Blog Exchanges

After the post below regarding blog directories I thought I’d follow it up with a look at Blog Exchanges such as BlogMad or Blog Explosion etc.

There is no denying that these exchanges will bring hits to your blog. No one can say that it’s all good quality traffic but you are certainly getting traffic. I’m a member of four of these exchanges and I’ve begun to notice it all wearing a little thin on me.

If you have a couple of blogs you automatically halve the traffic on your blogs that you’re earning so you have to work twice as hard to benefit from the exchange. Also think about how much time you spend surfing – it’s a great way to see other blogs but you begin to see the same blogs over and over.

Time is money as they say and particulary on an exchange that rarely offers bonus points unless you pay to upgrade your membership.

When you first start out I think a blog exchange is really important to catch a few people to read the site and to give yourself a bit of momentum – there’s nothing like seeing your first 100 visitors a day to get you posting!

But after a while the same people are seeing your blog and it’s kind of a circular thing. If you like another person’s blog surely you’ll blogroll them or subscribe via RSS.

I’m really torn over if the time invested is a positive thing when you should be out there creating connections to others – blogging is all about relationships. Use google blog to find topics you’re interested in or that your targetted market are interested in and leave comments there.

Perhaps it is blogs like this one that are the future of marketing your blog – I personally haven’t received a huge amount of traffic however I know for a fact from emails and comments that the ones I have gotten are of quality.

The age old quality over quantity arguement.

I’d be interested in what you all think so comment away!

oh and take a look at Crypt Hunter (just for good measure)

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