Just heard of it on John Chow dot com. I’m going to try it for a week. if it works OK if not then I’ll throw it out

Well, I hope the John comes up with something serious and not one of those many widgets that at the end only slow down your pages. Are part of the Blog Rush project? I hope so…

The idea looks great the problem it looks like a Multi Level Marketing (pyramid scheme) so eventually will collapse, first subscribers will get a great deal.
Let’s see how it evolves, best of luck.

We’ll have to wait and see, right now it’s just in a beginning fase, the links shown aren’t always in the genre of your own blog, well at least that’s what I’ve experienced.
I’ll test run it to the end of this year before coming to an conclusion whether to keep or scrap it.
Hopefully it will just keep getting better on showing posts genres on blogs with the same, and some other cool features.

I think that this one could become a good hit.
But I wonder if he’ll add paid links , it will become like adsense for blogs or something targeting for specific blogs etc. If so I think it would become very bad and lose its main purpose.
And somehow I feel that, that is what John has in mind in some way.

Great offer…

I registered yesterday directly
I would like to partake in your offer. Do you know how I can use you as a referrer?

I was thinking, instead of trading in impressions, Why not trade in clicks ? You can ask him ,it will be far better option.

I think this is a good idea but it will really only work for specific niche markets. I would definitely try it for a while, no harm in testing it out.
I am anxious to see how it grows.

Looks great! Thanks Shoemoney!

Well that’s cool, since I signed up on yours before I saw anyone elses. I haven’t checked to see if I have stats yet. I think this Blog Rush thing is a good idea. We’ll see.

Thats a good idea, as long as the blogs have good content on them.

BlogRush is a pyramid scheme and it is NOT A NEW CONCEPT.

John,

Your service is nothing revolutionary, new or even original for that matter …

I’m the original owner of BlogExplosion.com, the original traffic exchange for bloggers (which I ended up selling to LiveVideo.com some time ago)

Both BlogExplosion and Blogmad.net had text link exchanges (essentially what you do), where you can target by category etc.. But that was a couple of years ago.. You can talk up your technology to match content etc. but it’s mostly just that - talk

RELEVANT CONTENT, TARGETED - Bottom line this has been done before with exactly the same functionality (except we had a much larger userbase than you do)…

Systems like these get abused by people that game the system (and they will), the clickthrough percentage is horrible and the actual amount of traffic you’ll see as a result will be a trickle.

The only person that will benefit from this will be of course the people at the top (mostly the program owner), whereby you take all of the extra inventory generated by the users and either sell that inventory or plug your own programs/urls.

The end-users will ALWAYS get the short end of the stick in a system like this. It’s been shown to be the case time after time, so I’m not saying anything controversial here.

Nothing personal, but I know what I’m talking about as I’ve been running traffic exchanges for 7 years and seen it all before. Again BlogRush is nothing new and certainly won’t be killing your traffic counter as promised. I understand the differences between the two compared, but again blog traffic exchanges also had text swap features based on content category (but with tens of thousands of users)..

This program is two-three years late in coming out. You kinda missed the “blog rush” dude as blogging is now in decline..

It will take this program months to ramp up before it has enough users to make it worthwhile.

All you need to do is watch your referral traffic and clickthrough percentages over that time to come to the same conclusions that I’m telling you right now. Been there, done that and the only person you’ll be helping is the people that own BlogRush…

From: http://mashable.com/2007/09/16/blogrush-2/

that shoemoney. nice of you to share.

I did sign up BUT I heard this now Violates googles TOS,

http://www.45n5.com/permalink/warning-blogrush-may-violate-the-adsense-terms-of-.html

Thats the source!

It’s the same principle of the banner exchange formula, good things it’s now rss based

actually, me and some friends have done something similar in italy, during the last 2 years. I’m part of a community of webcomics creators called “nuvole elettriche”. We have developed a rudimentary widget which show the last updates of the the blogs belonging to the community. I think the principle is similar: i have no intention to take ownership of the idea (i am copyleft person) ! Instead i’m gonna sponsor it: it has worked quite good for us and it’s still going strong.

Thanks ShoeMoney - you’re a champion!

cool! I just signed up another account using your referral, its currently running on my site now

Just registered with the referral link. Looking forward to some link juice for my new baby.

I already signed up under someone’s referral… I think Daily Blog Tips.

Can I get a cookie at least?

Well that explains a lot about BlogRush. It’s a great idea, I can’t wait until some changes come though.

Also, too bad I signed up through JohnChow. Didn’t see your post until later.

honestly i want to see how things shake out before I jump with both feet in i want to see how they address the adsense traffic exchange issue

I’m stoked…signing up right now. Thanks for clueing me into this hot shizzle

The only problem with this site is that it is 100% positive reviews because people want their referral links everywhere, which stops a lot of the big guys from giving an honest review, that it might not benefit the little blogs, and that it can be easily gamed. We shall see where it leads us though.

Come on guys…getting traffic is not that hard that you need some sort of help with it. I have a simple 3 step plan to getting traffic to your blog.
1. Ignore your family and friends
2. Stay up late creating your content
3. Get busted at work for blogging

These are the simple things that will net you an extra 100 visitors per month, translating into $0.02 adsense revenue

I would do this but i’ve already signed up plus with the amount of people which will sign up under your referral it’s probably not worth it.

