2007/12/21

BlogRush Service Review

BlogRush Feed Syndication Network

BlogRush is a free service that was created to help bloggers solve their most ultimate need: more Readers For their blog.

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.

From practical point of view, BlogRush is a network of blogs that run a small "widget" on their pages. Each time this widget is loaded it will contain 5 clickable headlines which are the blog post titles to other users' posts. Clicking on any of these links will open a new browser window and load the blog and full post. Users earn "syndication credits" based on each time their blog loads the widget as well as each time any of their referrals (users that signup after clicking the "add your blog posts" link on the widget) loads the widget. They also earn additional credit based on all the activity through 10 generations of referrals. 1 Syndication Credit = having one of their recent blog post titles served inside the widget on another member's blog.

BlogRush will work on any blog that allows javascript to be used AND has an active RSS Feed. It will work on almost all WordPress software (but not the WordPress.com hosted service), MovableType, TypePad, and Blogger (Blogspot.com) blogs, plus others. If you have more than one blog, You can also add them to the same account. But please note that at this time BlogRush is only for English blogs.

Creating account is fast and easy, performed in three steps. On the first step you will be asked general user information (name,email,password). Fill the data properly, enter image verification letters, read it's TOS and privacy policy, mark the agreement checkbox, and press the "CREATE ACCOUNT" button.

On the second step you have to fill some details (Blog name/title, Blog URL, feed URL, and content category), then you will be asked to put BlogRush widget code on your page (it's in Javascript). After you have added this code to your blog press the "VERIFY CODE" button. BlogRush system will check and verify that your code has been properly added to your blog. Your account cannot be activated until provided code is successfully verified.

On the final step, your submission will be reviewed by BlogRush staff to see if it meets their quality guidelines and criteria. You should receive a decision via email within 48 hours.

As soon as your submission is approved, you will begin to see the BlogRush widget successfully load on your blog. In other hand, should your blog not meet their strict quality criteria, you will be asked to remove BlogRush code from your blog. If you do not receive the decision by email within 48 hours (as some emails goes undelivered) you can also login to your account at anytime to check on the status of your review.

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