Q Channels are similar to weblogs, and Q Channel publishers can take advantage of the opportunities for marketing which weblogging offers, thus getting their message out to a broader audience.

For an example of how linking can help promote a site or product, please read The power of viral marketing at the CyberJournalist.net website.

Because balloons and streamers don't work on the Web!

In the non-tangible world of the Internet, how do you make yourself known on the web? In a bricks-and-mortar store you would put out large signs, maybe even a big bouquet of balloons with lots of streamers, to let folks know something special was going on at your place. How do you do that on the Internet?   You ping weblogs.com!

You are probably asking yourself, "I didn't think a Quikonnex Channel was a Weblog?" Well the answer is "It's not!". However, it is fully compatible with the majority of Weblog systems on the Internet and, because of this, you can take full advantage of some of the marketing mechanisms available to the growing Blogging community. Our experience has shown, that pinging weblogs.com gets your channel noticed!

Weblogs.com is one of the oldest sites on the Net. It basically just provides an active listing of all the weblogs updated within the last three hours. It's a LIST, nothing more. However, because it is an active list, it also provides a link back to your channel. Setting your Q Channel to Ping Weblogs.com when new items are added will enable automatic pinging of the Weblogs.com site. It's like an automatic search engine submission.

There are thousands of bloggers that monitor the activity on weblogs.com. Maybe they will see your channel listed in one of the updates. If you have posted information in your channel which they find interesting, maybe you will gain some new subscribers. They may also choose to link to your channel from theirs, if they like what you have to say, bringing your channel to the attention of still more people.

Honestly, we don't know what the long-range effects of getting a link on weblogs.com may be for Q Channel publishers, but it will not hurt to ping it and let those that monitor it to know what you have to offer.

If you want to take a look for yourself, please visit Weblogs.com Home.