Yes, I run 9 blogs. Among them…

blog.mindvalleylabs.com
marketingsqueeze.com
selfpursuit.com
mindhacks.org
meditationliving.com
and several others.

We started SocialRank from a bloggers perspective. How can you find out how your posts rank in the field you’re in. And how do you identify other bloggers kicking ass in that field.

In fact, if you are not a Digg-traffic focused blogger, even Digg is nothing more than a scraper. My content basically – most posters anyway do not bother to write their own description or title.

One more site that does it to me, no problem pal.

Let us see how Google and SocialRank fare in it.

Criteria 1: *static content relating to a specific genre with high click thru rates*.

Google: If you search for hello world in Google the content and even the ranking remains there for a long time.

SocialRank: Go to marketinglens.com for example.The content/ranking changes very rapidly.The page you see today is not the same tomorrow, as the contents change very rapidly.

Criteria 2:*automatically generates content using a script which pulls data from other sites*

Google: Does not automatically generate content, but acts as a filter for search.

SocialRank: Does not automatically create content. But acts as a filter for blogs in the niche sites.

As we see criteria 1 applies to google and none applies to SocialRank. It seems google is more of an MFS than SocialRank by that defintion.

That said, I do not agree with the definition of MFA sites. The basic criteria is- ” is it providing a valuable service?”. Google and SocialRank both provide service in the jungle of www by filtering out things for you, by giving you a service.The good thing is that users are very intelligent, and they recognize a good service when they see it.I personally want SocialRank to succeed because it provided good service to its users, because it made our browsing life a little easier.And I personally am totally committed to the quality of the algorithm so that it surfaces out the best and the most fresh content in the jungle of blogosphere, that it brings order. That would satisfy me.

or

* automatically generates content using a script which pulls data from other sites

Why am I saying this?

Accusation 1 against SocialRank: It is a MFA site.

Why? Because we use ads (AdSense) to monetize the content. Well… lets take a look at Google. They are an MFA site. Why? Because they use ads (AdWords) to monetize the content.

Accusation 2: “The value of SocialRank to anyone but the most ignorant is extremely dubious.”

The above statement shows that we have not articulated clearly enough the value of SocialRank.

Let me give you an example. In the past 24 hours, over 274 articles have been published by bloggers on Internet Marketing. Do you want to know which ones are the top stories of the day without having to read through all 274? I do and I can now get the answer at http://www.MarketingLens.com

SocialRank is a powerful algorithm that helps to rapidly filter the blogosphere by surfacing what’s important and what everyone is paying attention to right now. Above I just listed an example for Internet Marketing but I can do the same for lots of categories. Our goal is to give every blogging community of every significant interest area an intelligent filter via a SocialRank powered site to make it faster to discover the top stories of the day.

Lots of people online are already complaining that they cannot keep up with all of the feeds that they have been finding and SocialRank makes it possible to rapidly and easily discover the top stories of the day.

You have to see it from everyone elses point of view. You said they are not built for adsense yet there are two adsense advert areas before there is even content. Then there are more on the sidebar and the footer. Now obviously, a lot of blogs have adsense on it however there is a major difference between those sites and yours. Yours is automated and is relying on content from other sites.

Vishen, you seem like a really nice guy and I respect the professional way you have responded to these comments. However, these sites are ten a penny on the blogosphere and are not offering anything to the visitor. I think you would be better putting your energy into building 3 or 4 great blogs instead of trying to build more of these sites.

Pls take a look at the ranking system behind SocialRank. I think you’ll disagree that is just an MFA site.

http://socialrank.com/learn-more-about-socialrank/

By the way, our previous project was BlinkList.com. Won a couple of awards and was just mention in the Wall St Journal Online at Sep 30.

Blinklist earned revenue from adsense. Just like a gajillion other sites out there. But it was certainly not MFA and nor is SocialRank.

Guys – seriously. Read about the algoritm first before tossing around these accusations.

And as I said. Kevin – I am open to an interview and to answer all your questions.

PS – our company is http://www.MindValley.com.

Yes it did – it limits the scope of their audience.

Go to Digg right now and you’ll see that a large number of the niches on the Net would never get publicity there.

Digg is great is you happen to be Male, Atheist, Liberal, and a Technophile. But for thousands of other niches, their posts would never make Digg.

Like Motherhood, QueerLife, Sudanese Culture, Malaysian Culture, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Belgian Flemish Posts, Elearning, PR…

These are the niches we’re providing our service for. We have sites for all the above.

My mother would never find Digg interesting. But she would love TheMomsWorld.com, which is powered by SocialRank.

At the same time, she may get offended by ChallengeReligion.com, which is also powered by SocialRank but kept on a separate domain for obvious purposes.

And that does not even cover the regional aspects of the site. Go to Malaysia.DailyVoices.com and you’ll see the first post is about Islam.

That kind of stuff has an audience. But it won’t work on one site.

I dont understand why you want 1000 domains though. If you want this to be a successful business model you should have everything at the one domain. Do you really have the time or energy to build a brand and promote 1000 sites?

‘The audience is way too diverse for us to build a community on a single site.’ – Did this affect Digg, del.iciou.us or stumbleupon?