To be honest, I’ve not really tried BlogRush so I’m not really in a position to offer an opinion about it. All I know about it is from what the email ‘newsletters’ that arrive in a special part of my inbox say and from what a few others, whose opinions count for more than those sending those special ‘newsletters’, have written about it.
From the description of the features and benefits that others have provided (not their opinion of it, but what it actually does), I’m not in any sort of a rush (no pun intended) to try it nor to be cheated by others bent on exploiting it.
What I am keen to try out is Sarah’s new What Others Are Saying (WOAS) WordPress plugin that offers similar functionality, but without any of what puts me off BR i.e. it’s a PHP plugin that reads RSS feeds and displays them on my blog, but it only takes the feeds from websites I specify, websites which I am fairly certain won’t be making inappropriate posts.
Nicer and more useful than a blogroll, WOAS offers readers of my blog the offerings of other blogs I read myself, but most of the benefit goes to the other blogs as it generates real, direct links to them and introduces their blog posts to a wider audience.
Should I include your blog?
I’d like to add a few more blogs to my WOAS list. If you think posts from your blog might be suitable, drop a comment or message and I’ll check your blog out.
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You might want to add this BlogRush Mashup to track what everyone was thinking about it in real time… it isn’t pretty.
It’s mostly artificial intelligence that scans what people are saying about BlogRush — I have to tweak it a bit from time to time, but it’s pretty nifty.
And by the way, did you know BlogRush is going to sell 4 out of every 5 headline spots to the highest bidder — and guess who keeps the cash? Hint: It’s not the bloggers.
I’d love it if you would add my blog at http://www.thatedeguy.com
Hmmm, I don’t think I’ll be including that simply because I don’t want to give it any more exposure than I have already.
I can well imagine who benefits the most from BR. It’s like that saying,
Thatedeguy - Done! You know, I always thought it was that-ed-guy for some reason.
Thanks for the mention and using the plugin Will. Let me know if you can think of any other features that could be added in to it
Thanks for developing and supporting the plugin, Sarah!