Now This Is A Cool Web Idea!

August 13, 2008 by Herb Stalk

Like all of us who run a website or business, I am always looking for the low hanging fruit - an easy way to increase traffic, in otherwords to promote. Alot of the time, in your research you will come across the cheeseball traffic building process or plan that promises 1000 new visitors an hour just seconds after you sign up for the low price of $49.99 per month “plan”. Yeah…whatever. There has to be something out there at a low price if not free? Dont you think? There has to be a way to syndicate your posts. Well, one of our authors, Jimmy , found a cool one. It is called BlogRush.

BlogRush is a “Cooperative Syndication Network.” It’s 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.

How Do I Earn Syndication Credits?

Syndication credits are earned based on the following formula: You earn credits on your own traffic using a 1:1 ratio. (One credit for each time the widget is served.) You then earn credits based on your referrals traffic (and their referrals traffic) through 10 generations of referrals based on the following ratios: 1st and 2nd generation (i.e. your direct referrals and their direct referrals) 1:1, 3rd - 6th generation = 1:4 ratio, 7th - 10th generation = 1:8 ratio. After all the math is calculated, there is a surplus of 1 headline space (5 spaces in each widget load) for every 10 that are served. So 10% of all the headline space is reserved for BlogRush itself to sell or use.

What Is A “Feed URL” or RSS Feed… and how do I find it?

When you enter information about your blog (for your BlogRush account) you will be asked for a Feed URL. This is the address of your blog’s RSS feed. Most popular blog software programs and services have RSS feeds built-in — however, some do not. If in doubt, see the “Help” pages or instructions for the software or service you use for your blog.

Most RSS Feeds are displayed using the common RSS icon that looks like an orange square with white lines. Also, look for an orange icon on your IE toolbar. Click on this orange icon. The URL of the page that appears is your “Feed URL”. For more information about RSS Feeds, see Wikipedia’s RSS Feed description.

Click On The BlogRush Widget To Your Right To Check Them Out

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