Blog Traffic from BlogRush

Posted by Pixelhead

Following the likes of JohnChow.com and DoshDosh.com, I joined the BlogRush content syndication network and put the widget on my sidebar. So for every 1 visitor that views my widget, I get to have the newest headline from this site viewed 1 time on another blog. I can also get credits by referring others to the site by doing posts like this.

In addition to this, traffic statistics will also be available, to see how much traffic it is generating. Pretty cool.
What else did I do?

After taking a screen shot of the BlogRush widget, I put a pic of the Blogrush widget on my Flickr account and also started a BlogRush group on Flickr. I also mentioned joining BlogRush in my Viddler video I did today. I have yet to install the widget to let me embed video, but you can click on the pick and watch my goofy Viddler video.Â More importantly, in the video, I am sporting my ultra cool Sammy The Surf Dog hat that I just got in the mail from Paula Queen of the Surf Pirates’ store. Do you think the hat makes me look younger?

Written by Pixelhead on September 18th, 2007 with 15 comments.
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Chachi
#1. September 19th, 2007, at 11:32 PM.

Have you seen any traffic (referrals) from Blogrush yet? It is not often you see such a hub bub made about a new app like we have seen with blogrush

Pixelhead
#2. September 20th, 2007, at 1:45 AM.

Not that I can tell, I’ll give it a month or so. I did get a general email that said they understood that the click through rate was very low and explained some things that can be done to increase it such as better titles. They are also working on the categories so that more relevancy will help increase click through as well.
As has been said, the big guy over at BlogRush, John Reese is a marketing wiz that specializes in campaigns that create a buzz.

Alex D.
#3. September 20th, 2007, at 4:20 AM.

John Reese has created a huge buzz around BlogRush, every where I go I read something about it. Seems like a great widget.

Meg Meyer
#4. September 20th, 2007, at 6:47 AM.

While I have signed up & installed the code to my blog, I wonder how Google’s flying monkeys will look at it… I wonder, long term if BlogRush will be viewed as the latest link/banner/traffic train and adjust their algorithm to ignore or downgrade the traffic and links from said widget / service.

Quite frankly, I don’t know a thing about algorithms or how Google decides what is and isn’t valid authority.

I just know that since my PR, after having this writing, business coaching blog fully functional since Spring & having a PR of 0 - I really can’t afford for the big G to take a disliking to my site, this round.

Sincerely,

Meg Meyer
(- who is avoiding her normal site link, since I used one in the comment.)

tubelounge dude
#5. September 20th, 2007, at 7:55 AM.

It’s a great viral idea. But the thing is, everybody puts widget in the bottom of the page, so the click through is what it is.

Pixelhead
#6. September 20th, 2007, at 12:39 PM.

@Alex Time will tell won’t it. I am not sure how well it will work. I really don’t want to be optimizing my titles for the BlogRush widget though.

@Meg I am not sure how Google will look at it either. The links do change so perhaps Google will look at it as fresh content, like having an RSS feed that updates.

@Tubelounge Dude I don’t exactly have it at the top, but right below the fold. Maybe in a week or so I’ll move it up above the fold.

kamy
#7. September 22nd, 2007, at 2:40 PM.

Not many are agreeing that blogrush works… Keep us updated pls

Dangerous Dave
#8. September 23rd, 2007, at 1:38 AM.

How has it been working? Any word yet on the amount of traffic that has been generated? Any specific numbers or a percentage?

Pixelhead
#9. September 23rd, 2007, at 2:09 AM.

Nothing definitive Dave, but I will be investigating my stats more closely next week.

tubelounge dude
#10. September 23rd, 2007, at 8:33 PM.

Well, I’ve checked several blogger for their stats and they are not encouraging so far. The CTR is extremely low. My point of view: Possible reasons for low CTR are the titles and bad position for the widget(page bottom).

Pixelhead
#11. September 24th, 2007, at 12:21 AM.

Catchy titles are always good.

Josh
#12. September 28th, 2007, at 3:51 PM.

I’m wondering how long the interest effect wears off among active bloggers, as that seems to be the majority of traffic, and the rest of the web just treats it as another banner ad.

Pixelhead
#13. September 28th, 2007, at 6:02 PM.

I don’t expect the chatter to stop anytime soon. The lead guy running the biz seems to be a wiz at creating and maintaining buzz.

Pay Per Impression
#14. October 7th, 2007, at 4:33 PM.

Are you getting some traffic also?

Pixelhead
#15. October 7th, 2007, at 4:37 PM.

I really need to do an evaluation of my traffic. I guess I will need to check out Google Analytics as well as the BlogRush site has an analytics chart, but I have only looked at it once.

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