BlogRush Update
I wrote about BlogRush and their revolutionary new widget calling it "networking without the working."
After logging into my BlogRush account this evening, I am wondering if this idea is going to work at all. My dashboard page shows 845 page impressions in the last 30 days. This stat includes this blog, my personal blog, and my husband's sports blog (I install all his widgets, so I might as well have them in the same account).
However, I've had zero clicks. Zero!
Although I am a bit disappointed by the numbers, I am pleased that the creators of BlogRush are keeping the blogging community up to date on what they are doing to improve the service. They have sent out several emails and have a blog that's been frequently updated since the Beta launch.
I am pleased with the "flavors" that have already been rolled out to allow custom colors. It was super simple to update without reinstalling the code. The Java updates with a couple of clicks on their site. I hate messing with my sidebar for fear of messing it up, so this was a relief.
I'm also happy to read that all blogs will be subject to manual - HUMAN - review. I hate splogs and certainly would not want to be a party to driving traffic to anything that isn't a real blog with a real blogger struggling to write quality content.
My only major complaint about BlogRush at this point is that the site itself takes so, so long to load. I'm sure this is just a bandwidth thing, or some such technical issue. Still, it's annoying and hopefully short term.
I am of the firm belief that if bloggers want BlogRush to succeed, it will succeed. As with all services pioneered in cyberspace, adoption is key. If not, no amount of improvements to their system will help. My opinion is based on the oft unspoken truth that bloggers are the one's reading blogs.
If BlogRush is to drive traffic, bloggers must not only install the widget, we must also click through on the widgets of our fellow bloggers. We are, remember, not only the content creators, but the consumers of content.
In the spirit of what BlogRush is trying to do, I personally commit to click through to at least one article of interest to me on each blog I visit regularly. The worst thing that could happen is a tie between either: a) finding only horrible blogs I never want to visit again or b) finding wonderful blogs I want to visit every day.
After logging into my BlogRush account this evening, I am wondering if this idea is going to work at all. My dashboard page shows 845 page impressions in the last 30 days. This stat includes this blog, my personal blog, and my husband's sports blog (I install all his widgets, so I might as well have them in the same account).
However, I've had zero clicks. Zero!
Although I am a bit disappointed by the numbers, I am pleased that the creators of BlogRush are keeping the blogging community up to date on what they are doing to improve the service. They have sent out several emails and have a blog that's been frequently updated since the Beta launch.
I am pleased with the "flavors" that have already been rolled out to allow custom colors. It was super simple to update without reinstalling the code. The Java updates with a couple of clicks on their site. I hate messing with my sidebar for fear of messing it up, so this was a relief.
I'm also happy to read that all blogs will be subject to manual - HUMAN - review. I hate splogs and certainly would not want to be a party to driving traffic to anything that isn't a real blog with a real blogger struggling to write quality content.
My only major complaint about BlogRush at this point is that the site itself takes so, so long to load. I'm sure this is just a bandwidth thing, or some such technical issue. Still, it's annoying and hopefully short term.
I am of the firm belief that if bloggers want BlogRush to succeed, it will succeed. As with all services pioneered in cyberspace, adoption is key. If not, no amount of improvements to their system will help. My opinion is based on the oft unspoken truth that bloggers are the one's reading blogs.
If BlogRush is to drive traffic, bloggers must not only install the widget, we must also click through on the widgets of our fellow bloggers. We are, remember, not only the content creators, but the consumers of content.
In the spirit of what BlogRush is trying to do, I personally commit to click through to at least one article of interest to me on each blog I visit regularly. The worst thing that could happen is a tie between either: a) finding only horrible blogs I never want to visit again or b) finding wonderful blogs I want to visit every day.
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