So this is [is this] Networking. [?]
I found this site called blogcritics.org.
Not like I stumbled upon it.
I was actively searching for people to canoodle with until they blogroll me. Unlike real life, the internet allows me to pretend I have an interesting personality and am not overly demanding/argumentative. I make a fair amount of acquaintances this way.
But this place is a little different. It will let me publish my reviews to their site, and link whore back to my own blog in any way I desire (besides excerpting part of the review then linking back to your site for the rest), and all I have to do is figure out which piece in the Amazon.com haberdashery is closest to the thing I'm talking about. Not bad.
The site has a daily readership of at least 10,000 according to Sitemeter, compare that with my 40.
The thing itself takes a ridiculous amount of time to set up (including a screening) and has a mild learning curve for anyone not acquainted with Movable Type.
The concept is good, and it's a smart way for whomever owns the site to get massive Amazon click-throughs without actually writing any content. But from my end so far it's a pain in the ass to use--I don't know how long I can keep it up. We'll have to see if any new IPs start surfacing.
My first post was just a rehash of the Ghost in the Shell 2 review. See how I link whore. I think this will be my programme, just rehash the stuff that doesn't suck too badly on this blog.
And yes that is an Amazon link to the original Ghost in the Shell, as Amazon has nothing related to the sequel.
The system isn't perfect.
posted by Luke @ 12:02 PM
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3 Comments:
If they add a category for "weird niche blogs," I'll jump in there too, lol. Seriously, though, it's good to have new ways for like-minded bloggers to find each other; are you getting alot of visitors from there?
Hmm, seems like an interesting forum for publishing your reviews and such. I can't really tell if there is an upswing in your traffic or not because your goddamn SiteMeter doesn't work! Seriously, I wish the damn referrer links would work because it makes it impossible to figure out where everyone is coming from. Very distressing.
Also, Blogger was busted for the nine-millionth time this month and I'm only just now posting this after trying for over an hour.
--Mike Sheffler
... turning to the 3-d map, we see an unmistakable cone of ignorance
I'm not sure what I'm getting from there honestly, like mike said, sitemeter doesn't work correctly for me, which is annoying as hell.
But still, 10,000 views a day can't be all bad.
And it looks like, after two days of not updating, my daily views are still in the mid 30's, where before they would have dropped to the low 20's . . .
All of this is circumstantial, and I have, after all, only done ONE review for the place.
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