget showing relevant links to related blogs. This is a free tool that works by earning referral points (the more clicks from your blog to another means the more times your blog will be featured on others’ widget).
I’ve added this widget to my sidebar and I’ll let you guys know if it is a good traffic supplement for R.E. Revealed, but in the meantime it looks like a cool tool- sign up for BLOG RUSH now!
Be sure to let us know in the comments whether or not you’ll be implementing this ubercool tool or if you think it’s lame. The best part is that it’s just a widget- remove it or add it anytime!
September 16th, 2007 at 9:30 am
I know I’m violating Grandma’s Biblical teachings to keep quiet so folks won’t know exactly how ignorant I truly am.
Whatever happened to relying on solid high quality content? This blog has been an example of that since its inception.
I get the idea the next widget will give me some sort of internet Green Stamps if I behave correctly.
September 16th, 2007 at 9:36 am
I think with all these widgets and junk on people’s blogs, the blogs themselves are starting to look crappy.
speaking of crappy blog, while I know I write about about a ton of junk (hey, I am still in college you know) I am starting to see so many so-called niche blogs (real estate, etc) nowdays where I do not know what the heck the blog is supposed to be. I mean you have sites (unlike mine where I just use my name as a domain) that says XYXY Real Estate Blog and there is very little or no real estate content but rather just writings where such and such agent went to the store, bought a coke and had a nice time and please check out my utube video. I am like “How in the beep is this a real estate blog?”
Then there are other crappy blogs where the author follows some guru where the guru promises you will increase your traffic or money making ideas and makes a list of SUGGESTIONS of things to do that may help. You have blogges following these gurus so religiously that every new suggestion the blogger takes part of and there is nothing but boring time wasting stuff on the blogger’s blog and no content related to the niche that the blog was supposed to be about.
Oh yeah the guru mentions to please let them know if you participated so they can add you to their list… link backs, and trackbacks… Tons of hits, but no solid content. I call these kiss butt blogs. A waste of time if one is blogging for business.
I guess I am getting so fustrated with blogging these days, I’ll just go hide in my corner!
September 16th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Jeff- thanks for the compliment. I actually thought of YOU as one of the lone blogs that would have no use for this new tool.
Derek- do you watch SNL? You know that sketch with the cranky chick Debbie Downer?
September 16th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
I’ll give it a whirl.
One big negative — no way to customize. It would be nice to be able to change the number of links. And more importantly (to me) would be the ability to change the color scheme.
Derek - the solution to your problem seems simple — if you think a blog is crappy, don’t read it. There are plenty of great ones to choose from, so skip the dreck.
September 17th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Lani: No
Jay: Oh, I have but I still can’t control the argue to waste time looking to see what might be new. I am an information junkie and needless to say, I am often left being let down by many of these blogs that used to be so content rich and are now nothing more than childish sandboxes.
September 17th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Look at the update on the BlogRush dashboard, especially the part about putting the widget in an entry. Posting a second widget, even as an example? can get you booted.
I did not realize how new it is… Dashboard say’s it’s 60 hours old. I am sure they will come out with a way to customize it.
September 17th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
What’s in the post isn’t a second widget, it’s a screen shot — which is fine per the update on the BR dashboard.
What I don’t understand is why I don’t even see the widget on many sites I click through to…
September 17th, 2007 at 8:36 pm
Jay- I noticed the same thing! I also haven’t had any direct visitors yet; I’m guessing the “system” hasn’t earned enough points on my Blog Rush yet.
So far, it doesn’t seem to be a Rush… we’ll see. I’ll only test it for two weeks, especially since I don’t like any of the blogs I’ve clicked through on yet (haven’t seen you OR bloodhound on the roll yet).