BlogCatalog Vs BlogRush | Apples Vs Oranges

Posted by Pixelhead

This is a post in response to comments made on the post Building Blog Traffic with Blogcatalog.

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From my experience with Blogrush, it seems that Blogrush does not have a real community behind it. It is described as a Syndication network, but to tell the truth, I am not quite certain how much if any traffic the Blogrush syndication network has sent here. Looking at my stats, the highest referring, site other than Stumbleupon continues to be CourtneyTuttle.com(Thanks Court)…Blogrush has never shown up in the stats.(not that I check my stats all the time)

Two things that the two sites have in common are that they both have a widget, and they both have names that begin with “blog”…that’s it. There is no comparison between Blogrush and Blogcatalog.
Blogcatalog is a social site, Blogrush isn’t.
Blogcatalog is a blog directory…Blogrush isn’t.

Blogrush attempts to send you users by getting you to tweak your headlines so that any readers who happen to see your headline when it appears in the widget on another blog, are encouraged to click your enticing link. The widget must be placed where the blog readers can see it. Blogrush would probably like it above the fold….hmm maybe I should place it right where my feed is.

BlogCatalog, as was mentioned by one of their staff in the previous Blogcatalog post comments, does not require a permanent link back unlike Blogrush. Once you are verified to be the owner of the blog by Blogcatalog, you can take the Blogcatalog link off. I just happen to like the widget that shows the recent visitors avatars.

I hope this post clears up the difference between the two sites. Then again I maybe way off the mark here, so please let me know if you disagree.

Tags: Blogcatalog, Blogrush, Blog Traffic

Written by Pixelhead on January 31st, 2008 with comments disabled.
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Murad
#1. February 1st, 2008, at 5:04 PM.

Thanks for the clarification. I have had some success with blogcatalog but haven’t ever been enticed to try blogrush and after your review I still don’t see much value in it. So I think I am going to stick with blogcatalog.

Pixelhead
#2. February 2nd, 2008, at 3:17 AM.

Thanks for asking the question Murad. I have been meaning to take the Blogrush widget off…I may make it sooner than latter. Let me know when you join Blogcatalog, and I’ll add you as a contact.

Forrest
#3. February 2nd, 2008, at 7:30 AM.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything positive about BlogRush.

Over in your other thread, Oscar confirmed that ( if you want to ) you can use a meta tag to verify ownership of your blog, and keep your sidebar widget free. Most people won’t notice or care, but for me that’s a tremendous difference; enough to join one but not the other.

Pixelhead
#4. February 2nd, 2008, at 3:08 PM.

let me know when you join Forrest, and I’ll add you as a contact as well. I am sure you’ll find a bunch of other great Photography blogs as well as Photography groups.

Forrest
#5. February 4th, 2008, at 12:33 AM.

I signed up as Forrest. I’ve got to say, it’s a lot more interesting than I expected over there, especially for a new community…!

Horse Racing Handicapping
#6. February 7th, 2008, at 2:38 AM.

Blog rush seems to be an over-hyped widget that doesn’t do a whole lot, unless you already have thousands of daily visitors.

reviewlutions
#7. March 16th, 2008, at 12:24 PM.

I did use blogcatalog, and It quite good, receive both traffic and back link also.. although it is not really significant… but no complain from me LOL

iPod Touch Fan
#8. April 6th, 2008, at 8:41 AM.

Bottom line, both services will help bringing traffic to our blog.. so there’s no reason to use only one of them.. use both!

kouji
#9. October 4th, 2008, at 1:45 AM.

was surprised actually to find that there’s a community behind blogcatalog. i thought at first that it was just another directory. and there’s a lot of activity there as well.