When I was invited to Social Spark a month or two ago, I went to check out the site. I told my friend that I will not be registering because it’s “nothing special”. In fact, the site was pretty confusing and I did not have the time to explore.
I also did not like it that we are made to socialize with other bloggers and/or advertisers and by the time I received my invitation, I could see that cliques have already been formed. I am not a social blogger so I don’t see how I could fit in. Later, I was told that a friend’s blog was rejected and I thought that to get accepted into Social Spark, we would have to submit virgin blogs. I am still undecided if I should submit any of my virgin blogs.
What I like about SocialSpark, though, is that all links are NOFOLLOW. I wish that Social Spark was already in place when I started paid blogging but it’s not possible to turn back time. What I don’t like is the in-post disclosure. I do not see the need to bring it up so obviously since my posts are usually written based on my own life, my experiences or those of my friends and people I know. So whether they do contain a link to a product, website or service or not I would still have written that post in a similar fashion.
I just registered with Social Spark and have submitted a blog for approval. I hope that it is approved so that I could use the features of the website fully. When I was registering, I felt that we had to enter irrelevant information like favorite team sports, shoe size and favorite color. I know this is supposed to help advertisers to decide whom to send products for reviews BUT coming from Malaysia, it’s not as if we get product reviews at all. This is my Social Spark profile and it is pretty empty right now but I was surprised to see that the Boss is now my friend. I think he goes around being buddies with all new members.
I hope that as time goes on, I will be more comfortable with the Social Spark and will not feel as if the site is overloaded with information and features.