Having been asked to write a white paper on SEO (search engine optimization) for some mission organizations, I have been putting down some thoughts as a continuation of my blog post called 15 Blogging Tips for 2007.
In the midst of this process, a new service called BlogRush launched on Sep 14th and has made Technorati's Most Popular List for the past few days. Its still a little buggy but seems worth putting on your blog, especially if it generates some more traffic.
In 2002 I snatched the RSS feed from Moreover Technologies and had the only blog on the block with is own news service that updated continually. Its still there, with its java script looking a little worse for wear, but having a news feed is not really a big deal anymore. Lots of blogs have news feeds and topic specific feeds from other blogs. Blogrush, like other RSS fed widgets, is like that but its a little smarter. It sees who clicks on your blogpost headline and it also sees from whom that widget came from. Even better, Blogrush counts these factors and gives you credit, which allows your posts to make an appearance in the widgets of many, many more bloggers.
The video is worth watching if you want to understand the system.
It sounds a bit like a pyramid scheme for blogs and one that rewards the big hitters - to those who have much, much more shall be given. [Andy Beard disagrees] But it also seems more intelligent than previous models so i am roadtesting it here for a bit. Especially since it claims to increase traffic and that is the subject of my white paper.
And if you want to try Blogrush, then sign up for a free one and stick the code on your blog (lemme know if you need help). That will make you my BlogRush child and your children will be my BlogRush grandchildren, and so on, until the tenth generation. And I will be a BlogRush Abraham. YEEEEEE HAAAAA!!!!!
"I'm the king of the castle . . nah nah nah nah nah nah!"
As usual, my friend Darren at Problogger has the skinny on using BlogRush. He recommends:
1. Optimizing Your Title (use your 40 characters wisely)
2. Choosing the right category (and perhaps swapping them occasionally)
3. Promoting it early (which i am doing right now)