I think its really too soon to give a real review about BlogRush. Right now only big players* have reviews about it…and suspiciously they all sound the same. Real reviews will start pumping when small/medium blogs start writing about it and its results

I agree with many of the above posts, so far there is no evidence yet how it actually will impact traffic and how many will see the pages listed in the blogrush widget, right now it seems to be only one more thing cluttering up a site, once they do more to make it integrate better into the sites then it might take off more than just with the Make Money Online crowd or Specialized Niche crowd.

hmm.there is a lot of pros and cons about this - btw shoe, how will you rotate or know who signs up under you? maybe its me because I do not see my stats yet and I signed up late yesterday

If you run someone elses code then you wont get the referals. Or are you going to rotate and only show their code sometimes?

You’re making a generous offer for those who sign up under you. But, I’m still not convinced that Blogrush is for me. Call me cynical, but when everyone is doing something, it’s usually best not to follow them.

It’s basically a banner exchange (but using text). Been done in most larger niches. I don’t really see the innovation here or how this hasn’t been done. Sounds like a lot of hype to get it big, which is probably working. Kudos for that.

I am most probably going to take it down if it doesn’t show different links within the next 48 hours. Why is that and why do most blogs currently show the same links (from top blogs)?

I just registered with your referal code..looks good so far. Will see any traffics coming from blogrush widget.

Hi, I signed up under your referral link on your post. Please include me on your list for ‘free traffic’. Thanks!

Jocelyn
http://www.moneymakingideas4you.com/

Hi, I signed up under your referral link on your post. I hope this ‘free traffic’ concept with BlogRush really works.

Giving it a shot. If it doesn’t show any traffic in 48hrs I’ll take it off. Takes up too much real estate.

I signed up. Thanks for the original article. I read the feed and saw your post about BlogRush. I personally think it is very similar to the digitapoint coop ad network, but without a lot of the hassles involved with having to change files and such.

As for the post by BlogRish, I think he is right and wrong. Sure, most systems like this reward the top blogs, but most of those blogs are already getting a lion’s share of the traffic anyway.

I will gladly have a link to my site show up once in a while on a blog with heavy traffic in return for showing other links rather than to never have it show up at all. So little blogs can get some traffic from it, but it sounds like you think that folks are only going to sign up just to get traffic. That is a wrong assumption to make. I think these folks are leading the way in finding another source of traffic to ADD to the ones they already have in SEO, content, podcasts, etc.

Good luck to all.

seogeek

Already signed up, but I’m trying to start my blog up and could use some traffic. Time to register again :).

Can I sign up twice? Or does BlogRush only accept one site URL in their system?

It’s fascinating how such a new widget has gained so much popularity in record time.

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I’m glad I signed up from your referral code. I wonder hoe many others did it.
It would be nice if they would have something where you could see people that signed up as your referrals
Looking forward for the stats.

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Thank you Shoe
just registered with the referral link

Well, signed up under your account id, so I’ll see how this widget works. Cheers.

Already signed up but never used, will try it out now - stats would be something to watch out for.

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Thats cool, i will use your referral ID and install blog rush widget , hope i will get good traffic.

Very interesting i shall be implementing this soon.

Best Regards
Instadigi

This entire post is a very clever trick by shoemoney’s part. Not only is he not missing out on anything by showing your code, he’s making a boatload of referals. Very clever. Read here for details:

http://blogsformoney.com/post/Shoemoneys-Clever-BlogRush-Trick.aspx

I signed up. I’ve been seeing this all over the net and my inbox (invites). I was pretty pessimistic at first but figure to give this a real decent try. Thanks Shoe.

John Reese certainly knows how to create buzz - this thing is all over the web at the moment!!

So, I heard about this a couple days ago, and I deleted the email as another “too good to be true”. But if you believe it will work, I’ll give it a shot.

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I can’t remember if I signed under your referral. How can I check ?

Shoemoney,

I had just signed up MINUTES before I saw this post. How can I still get in on this great deal? Is it possible to cancel my account and re-sign up through your referral?

Shoe, I signed up under your referral yesterday. The widget has been up on my blog since yesterday. I havent seen any additional traffic yet but I hope to see a lot soon.

I’ve already signing up under your referral shoe, what next?

Props to you on this one Shoemoney there’s good karma coming your way!

Too bad I’ve allready signed up with Blogrush yesterday, but what keeps me from signing up again with another account Thx for the offer!

I just joined from your referral and am now running the widget on shawnblog.com

Cool idea!

John and you are both rockstars. If you point to something and say ‘all the cool kids are doing it or should be doing it’ I’m on it. Thanks for the heads up and a pre-emptive thanks for those hits you’ll be sending over…will be interesting to how this animal moves.

- Sean

Read about it over the weekend through Yaro Starak and John’s own blog:
http://www.income.com/blog/
He’s looking for Technical Writers to help him write good how-to’s. If you’re interested, get in touch with him fast!

You said “less than 60 hours”, surely it should be “fewer than 60 hours”?

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There is so many posts about BlogRush… I am wondering how many real visitors you get in return for 45.000 impressions.

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Jeremy, I signed up under you.
And blogged about it also.

Yep, I’m trying out BlogRush as well.. have had it for a few days now.. We’ll see in a few weeks how it handles everything.

As a side note: I’m running a contest with a $195 prize attached to it for the winner. For designers and web folks.. try it out.. you’ve got nothing to lose.

http://insanemoneymarket.com/blog/2007/09/17/1st-insane-contest-one-prize-worth-195/

thanks and take care..

Insane Seb

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Signed up under your referral the day you posted…the service seems to be down now though. I have not seen any stats yet either.

I signed up under your referral. I hope everything works and I get an increase in traffic. Thanks for the referral shoe.

I signed up and will try it see what results I get.

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I signed up under your referral! I think. Anyway I sugned up from your post on blogrush.