Mar 14 2007
AutoRoll in beta testing
I got email from Criteo. They have build a new widget called “AutoRoll” and now they are looking for beta testers. Well, I figured that probably it will not make any harm to test it. So I installed that into my blog. You can find this new AutoRoll section from the bottom of the left sidebar. Check it out and leave comment if you liked or disliked it.
You may now think that what the hell this is all about. And here is the answer, it is a direct copy+paste from email I got.
What’s all about? AutoRoll is the blog roll of your readers. It’s a widget that displays links to blogs your readers are visiting the most often.
How does it work? We trace the number of visits of each unique reader on each blog that has installed AutoRoll. The more often a reader visits a specific blog, the greater his affinity is with this blog.
What are the benefits for you? First of all, you will provide your readers with a very entertaining blog roll, based on other readers with similar reading habits. Moreover, you will get highly qualified incoming traffic for your blog. Indeed, as other similar blogs display your blog on their AutoRoll, they will feed you with new readers with a strong affinity with your blog.
I would really appreciate if you leave some comments about this, so that I could make decision to keep or remove AutoRoll.
Hi there – thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. Yes I would be interested in exchanging links – I have added your blog to my blogroll – you can find it at http://www.ifyawant.com .
Thanks,
Shirlene
Thanks for replying,
I just added your link to my blogroll.
We do hope that you decide to keep AutoRoll, TJ! A consistent number of new bloggers are installing the widget on their blogs, so you’ll automatically contnue to see new and interesting content displayed for your readers.
Once you’ve had some more time with the widget, please let us know what you think of the results because we’re always looking for feedback to help the tool improve.
Brandon Watts
Criteo Evangelist
After I saw AutoRoll on your blog I took a look and signed up. It’s much too soon to tell if it’s useful. They say it might take a little while before they completely set up my blog. We’ll see.