BloggersBase.com users can sign up for a free account and immediately begin adding blog posts, videos and photographs to different categories including Entertainment, Technology, and World Affairs. These contributions create an enormous resource-filled site that benefits both the writers and the readers. As a contributing blogger, you gain a vastly greater audience than you would by simply blogging on your own website. The administrators of BloggersBase encourage the participating bloggers to use content from their personal blogs on the site, and to fill out their profiles to include links to their bio and personal website.
Each contributor gains rank based on their seniority and their popularity among other bloggers and readers and the number of posts submitted. Ranking titles range from “Newbie” to “Scholar” and are clearly displayed on your user profile along with your avatar. Registered users have the ability to rank each post you make, as well as leave comments and feedback. The entire site is highly interactive, which can be both fun and useful in helping you fine tune your blogging skills. (Especially if you’re just starting out as a blogger)
But perhaps the most exciting part of the site is the aspect of competition between the users:
“Each blog in BloggersBase is in constant competition, which lasts a certain duration called a Timeslot. The end of each Timeslot marks the end of one competition and the beginning of a new one. The best bloggers in the previous Timeslot continue to co-author the blog and can receive special awards, while the ones with the lowest marks are forced to become contenders again…”
To make the competition even more exciting, BloggersBase offers cash prizes for the weekly winners in each of the blog categories. (Top poster in each section receives $40 and second prize winner receives $10) So, in addition to the prestige of winning each week, you have the chance to earn a little extra money with your blogging.
Finally, as a BloggersBase reader, members are able to gain a separate ranking based on the length of their membership and the number of blog posts that they vote and comment on. These titles range from “Subscriber” to “Oracle” and the higher the rank the more influence your votes have. Even individuals who have no interest in writing can enjoy the high quality site content and participation in the competition between the bloggers.
Very few other social media sites have been able to combine the value of content with an interactive competition. Bloggersbase.com is sure to keep you coming back time and again—for the sheer fun of it.