A couple of weeks ago, BlogRush went belly up on a Wednesday night, I believe. I was stunned as I had heard nothing about the John Reese owned service having any type of financial difficulty. I realized they were having trouble with people gaming the widget. But, other than that, it was a total shock to me. I made a post about this very subject the following Friday.

I never really got that much traffic from BlogRush. I think most of my traffic is due strictly to my own SEO efforts over the months since this blog started in April of this year. What I missed most were the many blogs that were available in that widget. You could click on one that interested you and read and/or comment. I enjoyed that. Since the demise of BlogRush, I have been looking for alternatives. I have recently joined 125exchange, where you upload an image (125x125 pixels) and it is loaded on other blogs. I really don’t think I have gotten much traffic from this service as yet. I’m willing to give it a month or two before I remove the widget.

I also have just recently joined Entrecard. I tried Entrecard about three months ago and didn’t like it. So, I deleted the widget. I say I didn’t like it because I didn’t understand what it was about. You “drop” your 125x125 image on other blogs in the Entrecard network to accumulate Entrecard credits in order to advertise your blog. I can honestly say I have been kicking myself for not staying with Entrecard when I tried it a couple of months back. I have seen about a 25-30% traffic increase, much better click rates on my ads. I had about given up on any ads at all on this blog. But, since joining Scribefire ad network, I started getting clicks. That only increased significantly with my joining Entrecard. I can’t say enough about this service. I suggest you try it if you are not a member. No, this is not a paid advertisement for Entrecard. But, I would do it if I was asked!

One more thing I have done; I have added a chatbox as you can tell on the left sidebar. I get people to comment much more that way. Heck, I am even getting more comments on my rants on this blog!  I suggest you try everything here if you are not getting the traffic you desire.