BETA BlogRush.com To RIP BlogRush

I was shocked when i got this mail from John Reese.

After so much success with BlogRush, they have decided to shut down the services.

I feel sorry for them. They were doing good and there was absolutely no reason to close it down. But they had their own issues and opinions on the same.  According to them, the primary reason behind this decision were the security issues and abusive users who just can’t appreciate good things.

Now that the services are closed, only one can realize that BlogRush was here for us, people. Not for anything else. They never even sold any advertising spaces, nor did they try to monetize in any kind. They only believed in free quality traffic across quality weblogs. It’s sad that it had to end this way.

And to everyone who might be thinking if they are coming back under different ownership… The answer is no. BlogRush team has declined several offers & inquiries about acquiring BlogRush.com.

Well, i would say that BlogRush widget was best in it’s own way. Besides, it was THE best looking widget on internet. I remember i made a post when my blog was approved by them. I was so excited. And now i am making a post when BlogRush is being killled rather than being shut down!

Anyways, Good luck to the team behind it. And “Thank You”.

P.S. : Here is the blogpost i wrote when i joined BlogRush: BlogRush, I am in.

P.P.S. : If you want to write something to John Reese (BlogRush owner), Then you can visit >> Death of BlogRush.

Consider this as a heads up!

I received a payment from TopSeom.com on AllyDirectory for listing of Dr. Stephen Baker’s website. The listing was added on 3rd June 2008 for the price of $24.95. After checking the site i readily approved it. All went fine. As usual, AllyDirectory started ranking for the keyword and for the site’s url as well. So we were very much ahead of our promise to bring traffic to Stephen Baker’s website by ranking higher in Search Engines. I mean that’s what we take the payments for! Traffic and little help in SERPS.

Anyways, days passed and finally on 1st August’2008, i received a chargeback dispute in Paypal. TopSeom and Stephen Baker’s credit card company (Unknown at this time) chargedback the listing’s price even though it’s clearly mentioned in our Terms Of Service that we will not refund any money whatsoever. Still, you know how Paypal works. It stands dumb and deaf in such situation! I explained the whole situation in Paypal’s dispute! But all fell on deaf ears, blind eyes, whatever.

And now 22nd August’2008, you won’t believe what happened. Chargeback was successful. I lost $24.95. If that wasn’t enough, Paypal charged me $10 as a Chargeback Settlement Fee! I mean, What the hell is Paypal doing! I get a listing in my directory. I approve it, work on it for ranking and then the thief TopSeom and Robber Stephen Baker ask for chargeback. And paypal the burglar robs me of $10 as settlement fee.

I would say it’s a nice way Paypal works. It ensures me that we don’t let anyone do chargeback until we investigate. So obviously i believed the m***********. But this is what i finally got from them.

So this is for everyone who owns a directory or is in all praise for paypal or who is looking for marketing and advertising from TopSeom.com or looking for some cosmetic surgery from Dr. Stephen baker……

Paypal Sucks in Chargeback Settlements!

TopSeom are thieves in disguise. Biggest As****** in marketing!

Dr. Stephen Baker: He is not a professional. He is a thief trying unethical and pathetic ways to promote his website. You can well imagine how he will rob you if you get cosmetic surgeries through him. So my advice, DON’T!

I am off to delete this as*****’s listing from my directory. But i am going to attach the proof for all you guys to know what all i do and what i get!

Ishmeet Singh

This comes as a shocking news.

The recently chosen voice of India, Ishmeet Singh is no more.

This 19 year old singer, with such great talent won the Voice of India in November’2007. At the tender age of 19, he became famous all over India because of his lovely melodious voice. He was a true star!

He was in Maldives on a promotional event with some music company. He was swimming in the hotel pool of Male, Maldives, when under unknown mysterious circumstances, he died. News channels says he drowned in the swimming pool but no one knows the exact reason.

Ishmeet Singh, such a young boy with such great talent was truly a gem. He was so much soft spoken, honest, courteous and a handsome boy. He will be truly missed. Rest in peace dear Ishmeet