BlogExplosion - Dead in the Water?
BlogExplosion is (was?) a great idea in traffic generating for blogs. You surfed other people’s blogs, and earned credits which led to your own blog being seen by other surfers. Great idea, but it seems to have died an online death. I recently joined, and after waiting a week to see if my blog was approved to join the rotation, I have not heard anything back.
I have read through their forums, and found that this backlog of approvals is getting longer and people are waiting months to get added. It doesn’t look like any action is being taken by the site owners either.
So if you are thinking about joining BlogExplosion, be aware that nothing seems to be happening with it and you may be just wasting your time. If I hear that things are picking up again, I will definitely post about it.
And post about it I have (BlogExplosion is Back) . The site seems to be running again.
October 16th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
I think BE is pretty much dead; no one seems to be getting approved anymore, and the new owners don’t even want the forum used for anything that might generate activity. It’s a shame, really; BE was great when I first joined a year and a half ago…
October 17th, 2007 at 7:06 am
I think it’s a shame too. What a great idea, especially since I love to browse around looking and finding new sites anyway
Have you found any other traffic exchange systems that work in the same way?
November 24th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
I’ve been using a new site called blogging zoom: You get a little widget on your blog post - they only do blog posts - which others can vote for if they want (shameless self-promotion follows!)
http://www.midlifetravel.com/blog/2007/11/04/starting-to-plan-a-rtw-trip/#more-8
Its only been running a few weeks and is so far dominated by online marketers - but its starting to bring me traffic in a completely unrelated niche! You are encouraged to submit your own posts as well as others but as part of the submission process you have to write about 50 word comment which puts off the spammers!