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sarahtylerdeen on "Link exchange, anyone?"

sarahtylerdeen — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:44:10 +0000

I would love to exchange links with anyone! That is, if I like your blog.

Mine is: http://sarahtylerdeen.wordpress.com/

Let's do this (:

roughwaterjohn on "Link exchange, anyone?"

roughwaterjohn — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:15:09 +0000

Interesting exchanges here, I've been enjoying them as much as your blogs, thanks! Of course, I've been channeling my inner 'wierd' for years, so that might be a caveat you should take into consideration .

jessiethought on "Link exchange, anyone?"

jessiethought — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:13:44 +0000

I write some poetry.

zgamergirl on "Link exchange, anyone?"

zgamergirl — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:39:27 +0000

My blog = A diary of a sophisticated girl.

Check it out :)

http://hernotepad.wordpress.com/

timethief on "Link exchange, anyone?"

timethief — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:27:05 +0000

OOPS! I am tired and I missed out typing in a word out above twice.

I did NOT enter any reciprocal link exchanges (you link to me & I link to you). In other words in both blogs I made my own choices of which blogs to link to.

timethief on "Link exchange, anyone?"

timethief — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:23:25 +0000

@lifewith4cats
I don't know what a link dump is.

Regarding backlinks though I do know that blog carnivals can bring in a flood of traffic and links. The aim is for some to "stick" and become regular readers/subscribers.
http://blogcarnival.com/bc/

A blog meme is a viral game where you generate links and relationships through asking other bloggers to participate. Blog memes are legitimate means of securing backlinks. See Memes, Friends and Backlinks > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2009/08/05/memes-friends-and-backlinks/

@lifewith4cats
Do note that I did not instruct anyone to do anything at all with regard to which blogs to read and/or link to. I explained what reciprocal and non reciprocal links were in the context of blogroll linking choices. I explained the authority and value or lack thereof as seen through the eyes of Matt Cutts and the Google team. Naturally, their aim is to deliver what potential readers search for relavant and timely results.

In the context of my blogging tips blog I am reading 193 blogs.
I did enter any reciprocal link exchanges (you link to me & I link to you).
I do not have a traditonal Blogroll and I do not use a Links widget.
I have a Links page AKA a reader's resource page with about 40 links on it.
http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/links/
I am selective about the sites that I choose to place on that page. The page contains links only to sites that I believe will enhance my readers’ experience of learning how to become a better blogger, how to build a better blog, and how to effectively promote their blog.

In the context of my personal blog I am reading 76 blogs.
I did enter any reciprocal link exchanges (you link to me & I link to you).
I do not have a traditonal Blogroll and I do not use a Links widget.
I link to a wide variety of blogs that span the personal blogging niche. Total = 62 links. http://thistimethisspace.com/about-2/reading-list/

lifewith4cats on "Link exchange, anyone?"

lifewith4cats — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:51:49 +0000

I too have been wrestling with how to fit within timethiefs facts. Facts say I must connect with other blogs in my niche. Well I see myself as a 'crazy cat lady' and I write to teach.

Why would I want to connect with blogs written by other "crazy cat ladies?" They already know the same stuff as me. Since my goal is to teach, I want to connect with everyone that is NOT in my niche. That's how I see it anyway, but I really am unsure.

In the end I have chosen to just go with my gut. I read any and all blogs that interest me and just let the connections and/or links fall as they land.

I am curious though, what is a link dump? It was mentioned on page 1 this topic as a good way to get readers.

bats0711 on "Link exchange, anyone?"

bats0711 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:53:39 +0000

peace out

thelastexplorer on "Link exchange, anyone?"

thelastexplorer — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:18:23 +0000

Groovy.

bats0711 on "Link exchange, anyone?"

bats0711 — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:57:58 +0000

TLE,
No you don't have to ask, I have a number of blogs in my blog roll that I just read and don't comment and a number of them I found via the tag surfer or the global dasboard. and of course if I ever get a comment to take them off then obviously I would. Don't worry about, you are fine.

thelastexplorer on "Link exchange, anyone?"

thelastexplorer — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:43:30 +0000

Hey guys I’m still a bit new to blogging and was wondering do you have to ask if you can link someone on your blog? It’s just I’ve kinda done it anyway with a few blogs I checked out on here and then I saw this post, I’m worried I’m worried inadvertently making a faux pas.

