Comments on: Link & relationship building: Blogging about other blogs

By: Jennifer Walcott

Jennifer Walcott — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:09:42 +0000

Ultimately whether blog builds a link depends on what sort of blog it is. The product created attracts and link is thereby built.

By: Marble Host

Marble Host — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:24:19 +0000

HI,

Bloging on other blogs is just a part of link building.but according to me link building approaches must become more and more like real relationship to be successful.

By: Wausau Marketing

Wausau Marketing — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:07:05 +0000

Search engines interpret a link to another site as an endorsement or recommendation on many levels. While I believe that writing about, and linking to, other sites is a component of ‘web relationship management’ and SEO, it carries with it benefits and risks. Much like associations or partnerships offline, if you lie down with online dogs you may get up with virtual fleas. Essentially, quality links bring quality results while anything else may carry a cost that is not worth the short-term benefit.

By: limeshot

limeshot — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:36:18 +0000

Yeah, the nofollow tells the search engines to discount that link as a “vote” but they can still follow it and index the linked page. For some reason WordPress has all the links nofollowed by default. Beats me why.

It is nice when I discover someone mentioned my site somewhere, I know what you’re saying. And it does take a lot of time to build a site up. But the thing is it can’t be done without the help of the other people in the blogosphere and I really think people should care about this aspect a bit more than they do.

And removing the no-follow tag and giving the commenters some link love is just plain courtesy for the traffic and awareness the build for my site.

Sure, I do get the occasional spammer, but since I’m moderating every comment that’s not an issue.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:30:18 +0000

HDTV “Links with nofollow do not count as backlinks to Google and other search engines, so you dont get the search engine ranking benefit for a link with nofollow.”

Really? I didn’t know that. So what’s the point of them then? Link love seems to embody the whole point of linking, right? I have to say don’t think I’ve ever used the “no-follow” setting even on my first blog.

Blogging about other blogs… I will blog about a post on another blog if it really grabs me and it’s related to my theme.

What I do though is really talk about the post and give my own unique view view.So it takes me as long as when writing an “original” post. I haven’t done it as much on my newest blog, but I do so from time to time on my personal blog. I also ask people to comment either on my blog or the one with the post I’m blogging and often my readers do both. I find it’s a good way to highlight other blogs – blogs that might not be getting a lot of attention and could do with a mention.

My personal blog gets around 11K hits a month, but I never forget how long it took to get there or how I loved checking out when people had linked to me.

Nicky´s last blog post: Expressing the ROI of Social Media. Uphill Battle or No-Brainer? site: [site]

By: HDTV reviews

HDTV reviews — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:29:43 +0000

Thank you for sharing your the info about the backlinks that we can use to increase the traffic in my site. Creating comments help me a lot because i can insert the backlink of my site.Additional info it is important to remember to always use the keywords you want to categorize in your anchor text of the relationship. Some bloggers do not allow keyword in the anchor, but only a first name. Something that I will never understand because if you are offering to follow-why put restrictions on the anchor? For the love of God that wants to qualify for his first name? However, I digressed. Links with nofollow do not count as backlinks to Google and other search engines, so you dont get the search engine ranking benefit for a link with nofollow.At this moment a whole movement has evolved, who are removing the NoFollow settings. These bloggers are able to reward commenter’s with so called love links. Love links are an excellent way to reward visitors that are contributing to a useful discussion.

By: big man clothing

big man clothing — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:11:03 +0000

The idea of blogging about other blogs is a great idea. There’s a bunch of blogs I’m interested in but don’t have enough time to. If there was a good critic out there who was blogging about all those blogs I’d read his/hers instead

By: Buytiffany

Buytiffany — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:43:33 +0000

But its confused to find out the do follow blogs ..Even they say it is do follow they are adding no follow tag to Anchor text …

Mean while its a nice article ..Thanks

By: UZAKTAN EGITIM

UZAKTAN EGITIM — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:56:16 +0000

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By: Niagara Falls Blog

Niagara Falls Blog — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:31:19 +0000

Also remember that any publicity is good publicity, even if you have to talk bad about another blog. Be critical and honest. Don’t write good things about another blog just because you want a good relationship with them.

By: Bapes

Bapes — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:01:40 +0000

I think it is definitely a great strategy to write about other blogs. People have been doing it for quite some time now with great success. No need to feel embarrassed.

By: limeshot

limeshot — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:35:28 +0000

Hi Iva – thanks for stopping by!

I agree – more often than not it’s not so much the intended ‘audience’ but other bloggers who can make or break a blog. The conundrum here is that one can end up writing for other bloggers, rather than for the main audience.

It does require a long term involvement in managing the balance, but then reputation building takes a long time in any industry.