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AndrewJ · 09-15-2007, 03:22 PM

Did you hear about today's launch of BlogRush? I think this is going to be great for bloggers.

Digg - John Reese launches BlogRush

BlogRush is a free service that was created to help bloggers with their number 1 need: More Readers For Their Blog. By simply adding the BlogRush Widget to a blog, a blogger can get instant and exponential distribution for their latest blog post titles across a nuge network of related blogs.

BlogRush users earn "syndication credits" (the right to have their blog post titles shown inside a widget on another related blog) based on their own traffic (loads of the widget) as well as the traffic of other users they refer to BlogRush.

Looks pretty cool. What do you think?

Andrew

Caveman Joe · 09-15-2007, 04:51 PM

Hmm. Sounds like it could be either the best thing ever, or a big pile of suck.

I'll give it a go, and we'll see what happens. Thanks for the link.

Caveman Joe · 09-15-2007, 05:00 PM

UGH! Have you watched the video on the BlogRush site? It's got it all. Cheesy voiceovers, charts and graphs, "But Wait - That's Not All! It Gets Even Better!!!" and even an MLM scheme. Yikes. I was half-expecting the guy to use the phrase "TurnKey Solution" at some point.

My estimation: this'll either be dead, or full of spammers, within two months.

My actions: abuse the hell out of it while it's still alive.

AndrewJ · 09-15-2007, 05:05 PM

John's well known for creating good products, plus it's free so I've joined up to give it a try. Let's see how it works out.

Andrew

Caveman Joe · 09-15-2007, 05:13 PM

You're on.

AndrewJ · 09-15-2007, 05:21 PM

Actually that 'cheesy voiceover' on the video is him!

ginkgo · 09-16-2007, 06:56 AM

What is the feed url that they ask for?

AndrewJ · 09-16-2007, 07:48 AM

That's your RSS feed address. If you have a blog you should have an rss feed address mentioned somewhere in your blog's control panel.

Andrew

Peter S C · 09-17-2007, 03:44 AM

I've decided to try it out... why not hey? Most of the reviews on the net take a "wait and see" approach. I'll let you know what happens....

ginkgo · 09-17-2007, 09:33 AM

I created a blog with html so it does not have RSS feed. So I guess that means that I cannot participate in this. People were telling me that I should use wordpress but my server host does not take php.

AndrewJ · 09-17-2007, 02:38 PM

Well you could either switch to a blog platform lke blogger.com
or
use a tool like Feed43 or FeedFire.com to create a feed with your current site.

Addict · 09-17-2007, 06:14 PM

This does sound kind of pyramid schemish, but it doesn't require any money or time investment, so I'm going to try it.

The way I look at it, my ads aren't really doing me anything right now, so this has to be better.

Minsc · 09-18-2007, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ginkgo

I created a blog with html so it does not have RSS feed.

I think you could just make an rss file and update it manually whenever you post, if you have some knowledge of xml...

Ex: Go to Wikipedia and scroll down to the rss file example here: RSS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Then just paste that into an rss file, link to it as a feed, and edit it whenever you update your blog to reflect the changes.

Here's the liscense agreement for Wikipedia but you could just make you own rss file if you don't like it: Wikipedia:Text of the GNU Free Documentation License - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

EDIT: But if BlogRush needs you to use a script to edit your feed somehow then it won't work with it.

Addict · 09-18-2007, 04:47 AM

So far the stats on the website aren't availabe at all and a few minutes ago the entire widget was down. I'm going to give it a few days. If I don't see something happen very soon, it's gone.

AndrewJ · 09-18-2007, 09:15 AM

The widget stats won't show for another day or so but I can see that I'm already getting traffic from it when I look in my statcounter account.

Andrew

webdrops · 09-18-2007, 12:48 PM

I was just wondering if this site is similar to mybloglog... I mean they also do similar thing putting a widget on your blog and creating a network... correct me if m wrong...

AndrewJ · 09-18-2007, 02:56 PM

Yes it is similar but Blogrush will display your blog post titles on other sites bringing you more traffic. For example if the widget is displayed 500 times on your blog, then your blog post titles will be displayed 500 times across the other blogs in the network.

