The easiest way to improve that rank is to be VERY active on the BlogCatalog site and also on members sites, because it puts your little icon picture, and the more people see that, the more likely they are to click on it and see what you have to offer.

Mine’s gone up too It was 34.1 when I started and now 45.7.

I suppose that in keeping the rank a secret it makes it harder to “game”. I can see the posts now “how I gamed blogcatalog” heheh.

Japan – only 1, that is interesting. I notice you have “moved” – all good!

I am honestly not sure how it is derived – I do know that some of the most active members actually have quite a low rank, despite having lots of reviews, and traffic from being on the most popular list.

I have a feeling the ranking system will work wonders in preventing people spamming, because negative votes can affect your ranking.

Categorising in various ways is great – the amazing stat for me was that there was only 1 listing from Japan, which is a full 1/3 of the blogging market according to Technorati.

It wasn’t until you popped up on Twitter today that I made the connection between you, Sevn, your blog and an Aussie D’oh.

I really enjoyed catching up with your recent posts & have added you on the reader.

It’s a small world as they say – keep up the great posts – I’m sure I’ll be linking to more!

To drift off-topic for a moment, I used to hear the radio ads for dlook all the time when I was driving around, and I would never have guessed I’d come into contact with one of the owners. Anyway I always love bumping into fellow Aussie bloggers. There seems to be more of us around than I first thought.

Cheers.
Dan.