After nearly 26 years of daily blogging, with over 44,000 posts published, last week one Ben Behnke sent me the reply up top in response to my submission of bookofjoe for listing on Bubbles, his website featuring a curated list of blogs.
Oh well.
I had a look at my referrer stats just for lulz and found this:
Bottom line: after jumping through the various hoops — never simple or straightforward — required to even get listed on obscure websites like cloudhiker, ooh.directory, blogroll.org and their ilk, the traffic generated is minuscule — at best.
Pro* tip: If you're going to waste your time and effort creating a site like Ben's, put the word SUBMIT with a link to your email or website at the top of the home page rather than hiding it beneath two or three other links at the page's bottom.
You'd think that would be obvious but you would be wrong.
*I'm gonna go out on a limb here and claim this status
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