A New BlogRush?

BlogRushRemember the BlogRush Hype in Mid-September? And then the big let down? Yeah.
Not to long after that, I urged everyone not to throw BlogRush out just quite yet. The reason being, BlogRush was going to re-vamp their services and increase the traffic.

Well, BlogRush is back!
And not only is it back, but it’s better than ever! Supposedly.

With the new launch, BlogRush threw out a somewhat poorly done, long, and boring video about their new features. I wouldn’t reccomend watching it. But I did, so I’ll share some of the key elements I picked up from it. In the video, John Reese, the founder of BlogRush, explored the stats of Internet Marketing Sweetie - which were fairly impressive. But what was not so impressive was the click through rate. One of her posts was featured on BlogRush widgets throughout the net 1,240 time and was only clicked on twice.

John Reese said they were going to increase that click-through-rate by making bloggers move their widget further up, add yet more catagories (coming this Friday, Nov 2nd) and add a new sister service - TrafficJam.com. TrafficJam will feature the post popular BlogRush Posts and, supposedly, increase the clicks yet further.

Furthermmore, John Reese is saying to not be discouraged by the low click-through-rate, it shall go up. And… Fellow bloggers will click on the widget and find quality blog posts, link to them, and send hundreds of visitors through that link.

So, we have more promises.
Can BlogRush keep them?

My conclusion is the same as before - wait a little longer before casting your final verdict on BlogRush. I think it is a perfect example of launching a product that is not quite ready. BlogRush set high expectations, didn’t meet them, and got dismissed as a failure.
BlogRush still has potential.
We just need to give it a few more weeks.

As you can see, I have added the BlogRush widget to my sidebar again. I am currently on a BlogRush test drive to see if they really did improve it.
I’ll share my verdict with y’all in a few weeks or so.

In the mean time, try it out yourself!
Sign up for BlogRush, and get your own opinion!