Blog Rush has been online for about half a week now. You have probably seen millions of Blog Rush posts asking you to join, all over the blogosphere. Heck, I did it too!

There has just been as many discussions on its merits, as well as grey areas that Blog Rush might be mired in for example:

Jim Kukral’s comments on Blog Rush has riled its creator John Reese so much, there was even a passionate defence from the latter posted.

For a new blogger like me, the idea of getting more traffic is always attractive. And for something that is essentially free, I would not mind testing it. And as promised to a good friend and fellow blogger, Dana, I have decided to post my fantastic results with Blog Rush so far:

Yes! After about 4 days of syndication, my blog has received one visitor from over 1,500 impressions in the widget across the Blog Rush network. This might not seem impressive (in fact, it isn’t), but it could be due to a number of reasons:

  • Unattractive blog post titles.
  • Low number of impressions across a network filled with blogs that have higher traffic or more referrals. This naturally leads to your posts being buried.
  • Many blogs have the widget displayed below the fold, and really, at the bottom of their site tucked in a corner that no one notices (I’m guilty of that too!).
  • I could have possibly used wrong filtering and categorisation for my blog.

You can also learn how to avoid some Blog Rush mistakes here.

However, I am still encouraged by the fact that I did have 5 blogs who have graciously signed up under me, which means I will get the benefit of their traffic, low or high, through syndication credits. It is basically a game of numbers with such models and the more you can collect, the higher the probability of conversions. In fact, I would advise that getting a large number of referrals is the first key if Blog Rush is ever going to work for you. It goes 10 levels deep in referrals afterall.

Some other minor grouses that I have so far:

  • The widget is not customisable. IE visitors to my site would notice my sidebars being skewed as a result. I apologise for this and am waiting for some Blog Rush advice.
  • Noticing weird posts displayed in the widget.
  • Just noticed that the stats could be buggy. This snapshot was taken after I refreshed my dashboard about 10-15 minutes after capturing the earlier one above. The change in numbers did not make sense.

All in all, I would still put it up (unless the widget size issue cannot be fixed - I would rather my visitors have a better experience) and give it time before passing final judgement on its usefulness in traffic generation. Afterall, testing is essential in determining results.

It’s still not too late to join the Rush! =)

*Footnote: While I was prepping this post, I noticed an interesting post in the widget that piqued my curiousity and I clicked it!

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