It’s amazing that my little #BlogCrush series has already hit its first 10 subjects!

I suppose amazing to me cause it’s been so much fun to do AND has taken off so much more than I ever anticipated. This week marks not only my biggest #BlogCrush personality so far, it also marks the first contest on the Webb and the first guest post by one of my former #BlogCrushes (first guest post ever on the Webb in fact!)

With so much stuff going on, I figured I would answer some of the most Frequently Asked Questions on the #BlogCrush. Sure, there’s already a handy definition and guide to writing a #BlogCrush on here, but there are still a lot of things my readers still ponder. And though the #BlogCrush seems to break every rule that cool bloggers follow, it’s something I love so here goes.

• How do you find blogs to feature in the #BlogCrush series I find blogs to feature in lots of places. My favorite stomping ground is definitely the Brazen Careerist site, because for me bloggers that I would have a BlogCrush on are the pure definition of a Brazen blogger. Additionally I’m always floating around the blogosphere checking out commenters, RT’s and recommendations from people who’s opinion I trust.
• How many blogs do you read daily? Well, it varies depending on how much people are updating and if I don’t get a chance to get onto my Google Reader on a particular day. I follow between 100-125 blogs at any one time and try to comment on the ones I find most interesting. Usually I don’t have more than 30-50 blogs that are updated daily.
• What are the requirements to become a #BlogCrush? There aren’t really any “requirements.” I like to see your site updated at least weekly, with good quality content, and an engagement with your community. In other words if you just throw up words and never comment, dialogue, etc then I probably won’t be writing about you. The BlogCrush series has absolutely nothing to do with what a blogger looks like, what topics they write about, or how much your beg and/or suck up.
• Do you really have a “crush” on each of your BlogCrushes? I guess you could call it that, but it isn’t in the sense of the word that most people use the word “crush.” I admire and respect them, enjoy interacting with them, and am excited to spread the word and get other people reading their blogs. Am I ready to pack up and move to where they are to set up shop and life? Highly unlikely!
• How long does it take you to write a new #BlogCrush? Each post takes probably about 1.5-2 hours of writing time. I do a lot of research and get to know the blog before I actually write up the post. I’m usually crafting a new post in my head about 2 weeks before I actually sit down to type it. There’s a lot of links and reading to do on each person and I like to make sure I do people whom I respect so much justice.
• Isn’t the #BlogCrush just a way for you to get new readers and traffic to your blog using link-baiting? I really wish I were that brilliant and crafty. I won’t lie, a lot of new people come based on promotion by the BlogCrushes, but I guess I didn’t realize that would be a result of the posts. When I started the series I just wanted a way to let people know how great their blogs were and that I appreciated the efforts they put in. As a blogger you can get a lot of crap from people, I thought it would be good to let good bloggers know that there were folks out there that thought their blogs were great.
• Why don’t you ever feature any “big name” blogs like Mashable or Seth Godin? It isn’t that I don’t have huge respect for their blogs (both are in my Reader.) I just feel that they have a LOT of people already singing their praises across the internet. The BlogCrush series is kinda the smaller blogger paradise, a place for some of the lesser known folks. That isn’t to say that occasionally a big name blog doesn’t make it’s way in.
• Why do you call it a #BlogCrush sometimes and a BlogCrush other times? Again, I wish there was a way to make this sound cooler than the real answer. Sometimes I remember to put a hashtag in front to remind folks to look for “#BlogCrush” posts on Twitter. Sometimes, I’m just a little spacey and forget to put the hashtag in or don’t want to fill my post with lots of little “#”s!

There are many more questions, but these tend to be the ones that most often make their way into comments or emails. Hope that offers a little more insight into the BlogCrush series.

Make sure to check out the Webb all week for information on the upcoming #BrazenBlogCrush contest that I’m doing to help promote my friends over at Brazen Careerist as they launch the new look of their fantastic site! The prizes alone are worth the anticipation building for you!

Plus, I think it’s high time some of my colleagues in the blogosphere showed some BlogCrush love to their favorites. As anyone who has been a BlogCrush so far can attest (at least I assume they can attest from their comments, emails, messages) it’s an honor to be featured as a blogger that is respected to such a degree that they get written about.