I Got The Indie Virus ...

I am excited to tell you that I have been infected with THE INDIE VIRUS. Now, don't worry, it is nothing nasty, nothing that will destroy your computer or the data it contains. It is a lot of fun, and is an experiment ... This is a virus you want to catch !!

The Finer Points

The experiment, henceforth referred to as "The Indie Virus," has two goals:
To bring exposure to lesser known blogs (especially those outside of Technorati's top 100)
To explore the metrics behind a viral linking campaign launched by the "little guys" (less popular blogs)
Instead of rehashing the ideas here, I'll send you on over to Copyblogger to see how this thing progressed in the comments. I think people are skeptical, but the bottom line is that this is just a casual experiment. Launching it doesn't really cost a thing, so why not try it? I'm just hoping for enough results that I'll be able to crunch a few numbers. Consider it an experiment in marketing with blogs.

The Rules

Participating in The Indie Virus is easy. All you've got to do is link to lesser known blogs from within a post (or two, or eleventeen), but you have to make sure that the anchor text of your link is The Indie Virus. This is critical, because in order to track the experiment, I'll be searching for the phrase "The indie Virus" on common engines like Technorati, Google, and Yahoo! Oh, and also, make sure that you link directly to a post WITH A TRACKBACK and not to the site itself - it speaks louder!

This is a virus, a very contagious virus ....

Greeneyes ... you make me laugh, you are so much fun, I think everyone should be reading your blog. I have now infected you with the Indie Virus.
Nicole ... you are a fellow Aussie, and you are a beautiful person. I love visiting your blog. I have now infected you with the Indie Virus, also.

Now you must go to Pearsonified to find out how to infect others with this blog virus!

Feathers, I hope I have done this correctly. !!

Have fun,

MEOW