On top of this there is an ability to earn a lot more displays of your blog post titles if someone joins Blogrush via your widget or link. So it pays to join as early as possible.

AndrewJ · 09-19-2007, 01:28 AM

The Blog Rush stats are working now!

GuerillaInternetMarketing · 09-20-2007, 01:36 PM

Read this post from Quoteguy in the Technical area of Steve's forums where I respond with several articles where bloggers reveal the horrid click through rate they have received through BlogRush. It's a waste of time...
BlogRush

AndrewJ · 09-20-2007, 01:55 PM

It's too early to tell. It's only been a few days since it launched and it is still being worked on. ie, it's in beta.

It is however driving traffic to my sites and this is a new audience I wouldn't be getting otherwise, so I say let's not give up on it so quickly.

Caveman Joe · 09-20-2007, 03:20 PM

Removed the BlogRush widget from RetroReviews.net, in favour of putting some of the money I've earned from Project Wonderful back into advertising the site.

Current cost per click: $0.0042. That's about £0.0025. Four clicks for a penny. Not bad, and no pyramid scheme involved.

Addict · 09-20-2007, 06:23 PM

It does seem like there is going to be a low click through rate. Therefore, the only way to capitalize on the "rush" is to get referrals, just like an MLM. Getting in early does nothing if you don't get referrals (except maybe the bonus credits they've promised).

This would be fine, except I can't think of a very good way to get referrals in the first place without being dishonest other than shamelessly promoting my referral link to strangers. I have decided to put it in my signature for a while and see how that works (wish I could get rid of underlining on links).

AndrewJ · 09-21-2007, 07:45 AM

If you display the widget on your blog and you have some traffic, you will get referals. My downline is building itself.

Andrew

Nelson · 09-21-2007, 08:21 AM

Ayyyo! I just signed up my blog, The Clear Path (Click Here to read it! - Darkworkers will love it)

P.S. I believe I'm under you Addict, so good luck to both of us

Nelson · 09-21-2007, 08:23 AM

Ayyyo! I just signed up my blog, The Clear Path (Click Here to read it!- Darkworkers will love it)

P.S. I believe I'm under you Addict, so good luck to both of us

AndrewJ · 09-25-2007, 06:22 AM

They now have new color widgets, but I'd prefer different sizes!

Andrew

09-15-2007, 03:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	New blog traffic network launched today Did you hear about today's launch of BlogRush? I think this is going to be great for bloggers. Digg - John Reese launches BlogRush BlogRush is a free service that was created to help bloggers with their number 1 need: More Readers For Their Blog. By simply adding the BlogRush Widget to a blog, a blogger can get instant and exponential distribution for their latest blog post titles across a nuge network of related blogs. BlogRush users earn "syndication credits" (the right to have their blog post titles shown inside a widget on another related blog) based on their own traffic (loads of the widget) as well as the traffic of other users they refer to BlogRush. Looks pretty cool. What do you think? Andrew

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09-15-2007, 04:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
Caveman Joe Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cheshire, UK Posts: 265	Hmm. Sounds like it could be either the best thing ever, or a big pile of suck. I'll give it a go, and we'll see what happens. Thanks for the link.

09-15-2007, 05:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Caveman Joe Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cheshire, UK Posts: 265	UGH! Have you watched the video on the BlogRush site? It's got it all. Cheesy voiceovers, charts and graphs, "But Wait - That's Not All! It Gets Even Better!!!" and even an MLM scheme. Yikes. I was half-expecting the guy to use the phrase "TurnKey Solution" at some point. My estimation: this'll either be dead, or full of spammers, within two months. My actions: abuse the hell out of it while it's still alive.

09-15-2007, 05:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	John's well known for creating good products, plus it's free so I've joined up to give it a try. Let's see how it works out. Andrew

09-15-2007, 05:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
Caveman Joe Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cheshire, UK Posts: 265	You're on.

09-15-2007, 05:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	Actually that 'cheesy voiceover' on the video is him!

09-16-2007, 06:56 AM	#7 (permalink)
ginkgo Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Posts: 3,747	What is the feed url that they ask for?

