BLOGBloke: Linking Etiquette/Ethics for Blogs: The Last Word
willowtree
· 2 years ago
As I don't have advertising on my site, nor do I care where I rank in the blogoshpere, I guess I'd be closer to a Huggy Bear. That said I tend to link to illustrate a point and save typing rather than send people to another blogger.
What does bother me though, is excess linking, where rather than constructing a well written, informative post, the author simply includes tons of links.
protesto
· 2 years ago
One of the best posts I've read, keep up the good work !
Elaine Vigneault
· 2 years ago
This is a thoughtful piece. I think I'll link to it ;)
Blog Bloke
· 2 years ago
That's the spirit Elaine!
Thank you so much for the kind words Protesto.
Willowtree: we call them list makers or link farms. There's lots of those around.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Kirsten
· 2 years ago
Well you already know my thoughts on whether or not a blog gets added to my blogroll. But linking within a post? First of all it depends on how lazy or motivated I am. Then it depends on what I am writing. If I'm referring directly to something in particular that I read, then it gets linked. Also, I'll link to certain things to illustrate a point or just give my readers a visual. And these links, some of them at least, can be found in my Things Mentioned blogroll.
To sum it up: Blogging, for me, is all about having fun.
Blog Bloke
· 2 years ago
Good points Kirsten, especially "if I'm referring directly to something in particular that I read". And that doesn't mean just quoting someone either.
Oh, you know me-Ms. Huggy Bear is my name. Linking is my game to fame. Oh shame! Seriously, I haven't spent any time even looking at my links for a million moons, and now you've given me another job to do! Grump! I think I'll do some weeding.
BTW....excellent post, and to your question: who would be the arbiter or judge of the ethics? I don't know if I'd trust them. :-)
It is a great thing to ponder about linking ethics. And I believe that is the keyword here, 'ethics'. The way linking should be done is by applying a code of ethics into it and approach the matter in a responsible way. I mean, it's not wrong to be a huggy bear, but if you're planning to be a serious blogger, then these are matter that should catch your attention.
Anyway, where do I fit? Definitely #4 and #5 (or at least I try to fit into #5). I'm not a #1er simply because I'm really new into this world and cannot tell the difference between SEO and squirrel chasing after it's own tail.
Anyhow, great great content Blog Bloke. I would love for you to drop by and read some of my stuff, but it's all in spanish so you may not understand it. If you do... enjoy!!!
I wish I could Satrian but unfortunately I can't speak a word of Spanglish. Heck, I'm finding it tough enough to verbalize the King's English. ;-) I appreciate your comments and look forward to reading even more.
Satrian
· 1 year ago
I did thought about blogging in both languages, but I wouldn't know how to structure that and 'design' the blog itself. I'm pretty much learning as I blog so... maybe in a short time I can get you to understand my blog.
Anyway, it is a great idea to do it in English and reach a brother audience. Even more thinking that i blog about the life in Buenos Aires and try to reflect it's day to day reality. I would love to be able to take my city into every corner of the globe.
Aside from keeping 5 & 1 consistently on the top of the list and in that order. I'm not sure there is another kind for me.
2's - I listen, process it, and work the useful parts into #1
3's - really crack me up. It's exactly the same as "guru's" and their product launches...you know the ones...with the 17 pages of totally useless, completely time-wasting "testimonials".
The same names and faces on every single product, and you KNOW 9 outa 10 (being very nice), have not read a single page of the ebook or installed the software; yet it is the "best product of the year" or decade even.
4's - This gets rounded up into #5 - having only business blogs so far, "random acts of kindness", dont really "fit", know what I mean?
Excellent post pal-o-mine. And BTW, "the final word" is a seriously cool bit of link-bait ;)
So, if anyone looks for link netiquettes look no farther than our Blog Bloke. Google crawls all his links because that's not "nofollowed" and this sweet little plugin called CommentLuv finds your latest post. Plus, top commenters get featured in the Blog Bloke sidebar. That's how all blogs should be.
I for one have woken up to the reality and have taken pointers on my site. As my first step, I have removed all no follow tags from my comments.
My comment is a bit late, just catching up on my email subscription reading! One reason I don't have a blogroll is that there are so many good blogs to choose from! I'm basically an ethical linker at this point. I do talk about specific blogs or bloggers in my posts. Some times I'm not sure if I need a link just to show a snall snippet of a blog as an example in a design tutorial --- I give the blog name but the actual link may not be relevant to my content from a search engine point of view.
Hi there. If you are going to quote a snippet I recommend providing a link to the blog.
kelly
· 1 year ago
I guess I fall into "ethical blogger" - I only post links which are relevant to what I am blogging and which I think help other bloggers.
The only time I do not post a link in my blog is when I am about to ask the link-owner (another blogger) if it's ok to post their blog link to mine (Twitter) and THAT message gets blocked.
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What does bother me though, is excess linking, where rather than constructing a well written, informative post, the author simply includes tons of links.
Thank you so much for the kind words Protesto.
Willowtree: we call them list makers or link farms. There's lots of those around.
Thanks for the comments everyone.
To sum it up: Blogging, for me, is all about having fun.
I'll link you back within 12 hours!
Have a nice day.
BTW....excellent post, and to your question: who would be the arbiter or judge of the ethics? I don't know if I'd trust them. :-)
Kuanyin's last blog post..The Three L's Every Blog Should Have
Anyway, where do I fit? Definitely #4 and #5 (or at least I try to fit into #5). I'm not a #1er simply because I'm really new into this world and cannot tell the difference between SEO and squirrel chasing after it's own tail.
Anyhow, great great content Blog Bloke. I would love for you to drop by and read some of my stuff, but it's all in spanish so you may not understand it. If you do... enjoy!!!
Satrian's last blog post..Not Buenos Aires II
Anyway, it is a great idea to do it in English and reach a brother audience. Even more thinking that i blog about the life in Buenos Aires and try to reflect it's day to day reality. I would love to be able to take my city into every corner of the globe.
Thanks for dropping by!
Satrian's last blog post..Not Buenos Aires II
Aside from keeping 5 & 1 consistently on the top of the list and in that order. I'm not sure there is another kind for me.
2's - I listen, process it, and work the useful parts into #1
3's - really crack me up. It's exactly the same as "guru's" and their product launches...you know the ones...with the 17 pages of totally useless, completely time-wasting "testimonials".
The same names and faces on every single product, and you KNOW 9 outa 10 (being very nice), have not read a single page of the ebook or installed the software; yet it is the "best product of the year" or decade even.
4's - This gets rounded up into #5 - having only business blogs so far, "random acts of kindness", dont really "fit", know what I mean?
Excellent post pal-o-mine. And BTW, "the final word" is a seriously cool bit of link-bait ;)
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