On her blog, Isabella wrote a post about linking that you might find interesting. Here are a few samples:
Linkfarming, linkbait, link begging and, urgh, link whoring.
These words don’t sound very nice, do they?
How about link love, blogging generously and building links?
Much better.
When I link to a fellow blogger, I want to do it with the intention of acknowledgment, generosity and out of the sincere desire to assist my readers in accessing more quality content (I often spend way more time looking for good links than writing a post!) Similarly, when I connect with someone outside of the blogosphere, I have the intention to enrich both of our lives, even if it is just in the most minute way.
Since Isabella is big on having fun, she joined Hootin’ Annie in handing out Hallowe’en link treats to other bloggers – particularly bloggers they don’t know (just like handing out Hallowe’en treats to the strangers who come to your door). Let’s do that here, too, ok?
Our treats go to
- Indie publisher Trula Breckenridge
- Scott Clark’s Blog – he’s got a great Hallowe’en theme on today!
- … and how about macho-macho 100% injury rate, who also has some cool Hallowe’en pictures up.
(And since this blog is geared towards people new in the blogosphere, just in case you don’t know what a link treat is – One of the ways search engines like Google or Yahoo establish which web site comes up on top in your search is by seeing which site has a lot of “in-bound” links – people linking to their site. That’s why getting linked to is a treat.)