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BlogRush: Will it work?

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• Author: The Blogsultant
• September 19, 2007
• Category: Opinions and Reviews, Tools

Darren on problogger has, what I believe to be quite honestly, presented a fairly new traffic-building tool called BlogRush.com. It’s getting some mixed press and today the founder sent out a thorough email detailing the ups, downs, and future plans of the service. I’m trying it out on all my sites….which is a daring step for me. Usually when I try something new I test-drive it on one site or two; not the whole lot of ‘em. But I’m on the optimistic side of cautious in expecting results so I went ahead and tried it full steam.

So far, I’m a little conflicted over the look of the widgit. It’s very appropriate on some sites; not so much on the other, and there is no flexibility in appearance. The stories in some of the categories vary widely in quality. For instance: my sixredheads.com was first listed under “lifestyle” but the stories linked in the widget were mostly gross and cheesy so I changed it to “parenting/family” because that is where the majority of my traffic resides, though my content really applies to more than just “mommy bloggers”. If I had to guess, the best content probably lies in the male-dominated categories because they are the predominant ones out there learning about new tech options at an uneven ratio.

We’ll see. Not unlike blogs themselves, I think traffic-generating sites MUST have great content and a lot of it. Highest on my list of priorities from services like Blog Rush is getting links with other *quality* sites; incoming traffic or not, I’ll pull the widgits if the linked stories detract from the environment I’ve worked hard to create. Only time is going to tell on that one and time is what I’m giving BlogRush.

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