Benjamin,
I am suggesting basically Six adjustments:
1. Linking to all the blogs directly instead of going through Blogrolling.com.
2. A commitment from all the bloggers that they would update at least once a week or even once a month.
3. None of the bloggers would put any Text Link Ads or Pay Per Post kind of advertisement programs in their blog (Google hates this kind of thing).
4. We give the network a name: Absolute Write Blog Network (It is optional and even if we don’t do it we will not lose anything). We can even create a new logo for the network and display in every blog. I am again saying that it is optional. It will just give us a brand presence.
5. Make a separate Sitemeter for the network and put in every blog (where possible) so that we can show off our combined traffic power. It will be along with your current stat counter for the blog.
6. We do not accept any new blog unless she/he is in Absolute Write Forum for at least 6 months or 1 year. This is an optional rule too. I am just suggesting it to prevent any spammer who would try to take advantage of our network.
If we can implement these changes then we overnight become part of a blog network. It will help our blogs in several ways:
1. It will make our blogs stronger to search Engines like Google. So, traffic will increase some depending on your effort.
2. We become something like a mini About.com or Examiner.com or B5media Network.
3. It may bring us some extra media coverage.
Well, I don’t think that it would bring us extra money in the short term. On the other hand, implementing these changes would not require that much of time either.
All of us would have full (100%) authority on our blogs. If you are making money with any advertising program now, you can continue to do so without any problem.