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By: Did BlogRush Dump the Wrong 10,000 Bloggers? « ShortNet

Did BlogRush Dump the Wrong 10,000 Bloggers? « ShortNet — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 06:03:22 +0000

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By: Did BlogRush Dump the Wrong 10,000 Bloggers?

Did BlogRush Dump the Wrong 10,000 Bloggers? — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:38:37 +0000

By: D

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:39:06 +0000

BlogRush accepted a lot of members and got them to promote their service. And how did BlogRush repay them? They deactivated their blogs and removed them from the system.

They did this to over 10,000 people just this weekend.

I can see sites not accepting a submision. But don’t accept someone’s submission, get them to promote your site, and then turn around and screw them over.

You might want to see this article:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/423910/review_of_blogrush_a_t errible_company.html

By: unTECHy

unTECHy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:43:33 +0000

If (IF) they can get blogrush to do what they are wanting it to do, It will be a great program to be involved in. Especially to small (new) bloggers like myself.

Thats still a big IF though.

By: Mike Spencer

Mike Spencer — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:36:22 +0000

They have a decent enough idea – just seems the way underestimated how widely it would be picked up (and spammed) – now where have I heard that before…..

By: William

William — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:01:49 +0000

I’ve now suspended their widget too. It gives me 0 visitors in 5 days and thousands of impressions.

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BlogRush Goes Bust : Professional Blogging News — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:15:25 +0000

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By: Visalia Homes for Sale

Visalia Homes for Sale — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:15:48 +0000

I used the widget on a blog I own and after seeing no return I pulled the plug on it. I think they have a good idea – maybe it just needs a little more development?

By: Michael Samuel

Michael Samuel — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:24:07 +0000

BlogRush DOES WORK! I installed it on several of my blogs and I have met very good success with it. Everyday I see new visitors and subscribers coming to my blogs and the traffic is keeping increasing.
But I don’t know why some people are facing missing credits. The bad thing is that I don’t know how to contact them!

By: horisly

horisly — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:12:46 +0000

I had tried the blogrush, but see no traffic from it, but on another site, decrease my pv…

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:04:09 +0000

I removed their code from my blog after not seeing traffic coming from them. One problem is that they do not require the widget to be above the fold in a highly visible spot. It’s all about pageviews, isn’t it. How shall traffic come from the widget if nobody promotes it to the reader?

By: Andrea Yager

Andrea Yager — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:17:52 +0000

My complaint is that there is no way to contact them on their site! I wanted to inform them they I require a narrower widget for my blog, but had no one to turn to.. so even though I trust that they want to improve, exactly where are they culling their feedback? From Blog posts such as these?? Well if so,

I need a narrower widget!! Thanks

By: Douglas Karr

Douglas Karr — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:46:36 +0000

We bloggers love instant gratification, don’t we?

Let’s be patient and give them an opportunity. The premise behind blogrush is, in fact, a great one… trying to group like-minded blogs together and push content topics that relate.

One way we can assist is by looking at the Blogrush widget on a site and look for content that might interest us. I’ve discovered quite a few blogs using their widget that I didn’t even know existed! It’s a little more targeted than a tool like StumbleUpon.

Give them a chance folks! With pain comes change… and they are acknowledging the pain!

By: » BlogRush, Just Another Bozo Magnet? Search Engine Optimization Journal

» BlogRush, Just Another Bozo Magnet? Search Engine Optimization Journal — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:38:15 +0000

[...] (Source) At least BlogRush has emailed its users acknowledging their concerns and also admitting that ”bozos have come out of the woodwork and are trying to cheat the BlogRush system.” No, really? [...]

By: PokeSteve

PokeSteve — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:31:09 +0000

So, if they remove all the crap blogs from the system will it be left with ten blogs by big names in the industry and that’s it?

Don’t they need the crap blogs to display the widget to burn up the credits all of the big bloggers have earned?

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:40:41 +0000

I’m not seeing any traffic at all at this point, but I do appreciate the emails BlogRush has sent out. They come across as an honestly wanting to improve the system.

I don’t know if they will improve things, but it does seem like they’re trying.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:05:14 +0000

Bushido, yes their site does indicate that they are in BETA although I think that is only mentioned/displayed on their logo.

Andy, I’ve enjoyed your posts on BlogRush. As I posted on my site, it seems like there are a few others trying to rationalize why the traffic has been low.

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Low Click-throughs Hurt BlogRush | Blogging Profits — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:54:09 +0000

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