Checking Link Popularity… June 19, 2008

Yesterday, I was hunting and pecking my way around the net to find an accurate link popularity checker. As many may know, you can get a dozen different results from the various link popularity checkers. After spending a day comparing the numerous link checkers, the most accurate one I found (thus far) is located at Icon Interactive.

Icon offers up results for DMOZ, Zeal, Alexa Ranking and sums up link popularity for Yahoo, Google, All the Web, Bloglines, HotBot, MSN Search and Alta Vista. Just pop in your domain name and review the results. Once Icon completes its search, click on the View link to review link popularity results.

Bloggrrl yielded 10,700 results in Alta Vista, 232 in Google, 740 in Bloglines, 3400 in AlltheWeb. MSN Search and Yahoo you will have to click on View to search results.

If anyone has a better suggestion, please, post a comment and link for all to review.

How to make money Blogging… June 17, 2008

No doubt, the writing style on Bloggrrl has changed a bit and the topics are no longer confined to writing just about “blogging for money”. It’s funny, but readership will go down if Bloggrrl has too many ads displaying and increase when ads are decreased. 

In addition, the post on Gay Marriage summarily self-removed 162 readers in less than 14 hours. Whoa! I guess when you’re not writing about how to make money on blogging or, alienate your audience with statements such as “if you don’t like the blog entry, then move on” peeps will go away (and that’s fine by us). No doubt, 50% of our readers removed themselves and that may translate into 50% that don’t agree with gay marriage rights.

Pretty sad (in this day and age) when people are still a few decades behind the times.

There may be some who thought “how could the author of Bloggrrl take such a departure from her usual fare”. It was not the original creator of Bloggrrl who published that entry, it was posted at the direction of a new owner. Bloggrrl has been sold to a multi-media organization.

Future topics will range from the sublime to highly controversial. We have a staff of writers who contribute to national publications and as such, those editorial contributions will find their way into Bloggrrl’s personality.

While Bloggrrl’s goal was to inform on how to make money blogging (with mad tips and tricks) Bloggrrl (for all of its advice) was not monetized to its full potential.

In the end, Bloggrrl did finally pay off for its creator, as the owner of Bloggrrl sold her blog for an undisclosed sum. So, to say that Bloggrrl was not successful in “blogging for dollars” would not be correct, as the blog was sold at a premium.

Interestingly enough, if you have a blog and its has personality, traffic and a memorable domain name, it’s worth money. I think that’s all anyone needs to know on the topic of “Blogging for Dollars”. Large entities will come along and buy you out and take what you have created to the next level. Whether you’re seeking to “cash out” of a blog or simply get “Blog Burnout” your blog will always have value.

Update: Feedburner was not accurate. Will know true number on Weds.

Gay Marriage, It’s about time! June 16, 2008

Good news! Gay couples are lining up to get married. It’s about time that gay people are recognized and afforded the same rights as everyone else. Now, if you have a problem with gay people getting married then don’t read this blog, in fact, just go away completely.

If you’re a bible thump-er, get on outta here (and never come back), as I’m not interested in wasting my time in reviewing your comments and having to delete them (as that’s what I do when I don’t believe in free speech on a subject matter that should have never been a “subject” to begin with).

The bible is an interesting read, however, the interpretation of the “good book” has been used more like a recipe book for those who take the “word” literally (and to their own advantage). Quite frankly, I enjoyed reading The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal. For the bible thump-er’s, go get yourself a copy of “Biff”, have a good laugh and don’t take the “gay marriage” thing to heart. I believe God is looking down on those who do the “right thing” by other fellow human beings - no matter they be gay, straight, bi or trasngender.

As for the “lucky ones” getting married in California, congratulations to you! Hope that the law will spread to all the other states.