If anyone would like their blog taken off mine I’d be happy to remove the link.

balladeer on "Link exchange, anyone?"

balladeer — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:55:24 +0000

I'm on my way to check your blog out.

haroontanha on "Link exchange, anyone?"

haroontanha — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:31:54 +0000

Could someone please do comment on my blog of "Cricket (Waqar suggest afridi captain for the world cup)" because, this topic is part of my course work and my teacher will only accept it, if there are comments

balladeer on "Link exchange, anyone?"

balladeer — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:18:25 +0000

@cmhardin - I hear ya! Happy blogging, folks!

cmhardin on "Link exchange, anyone?"

cmhardin — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:27:42 +0000

@balladeer Better to be a slave to no one. Especially search engines.

@manisha10 Consider yourself added! :) Happy blogging!

nish101 on "Link exchange, anyone?"

nish101 — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:30:02 +0000

Hi, just started a blog...not that great, but if you do have time do check it out.

http://manisha10.wordpress.com/

Tc. Nish

balladeer on "Link exchange, anyone?"

balladeer — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:50:48 +0000

I like that humorous take, cmhardin. I don't buy this whole pompous "slave to search engines" gibberish that you often see. My dashboard tells me I get hits from search engines if people are searching for various historical figures that I've just made a joking reference to in passing. Not the most reliable system. I figure if I get ample hits from search engines even though I've NEVER gone along with this silly philosophy the world won't end if people don't mindlessly go along with it.

Plus I'm glad Thadzonline posted what he did! I've got some friends with similar blogs who would love to make contact.

cmhardin on "Link exchange, anyone?"

cmhardin — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:41:20 +0000

Google is Satan.

Hmmm... this probably won't help me win points with them, will it?

Sorry Google, I didn't mean it. You're not really Satan, you're just in line to be one of the best metaphors for Satan in the modern age, behind, of course, Monsanto, Microsoft and... McDonald's...

Which is odd, because they're all M and that's against alphabetical order...oh well.

navybound on "Link exchange, anyone?"

navybound — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:46:26 +0000

Lol, you're a little spunky firecracker, aren't you timethief?

navybound on "Link exchange, anyone?"

navybound — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:44:22 +0000

No, no - google doesn't care what you put on your blog. They have a special way of crawling websites and if you follow their guidlines, you can get higher in the search rankings.

timethief on "Link exchange, anyone?"

timethief — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:15:41 +0000

@jmcartee

Its amazing people wont let you do what you want on youre own blog.

OMG! Who are these people and what are they not letting you do what with your blog?

jmcartee on "Link exchange, anyone?"

jmcartee — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:04:33 +0000

Its amazing people wont let you do what you want on youre own blog. Who gives a crap if google says stuff about linking. We are people who are quite capable of making our own decisions when it comes to our blogs. Let us make decisions without input that does not matter.

timethief on "Link exchange, anyone?"

timethief — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:41:13 +0000

@thadzonline
Just saying ...

This thread was posted by navybound who is looking for personal blogs and humor blog link exchanges. As you do not have a personal blog or humor blog and as you have have only posted into navybound's thread for the purpose of directing bloggers to your own unrelated blog this could be perceived as rude act that's referred to as "threadjacking".

thadzonline on "Link exchange, anyone?"

thadzonline — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:18:57 +0000

anyone wants to exchange link? Topics on team building, strategic planning, organizational development please. Blog is at http://cebuteambuildingservices.wordpress.com

navybound on "Link exchange, anyone?"

navybound — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:15:04 +0000

I'm also putting a limit to how many link exchanges I do, just to be on the safe side. SEO is a lot more complicated than I thought.

