Startup Hustle has added the BlogRush widget. There has been a ton of buzz about the widget with early reports giving it less than stellar results, but we are interested regardless. This is how BlogRush works:
“By adding the BlogRush Widget to a blog, a blogger can get instant distribution for their latest blog post titles across a network of related blogs.
BlogRush users earn “syndication credits” (the right to have their blog post titles shown inside a widget on another related blog) based on their own traffic (loads of the widget) as well as the traffic of other users they refer to BlogRush. Users can automatically refer others to BlogRush via special links on the widget, as well as through the promotion of a special referral URL they are given.
BlogRush is a “Cooperative Syndication Network” that rewards its users for their contributions to the network — from the impressions they provide of the BlogRush Widget to the referral of other users through 10 ‘generations’ of activity and the impressions of the widget that they provide. BlogRush was designed to be incredibly viral and to provide its users with tremendous distribution leverage to receive exposure for their blog content (onto related content blogs) that they could never achieve on their own; at least without a massive advertising budget.”
If we see any significant results the readers will be notified so they can too take advantage. If BlogRush sucks it will disappear as quickly as it appear.
How is or did your blogrush test go?
Comment by Fatima — October 9, 2007 @ 12:49 pm
Fatima,
We are still testing the widget. The back end stats have been down for about 2 weeks while they improve the system. I’m amazed by the number of blogs that have adopted BlogRush but I am growing tired of it. I have been bouncing around the idea of taking it down but now I’m interested in the changes they are making.
Comment by The Hustle — October 9, 2007 @ 2:38 pm