BlogRush: Just Another Ineffective Web Ring?

Writing by Nick Stamoulis Tweet

(Source) But while we try to be open minded about new sites, the BlogRush idea does hark back to “Web 1.0″ traffic exchanges. In these systems, you would earn exposure for your site by browsing other sites. However, these services eventually flamed out when they failed to deliver on their promises. Our take: don’t get your hopes up, because this one may not last forever.

Yeah, that was my thought too. If you’ve been a member of a banner ring or link ring then you know you don’t get a lot of traffic from them. People join hoping that new traffic will flood into their websites and blogs and that the dynamite sales copy on their web pages will close the sale. Most of them are dreaming.

First, the only people likely viewing your ad are the people in the ring. They joined the ring for the same reason you did – easy traffic. They have no intentions of skipping over to the websites of other members in the ring. And if you were honest, you’d admit that you don’t either. Why then be taken in by the myth that this might be different?