RSS Hugger; how far would you go for your blog?

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I just read this post on rssHugger. In short it is about a new blogging service, where every blogger can submit his work and get tons of traffic. Now to do that you have 2 options:

Either pay 20$ to have your page listed or
write a review on rssHugger.

(in both cases your blog is listed for 10years)

I have some objections here. What is so different on rssHugger from other similar services (let’s say bloggingzoom)? Reading the about page, it seems to me rssHugger works with basic viral marketing thinking. If only a 10% of the visitors would subscribe to a blog, then 11100 visitors subscribe to 110 blogs. I don’t think it works that way.

Let’s say it works that way. Would you advertise a service in order to get listed in their site? This sounds to me like selling out.

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5 Responses to “RSS Hugger; how far would you go for your blog?”

Matt Hanson responded on 01 Feb 2008 at 10:00 pm #

I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Matt Hanson
Terry Heath responded on 02 Feb 2008 at 12:49 am #

I guess I don’t see the point of rssHugger . . . isn’t it just another blog directory that wants you to pay $20 for a listing?

I didn’t see where it was really aimed at blog readers as much as it was aimed at getting bloggers to advertise their sites there.

Any idea how they’re planning to get readers?
Paul M. Banas responded on 02 Feb 2008 at 3:16 am #

I agree with Terry. Don’t really see the point. I suppose if you want subscriptions, any subscriptions, this may work. But if you want readers, well then you need to keep plodding along.

Slow and steady (generally) wins the race.

PMB

@robojiannis
Correct me if you think I’m wrong here.
robojiannis responded on 02 Feb 2008 at 10:39 am #

I agree with both of you. Looking at the service, it doesn’t offer anything any special. I wonder though, if a bad review of the site (like this one) can get you listed?
Terry Heath responded on 03 Feb 2008 at 1:34 am #

The problem is, we know good and well enough people will mindlessly write raving reviews and the service will plod along creating more mindless links to mindless drivel.

Paul has it right, IMHO. Slow and steady (and sometimes, like right now for me, it seems slower than other times).

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