I just think any attention is good. Right now, if I see your portfolio, it’s just one of many. If you did something crazy enough to be featured on Core77 (for example), you are now, “Whoa…that’s that guy from the Core blog!” I can’t really tell you what the advantage would be. When I graduated, this was not really an option.
However, I got two jobs because people saw projects similar to the products they made in my portfolio. That immediately made my work more relatable to them. Appearing on a blog somewhere, I think, would have the same effect.