Hottest, Baddest Most Dangerous Form of Advertising?

I’ve recently bought a square on Blogging’s Most Wanted. For the tidy sum of $15 I am now the proud owner of a 40×40 pixel square on the site, located second from the left on the top line. Will it send me any traffic? Will it take off and result in a high PR incoming link? Who knows but $15 isn’t much to lose if the whole thing crashes and burns.

My blog is completely new so I’m looking for interesting ways to get it out there. I like this guy’s idea and think it has a lot of potential. If blogs that bought slots link back to the site he’s giving a refund of $5 too so that’s a great way to generate a lot of inbound links. Plus there’s a one in 625 chance to win a $1000 prize so I could always just treat it as a rare lottery ticket purchase by me and hope to win.

The site idea was thought up by Ryan Shamus who calls it “the hottest, baddest, most dangerous form of advertising for bloggers that has ever been announced.” That’s a pretty confident statement but if he promotes the hell out of it then he might just be onto something. I know I’ll keep returning to this page once he sells more spots to do a bit of window shopping for new blogs to read and I hope to get a few clicks here and there from other people doing the same.

The slots aren’t exactly flying off the shelves. With only 9 slots sold so far out of 625 you don’t have to rush but if you want your pick of the ad slots then getting in sooner rather than later is a good idea.

I’ve got no idea how this will turn out but I’ll keep you posted on whether I’m getting any traffic from the link and maybe that’ll help you decide whether to get a link or not. If I win the $1000 prize you can bet I’ll be reporting that it was worth it!