Rescuing Under-Appreciated Blogs

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Chuck Westbrook has an interesting idea to end the “tragedy of under-appreciated blogs”:

1. Gather some nice bloggers who believe in helping good content rise. The more the merrier. This becomes our group for the project.
2. A good, lesser-known blog is chosen. Everyone in the group will read that blog for two weeks.
3. At the end of the two weeks, the group moves to another blog to read.

With scores of bloggers focused on a particular blog, the author should see many nice things happen over those two weeks, especially if the blog really is a hidden gem. This includes discussions, traffic, constructive criticism, encouragement, and connecting to some of the bloggers in the group. That author then joins the group and we move along and do it again.

Sounds like an interesting idea, but with the sheer volume of blogs out there, will this really help? There’s also an inherent problem with this approach: many blogs cater to very niche interest groups (like for example, this blog). It would be hard to appreciate a good blog where you’re unfamiliar with the subject matter.

Regardless, sounds like a great idea for some blogs to get the exposure they need.

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