navybound on "Link exchange, anyone?"

navybound — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:03:18 +0000

Okay, so I'm going to only accept personal blogs to link up with. If there's anyone out there who would like to still link up, let me know! I will be checking on this forum a few times a week looking for new recruits.
If your blog is funny, even better! I don't care much for depressing blogs - no offense, it's just not something i like to read.

wingstruck on "Link exchange, anyone?"

wingstruck — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:16:44 +0000

@ timethief...none of us were disagreeing with that,yes you did simply state facts,in fact i even went to the serps website to check out my own blog last night
we appreciate you getting this information together for us
we are disagreeing with the facts,most of us slightly,thats all
its a system and like any system its not perfect one
there are grey areas within it,and some of us fall under that category
again it was a very factual comment,its how the internet software works
and that effects bloggers here on WordPress
i simply have a take on it,as did those who commeted above
again thank you for giving new bloggers all the facts,they were taken into consideration by all,including myself,i assure you

timethief on "Link exchange, anyone?"

timethief — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:58:57 +0000

@Bats
I'm glad you picked up on the fact that this isn't an agree or disagree situation at all. I posted facts. Those facts came straight from Matt Cutts and his Google Staff.

Those who do want to have a blog that does achieve authority in the personal blogging niche or in any other niche and a PageRank will benefit from reading read and applying the information I shared.

Those who don't care if their blogs ever achieve authority in a niche and a PageRank can completely ignore my comment above. That's cool with me.

bats0711 on "Link exchange, anyone?"

bats0711 — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:32:50 +0000

I'm not sure if this is a I agree or I disagree conversation, what Time Thief is referring to is stated by Google. I'm with Navy that I'm appreciating both sides (for lack of a better word in my brain right now) and of course we want the commroderie of fellow bloggers whom enjoy our posts and comments AND can share on what our blog niche is. Writing and personal blogs are a very broad spectrum.
I think it's a question of how far do you want to take your blog?
My page rank on my whole blog doesn't compare however I do have a couple posts where I tagged, catagorized and put the proper material into the post where; for those posts I hit on the first page of google and am in the number one slot even a year later.

Just recently I went through my blogroll and found that half of the blogs weren't even still in use, some also were set to private, and others just had nothing on them that connected what my blog is about so I deleted them and I noticed that I began to climb up on googles pages which for my blog is an important aspect since even though it's based on a very broad spectrum I'm still getting to the readers whom need my blog and in turn I need them. I also want to mention that I have a very personal blog but don't want to bring just drop throughs, I want a certain type of person to read my words. Now if I had a blog where I was going to share my writing ie...poetry, verse, fiction related ect... then I might choose a different approach.

Just some thoughts.

balladeer on "Link exchange, anyone?"

balladeer — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:20:24 +0000

I couldn't care less about page rankings, etc. I am in e-mail contact with the Sports Information Directors at the schools I cover and I get hits from links they put up when I write about their teams, plus the search engines are sending people to my blog when they enter things like "NAIA Football" or various team or player names or "Vietnamese Myth" or "Bad movies" or "Navajo Myth" ,even "English Civil War" ,so I'd rather have THAT. The reason I would rather have that is because it's bringing me READERS not just other bloggers following this ridiculous "Chain letter scam" philosophy of blogging that gets droned on about here over and over again by the same person. (Condescending Sigh) Another good way to get READERS, not fellow bloggers, is to get your stuff shown at various "link dumps" around the internet. They take submissions and if your dashboard shows you are getting hits from there it's from people who saw the subject of your article and wanted to READ it. This is a very good way to get hits for blogs that have ACTUAL CONTENT, but I'm sure it won't be very helpful, say for a blog that exists just to get "hits for hits sake" because someone surfing the net for reading material is not going to want to bother clicking on a link to a blog pushing the same tired blogging tips you can find anywhere on the internet just by searching under "Tips on blogging". For blogs that have actual content, however, they are a good thing.