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Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Chris Taylor — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:49:23 -0000

Great idea really. I was about when Reese launched it but didn't jump in as my blogs weren't ready.

I'm a bit with Andy on this one and losing visitors. If you're content is good they will come back. If you're contnet is bad, they won't be coming back so you might as well get a credit when they leave rather than nothing.

Webmasters and marketers tend to want to hold onto their best ideas of which serves no purpose. Someone then or not long after will be spreading the idea around the internet any how.

Give your idea freely in content, even the great ones and it will pay nice dividends at the end of the day.

Any free "warm" visitors is absolutely worth it! 100 visitors, x% become subscribers and then some may even purchase goods/services.

Plus the side benefits on increased inbound links if webmasters like your site especially considering that getting quality themed links is very time consuming. All that for adding one piece of code! Be mad not to.

Cheers, Chris.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Chris Taylor — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:49:23 -0000

Great idea really. I was about when Reese launched it but didn't jump in as my blogs weren't ready.

Webmasters and marketers tend to want to hold onto their best ideas of which serves no purpose. Someone then or not long after will be spreading the idea around the internet any how.

Give your idea freely in content, even the great ones and it will pay nice dividends at the end of the day.

Any free "warm" visitors is absolutely worth it! 100 visitors, x% become subscribers and then some may even purchase goods/services.

Cheers, Chris.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

goldfries — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:23:49 -0000

I think you should add the 8th point - 1 month upgrade is ridiculous!

I've posted on their blog quite a few times, 1 month to upgrade something is ridiculous because the development could've been done behind the scene and once everything's ready just have a 1 - 48 hour down time for upgrade purpose.

It's WAY better than having users not being able to access their dashboard / stats.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

goldfries — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:23:49 -0000

I think you should add the 8th point - 1 month upgrade is ridiculous!

It's WAY better than having users not being able to access their dashboard / stats.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Orikinla Osinachi — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:04:20 -0000

Hi Andy,
I got here via Google search.

I have only my niche business blog on BlogRush, because it is being developed for my financial success.

BlogRush is innovative and I am watching the progress.

Cheers and God bless.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Orikinla Osinachi — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:04:20 -0000

Hi Andy,
I got here via Google search.

I have only my niche business blog on BlogRush, because it is being developed for my financial success.

BlogRush is innovative and I am watching the progress.

Cheers and God bless.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Steve Mills — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:18:07 -0000

I've had the widget up for about 2 weeks so far, and recieved about 10 hits. Okay for something just starting out, but not a "rush" per se.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Steve Mills — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:18:07 -0000

I've had the widget up for about 2 weeks so far, and recieved about 10 hits. Okay for something just starting out, but not a "rush" per se.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Ottavio - American Interests — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:53:47 -0000

H Andy,

After registering with Blogrush I received a very quick reply (less than 10 minutes) saying that my blog was not approved.

Two of my posts have featured unedited at Reuters.com and in the past, I have received countless feedback about its (my blogs) quality (written and presentation) from the likes of academics and journalists, so I was somewhat aghast when it was not approved.

I did not take it personally but sought additional information about exactly what aspect does not meet the strict criteria.

The blog url is: http://americasinterests.bl...

The blogfeed url is: http://feeds.feedburner.com...

Can anyone shed any light on why I may not have been approved?

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Ottavio - American Interests — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:53:47 -0000

H Andy,

After registering with Blogrush I received a very quick reply (less than 10 minutes) saying that my blog was not approved.

I did not take it personally but sought additional information about exactly what aspect does not meet the strict criteria.

The blog url is: http://americasinterests.bl...

The blogfeed url is: http://feeds.feedburner.com...

Can anyone shed any light on why I may not have been approved?

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Lord Matt — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:48:21 -0000

I feel the very idea is fundamentally flawed for but the top of the tree.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Lord Matt — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:48:21 -0000

I feel the very idea is fundamentally flawed for but the top of the tree.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Aldian Prakoso — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:19:59 -0000

Hi Andy,

I haven't got confidence to use Blog Rush (I signed up but removed the widget from my blog) but now after reading your review, I'll give Blog Rush a try.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Aldian Prakoso — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:19:59 -0000

Hi Andy,

I haven't got confidence to use Blog Rush (I signed up but removed the widget from my blog) but now after reading your review, I'll give Blog Rush a try.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Andy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:02:25 -0000

I was just doing some looking today. I clicked on some of the links in my BlogRush widget and almost 90% of the blogs that were listed on my site DID NOT have the BlogRush widget installed on their sites, ANYWHERE. How can that be? I know - this is probably beating a dead horse to death. I just found it weird.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Andy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:02:25 -0000

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

PotPieGirl — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:07:22 -0000

Andy -

First off - you've got a wonderful blog here! I'm glad I found it.

What's that you ask? HOW did I find you? Thru BlogRush, of course =)

I have a small blog that is still pretty young in "blog years". While I have developed a pretty loyal reader base, I still know that the key to a truly successful blog is exposure.

I am very impressed with BlogRush so far. For the smaller blogs (like mine) this is a huge opportunity to have your blog reach far and wide. It's also a really cool tool that allows me to find blogs that I wouldn't otherwise come across - such as yours.

I haven't seen a ton of traffic from BlogRush as of yet, but I have seen visits from blogs and I have no doubt those readers would NOT have found me without that little widget.

I don't quite understand the "wait and see" attitude on this, but I am sure others have their reasons. I opted to jump on an early opportunity as opposed to jump to conclusions.

Thanks for the great post - AND the great blog!

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

PotPieGirl — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:07:22 -0000

Andy -

First off - you've got a wonderful blog here! I'm glad I found it.

What's that you ask? HOW did I find you? Thru BlogRush, of course =)

I have a small blog that is still pretty young in "blog years". While I have developed a pretty loyal reader base, I still know that the key to a truly successful blog is exposure.

I haven't seen a ton of traffic from BlogRush as of yet, but I have seen visits from blogs and I have no doubt those readers would NOT have found me without that little widget.

I don't quite understand the "wait and see" attitude on this, but I am sure others have their reasons. I opted to jump on an early opportunity as opposed to jump to conclusions.

Thanks for the great post - AND the great blog!

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

lorla — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:49:22 -0000

I have Signed up but waiting for some time for it to get going.
Telling myself " Let me get content rich first." !

Thanks

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

lorla — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:49:22 -0000

I have Signed up but waiting for some time for it to get going.
Telling myself " Let me get content rich first." !

Thanks

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Dane Morgan — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:36:09 -0000

Well, I signed up through your link on day one. For now I'm reserving any judgment. I came in not expecting much of anything really. But I'm willing to give it a fair run.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Dane Morgan — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:36:09 -0000

Well, I signed up through your link on day one. For now I'm reserving any judgment. I came in not expecting much of anything really. But I'm willing to give it a fair run.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Markk — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:14:01 -0000

Just to add....BlogRush had stated that they would not entertain "poor quality" blogs but for now judging by the posts on the widget, a lot of them are still there. Hopefully, BR will eventually filter them out, clean up the act, expand on their topic list, and maybe then we'll see whether better selections.

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Markk — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:14:01 -0000

Re: Blogrush – 7 Critical Mistakes

Markk — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:53:31 -0000

Thanks for a very insightful post about BR. The "critical mistakes" are obvious, and these blogs should be able to adept to the new situation unless they are already locked in by their own mindset.