09-16-2007, 07:48 AM	#8 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	That's your RSS feed address. If you have a blog you should have an rss feed address mentioned somewhere in your blog's control panel. Andrew

09-17-2007, 03:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
Peter S C Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Vancouver Posts: 176	I've decided to try it out... why not hey? Most of the reviews on the net take a "wait and see" approach. I'll let you know what happens....

09-17-2007, 09:33 AM	#10 (permalink)
ginkgo Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA Posts: 3,747	I created a blog with html so it does not have RSS feed. So I guess that means that I cannot participate in this. People were telling me that I should use wordpress but my server host does not take php.

09-17-2007, 02:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	Well you could either switch to a blog platform lke blogger.com or use a tool like Feed43 or FeedFire.com to create a feed with your current site.

09-17-2007, 06:14 PM	#12 (permalink)
Addict Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 338	This does sound kind of pyramid schemish, but it doesn't require any money or time investment, so I'm going to try it. The way I look at it, my ads aren't really doing me anything right now, so this has to be better.

09-18-2007, 04:47 AM	#14 (permalink)
Addict Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 338	So far the stats on the website aren't availabe at all and a few minutes ago the entire widget was down. I'm going to give it a few days. If I don't see something happen very soon, it's gone.

09-18-2007, 09:15 AM	#15 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	The widget stats won't show for another day or so but I can see that I'm already getting traffic from it when I look in my statcounter account. Andrew

09-18-2007, 12:48 PM	#16 (permalink)
webdrops Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 6	I was just wondering if this site is similar to mybloglog... I mean they also do similar thing putting a widget on your blog and creating a network... correct me if m wrong...

09-18-2007, 02:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	Yes it is similar but Blogrush will display your blog post titles on other sites bringing you more traffic. For example if the widget is displayed 500 times on your blog, then your blog post titles will be displayed 500 times across the other blogs in the network. On top of this there is an ability to earn a lot more displays of your blog post titles if someone joins Blogrush via your widget or link. So it pays to join as early as possible.

09-19-2007, 01:28 AM	#18 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	The Blog Rush stats are working now!

09-20-2007, 01:36 PM	#19 (permalink)
GuerillaInternetMarketing Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 45	Read this post from Quoteguy in the Technical area of Steve's forums where I respond with several articles where bloggers reveal the horrid click through rate they have received through BlogRush. It's a waste of time... BlogRush

09-20-2007, 01:55 PM	#20 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	It's too early to tell. It's only been a few days since it launched and it is still being worked on. ie, it's in beta. It is however driving traffic to my sites and this is a new audience I wouldn't be getting otherwise, so I say let's not give up on it so quickly.

09-20-2007, 03:20 PM	#21 (permalink)
Caveman Joe Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cheshire, UK Posts: 265	Removed the BlogRush widget from RetroReviews.net, in favour of putting some of the money I've earned from Project Wonderful back into advertising the site. Current cost per click: $0.0042. That's about £0.0025. Four clicks for a penny. Not bad, and no pyramid scheme involved.

09-20-2007, 06:23 PM	#22 (permalink)
Addict Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NJ Posts: 338	It does seem like there is going to be a low click through rate. Therefore, the only way to capitalize on the "rush" is to get referrals, just like an MLM. Getting in early does nothing if you don't get referrals (except maybe the bonus credits they've promised). This would be fine, except I can't think of a very good way to get referrals in the first place without being dishonest other than shamelessly promoting my referral link to strangers. I have decided to put it in my signature for a while and see how that works (wish I could get rid of underlining on links).

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09-21-2007, 07:45 AM	#23 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	If you display the widget on your blog and you have some traffic, you will get referals. My downline is building itself. Andrew

09-21-2007, 08:21 AM	#24 (permalink)
Nelson Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 163	Ayyyo! I just signed up my blog, The Clear Path (Click Here to read it! - Darkworkers will love it) P.S. I believe I'm under you Addict, so good luck to both of us

09-21-2007, 08:23 AM	#25 (permalink)
Nelson Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 163	Ayyyo! I just signed up my blog, The Clear Path (Click Here to read it!- Darkworkers will love it) P.S. I believe I'm under you Addict, so good luck to both of us

09-25-2007, 06:22 AM	#26 (permalink)
AndrewJ Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 177	They now have new color widgets, but I'd prefer different sizes! Andrew