This is Why I Will Not Be Adding BlogRush to Code and Coffee…
Posted on September 18, 2007, under Blogging, Tools and Services, WordPress.
There has been a lot of press lately around the new BlogRush service, which is by no means a new idea. It basically is your typical social networking pyramid scheme service. You have a little widget that you put in your website’s sidebar, that syndicates stories from other blogs in your related category. The more people you refer the more of your blog postings get syndicated on other blogs.
Like the Web enthusiasts I am, I signed up. Code and Coffee is in need of a design refresh, and I have been thinking about removing the MyBlogLog widget in the sidebar to help with page load times and just because it does not actually seem to be doing much for Code and Coffee anymore; the buzz is over. With all of this I was hesitant to add this new BlogRush service to my site. In visiting another technology website tonight I found that my concerns were valid. Here is a screen shot from the site of the BlogRush service:
In case you can’t see what I am talking about, two of the five links above are to websites that contain content that I would not directly link to myself: “adult content” and “spam”. Sure, I can hear you say… “Yeah it’s just two links, and the service is still new.” Yup it is just two links, but that’s two too many. And the service is still new, but if that can’t stop the gaming now; how will they later on when they have twice as many users and twice as many gamers? MyBlogLog was really quick to respond to spammers on their system, even pre-Yahoo acquisition.
Just proof that all of these new services should always be tested on a sand boxed blog before bringing them to your bread and butter.
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