Water TrickleYesterday I received an email from BlogRush telling me that they had just trimmed 10,000 websites and that j2fi.net had passed their “strict Quality Guidelines and criteria”.  Thanks … I think.

I know this site can pass strict quality guidelines for most online services because I keep it up to date, and it’s not completely full of garbage (though some posts do leave much to be desired).  They really don’t need to waste our time and bandwidth by sending an email telling us that we’ve been approved to use their service or not.  Perhaps I’m being a bit rough on them, but for all the hype and big-name bloggers, BlogRush has been a massive disappointment.  While I don’t expect a huge increase in traffic, it’d be nice if I could get at least one hit a week with these guys.  Heck, I attract more traffic with PayPerPost advertisers checking out my site and the posts they paid for than I get from BlogRush, and their widget is on tens of thousands of sites.

I have given these people almost a full month of prime real-estate on my little website, and they’ve been given well over 40,000 impressions.  All in all, I’ve had 3 people come to this site through a BlogRush widget.  Forgive me if I’m not exactly impressed.

All that said, I’ve given these people a full month to prove their service to me.  If they cannot give me at least five more hits in the next 48 hours, then their widget comes off the site.  Eight hits per month shouldn’t be too much to ask for when giving away front-page real-estate.

Have you had any success with this service?  If so, what seems to work for you?  While I certainly aim to have decent subject titles, I will not change the way I write my blogs for a traffic service.