AhTim.com

One of the famous blog syndication network - BlogRush is shutting down. If you still remember, my blog has been banned from BlogRush on last year October.

I’m still new blogger (1 month old) at that time. They decline my account due to too much promotion and not enough quality content. Since then, I never reapply my BlogRush account.

I’m glad AhTim.com is still alive while BlogRush is shutting down. Last year same month, I said “My BlogRush is Dead”. Now, we can say “BlogRush is Dead”!

Why BlogRush Dead ?

During the first year, BlogRush successfully served 3.4 Billion blog post headlines all over the world. Then why end up with closed down the service? According to John Reese:

• Made many mistakes in deciding what blogs should stay or go (Maybe one of the mistake is decline AhTim.com?)
• Never made a single penny in revenue (No revenue, how to survive?)
• Service didn’t meet the expectation (Major factor to close it down)

No wonder the word “Beta” was there for pass 1 year. I doubt the reason behind this project. Do the founder build it for fun? What they want to do with all these blog’s information? Nobody know.

My two cents

Frankly, I never click on any BlogRush headline when I saw it on people blog. It does not attractive at all to me. So what to do next? Remember to remove BlogRush widget code from your blog immediately. If not, your blog might have problem when BlogRush service totally down.

Last but not least, read the full “shut down” story at BlogRush before it totally shutdown.

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