Reason for Downfall of Blogcatalog : What might have happened?

Blogcatalog is one of the most popular and recommended Blog directory and Blogger's Social Network on the internet. What actually made blogcatalog different from other blog directories? It's interactive discussion section with active discussions on both blogging and non-blogging related topics was the reason why people spent plenty of their time in the site and this determined its uniqueness. It mediated as a social site for the bloggers of different parts of the world and different niche.

I used blogcatalog as:

• Social site
• Blog Directory
• Blogging Forum

Reasons for the downfall of Blogcatalog


I know money is important but the blogcatalog team didn't know it would cost this huge. They introduced

Blogging Secrets: Top 20 Sites for Bloggers

This is a list of top 20 sites (top 5 sites from 4 different categories) that has helped blogger to get to the level of being Professional bloggers. Blogging has become a way of life for many people in this decade. Like Facebook, like google, like myspace, like reading News, Blogging has become a part of Internet and more important, the internet users. The web has been virtually and enormously expanded by Blogging. Thanks to the effort of bloggers and to sites that have helped bloggers to become better.

For Traffic

1. Google.com
The ultimate search engine, and the search engine very friendly for bloggers. Submit your blog to google to get listed. Know everything about google and maintain harmony with this search engine.
Avoid backlinking spam or poor quality sites, avoid buying paid links to bypass pagerank, avoid violating copyright to keep google as your friend.