Comments on: Blog Rush or just Blog Mush?

By: JMorris

JMorris — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:14:56 +0000

I wish I would have seen this post before I went on my rant of "BlogHUSH". Aaron Wall also posted a very good commentary on the SEO Book Blog. I don't understand how many people fell for this one. It is obviously a repackaging of the old webring systems that we all know are useless. I'll give credit where credit is due... The marketing job was excellent, even if the concept is terrible.

By: theGypsy

theGypsy — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:19:09 +0000

Bah Humbug …. More smoke than fire from where I am sitting. I have added this peice to my recent rant though…. thanks for the resources!!

I am pretty sure I still get more traffic from poor ol MyBlogLog at this point, and that’s not saying much. We all know how that went down.

..anyways, cheers for the googies.

By: Matt Jones

Matt Jones — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:30:08 +0000

I’m still testing out blogRush… so far it’s not looking too good.

By: Lyndoman

Lyndoman — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 05:19:03 +0000

I think Sphinn is run by intelligent people who understand how social media works and such things as a topic ban is not something I think will ever happen.

I think Jill was being mischievious. Which I kinda admire.

By: Tim Nash

Tim Nash — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:17:11 +0000

Blog rush is probably the hottest topic in our field at the moment and like all hot topics its controversial and highly opinionated. There is a also a lot of me to posts out there but stopping the conversation because people shout is a) not possible b) not possible (did I say that) if Sphinn bans blogrush topics will it stop the discussion no, will it stop sphinn from being one of the centres of information and discussion almost certainly.

Sphinn like all social media sites can potentially suffer the same problems as digg that when a crowd is guided by a minority they can impact a change without first thinking through the consequences.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:09:40 +0000

Sphinn is quite a Blogrush unfriendly zone, and any positive post just stirs up more linkbaiters who can’t even be bothered to link through to differing views.

Jill just posted a discussion topic asking for an outright ban on Blogrush posts.

If it happens, I might be tempted to delete my Sphinn account

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:52:20 +0000

What a great list of posts discussing the topic! Thanks for including mine.

I’ll probably post an update in BlogRush next week.

By: Tinu

Tinu — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:06:14 +0000

I like Yaro’s comments on it, which basically summarized that yes, it should send you traffic but don’t expect miracles. People like you who know how to generate traffic have a much different expectation in the word “Rush” than your readers probably do. I try to keep in mind that the majority of my reading population has under 100 visitors a day. So for them it may be defined as a rush. For me, it’s probably more like a “bump”.

I also liked Andy’s comment at his site about how it’s also a discovery tool, though I haven’t read his latest update.

Thanks for including my site in the link. :)

And @Andy – is there a reason why we’re not Sphinning it? I love to Sphinn!

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:56:35 +0000

I am sooooo tempted to Sphinn it ;)

By: Tim Nash

Tim Nash — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:53:07 +0000

You got to say regardless of if you think its a scam or not its one of the best executed launches by a man who really gets how to play the social game after all we are all talking about it ;)
My take was meant to be a more humours rant The Ancient Egyptians didn’t rush around but they still built pyramids

If nothing else it might win most creative title ;)

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:59:47 +0000

Bright spark? me? I’d like to point out that our post was written before the backlash hit! it’s always nice to be proved right although I feel sorry for the blogrush guys!

problogger wrote a great piece on how while it’s got a few flaws at the moment it almost certainly has something positive to offer and by providing helpful feedback and by not immediately dismissing it you can still gain something from it. Go read the piece here:

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/09/20/how-not-throwing-the-baby-out-with-the-bath-water-earned-me-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars/