As a lot of you know, I was just listed on John Chow’s site as one of the main beneficiaries of a Technorati Boost. It was really a great thrill to know that my blog was ranking at about 2k in Technorati, but let’s get real here - that’s a number that doesn’t truly reflect the amount of traffic I am receiving on my site. Even though, I was really tempted to just become a regular comment whore, I had to step back and really take a look at core blogging tips and see if I’m staying true to them. I was not.
The only true benefit that I have been receiving is a little branding and few more new visitors here and there. The main cost of trying to maintain my position on John’s comment boards is that I’m unable to sit down and really produce a quality article with tips and strategy about anything that’s going on the web, blogging or marketing. I don’t know if many of you know, but I do work for an internet marketing firm in Downtown Los Angeles 40 hours a week along with some other smaller clients that take up an additional 10-15 hours a week, so after getting through that client work for the day, it’s extremely hard to try and keep up with all the comments and then try and produce a quality article.
Again, it was a tempting offer to try and stay on John’s site. I look at it as the dumb High School jocks who sacrificed their education to get every varsity letter out there to be part of the “cool crowd” for those 4 years only to have that time period be the peak of their life. Now, these “Al Bundys” just sit around, struggle to make a buck and talk endlessly about how great it was back in the day. So basically, I don’t think it’s a smart for me long term. I definitely could make better use of my time right now building a strong foundation for my site.
I just want to note that I am only speaking for myself. I have personally talked to a lot of the other Top Commentators on John’s boards and know that their workloads and lives are completely different from mine, so please don’t take this post as a knock on them or their websites. This was a total personal opinion of MY situation that I wanted to express. I still will be commenting like I did before and that was to express my opinions to great articles and to also interact with the members of that particular community.
