I recently signed myself up for Blog Explosion in hopes of bringing more traffic here. Unlike StumbleUpon, which takes me to sites I might find interesting (based on criteria I selected), BlogExplosion takes me to other bloggers using the service. The more I surf, the more traffic I get. The more they surf, the more likely I'll find them. It sounds like a nice arrangement, and it would be if it weren't for one teensy little problem. Most of the blogs I've hit are painfully boring. It amazes me how many vain and vapid people think I, or anyone else, give a flaming turd about how their day at work went or the funny thing Mr. Kitty did. Occasionally I'll be taken to a site with some real content. I might not agree with the points made, but at least there were points. I don't know how much longer I'll do this BlogExplosion thing. It's a time suck and the benefits haven't outwayed the costs so far (in time and patience).
If you have a blog, give it a try. It might be a better experience for you. Plus, I get bonus traffic when I refer people. 
Update 09/30/06: Boredom became less of a problem when the ability to surf by category was introduced some time after this post. These days it's the views to visits ratio that annoys me. I just don't have time to surf enough sites to get a decent number of visits here. Maybe if the odds of winning free credits were increased I'd be more inclined to use BE.
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Funky Dung
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Actually, I love cats. I just prefer to write/read intellectual stuff with silliness and personal stuff used like a spice – sparingly.
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Posted 15 Dec 2004 at 10:15 pm ¶Hey! Whatya got against cats, anyway?!!!!! I for one, would love hear about how your day went!
What’s not to like about human interest!
Cheers!
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Posted 15 Dec 2004 at 9:39 pm ¶I have to agree. Some blogs are the modern version of writing on the bathroom walls! But it’s like mining for gold. You have to sift a ton of dirt before you find a nuget. Your blog is a nuget and I read it often. Keep up the good work!
Shaun “Powerball” Pierce
101.5 WORD FM
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Posted 15 Dec 2004 at 11:52 pm ¶Man, you weren’t kidding about the traffic or the boredom. I hopped over to try this out on your suggestion (your welcome), and in just the last couple hours, I’ve had a half a day’s traffic, mostly from BlogExplosion. I’m actually starting to feel guilty, like I’m padding the stats — but it is a huge drain on time; I couldn’t see myself doing this regularly either.
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