I’ve still got so much to learn about blogging. There are rules and stuff for crying out loud!
I didn’t know that!
I thought it was just a personal website kind of thing that no one but close friends and family would read. And I figured they would only read it because they felt some kind of obligation.
So off I go with wonderful ignorance just blogging away. Then, as I’m reading other blogs, I start realizing that there are things that are considered eitquette in the blogging world.
Link swapping for instance. I didn’t know that! I kind of thought it was presumptuous for me to think someone would want a link from my little blog. Like you had to reach a certain level of respect before you are worthy to link to someone’s blog. I don’t know, I think like that.
The other thing is leaving comments - or at least remembering where you’ve been.
I was reading blogs last night and saw some things that were really interesting. I thought, ‘I’m going to write something about that and link back to this.’ But then I followed a link, intending to come back to the original post so I could follow up on it, but then followed another link. I can always hit the back button to get back to the first one.
Before I knew it, I was hopelessly lost in the blog cyber world and had read at least 10 posts out of Lord only knows how many that I was going to go back to cause they were so good I wanted to comment on them and link back to them.
By the time I realized I couldn’t find my way back to the last interesting post I’d read, I knew it was hopeless to even think of trying to find the first 9 I wanted to revisit.
I thought of starting from scratch, but couldn’t remember where I had started???
So, from now on, I’m going to leave comments in the interesting blogs even if I intend to go back and link to them. Cause I probably won’t ever get back there again.
I really hate I can’t find some of those posts I read last night!
This is making my head hurt!
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People get offended when I tell them I only link to people who link to me. Tough shit, says I. It’s my blog. I don’t see why I should link someone if they aren’t going to reciprocate.
No one seems to give a damn if I feel slighted when they DON’T link me, but they come all unglued and call me a linkwhore if I dump someone for lack of reciprocity.
So I’m a linkwhore. I embrace it. I am a PROUD linkwhore!
Thanks for linking me. I like your opinions and think they are most worthy of linkage!
LOL Mark.
I like links too. I was really glad when I quit being a rodent!
These things are important after all!
Beth,
Thanks for the link.
Speaking of Blogging Etiquette, I was looking for your e-mail address.
You sent several trackbacks to Linkfest Haven, but Linkfest Haven is actually a list of blogs holding a linkfest, so we don’t take trackbacks. You can however send trackbacks to any of the parties listed on Linkfest Haven.
Thanks Adam - I sent you an email
I feel your pain, having only recently started figuring some of this stuff out myself. I figure, I link to someone because I like what’s on their post/blog, not because I expect anything in return. If they link back, however, that sure is nice!
Me too Thinking Southerner! I really didn’t realize it was used to rate blogs for the longest time. And I didn’t know - well - I just didn’t know much of anything aobut it! lol
I’m learning.
I was really glad when I quit being a rodent!
I did the TTLB thing for a while until I realized I really didn’t care what NZ Bear thought of my blog. Or anyone else for that matter!
Like life, it’s all about personal choice.
Beth, I only put the links to blogs that I actually read on my blog. I don’t care who links me or doesn’t. My blogroll is my own personal “bookmarker”. I blog for fun and for a kind of personal “therapy”. To get things off my chest, to voice my opinions and thoughts. I just don’t care if I’m doing it right or wrong LOL. I don’t have enough hours in the day to care about it. I enjoy reading your blog, thats why your linked : )
Oh my. Oh my goodness! I gotta figure out this link thing, too. I’ve been tinkering with a Wordpress template but I’m not comfortable enough with it to switch it over yet. But when I do, there will be links galore.
You can always try FURL.net. It allows you to bookmark an article and retrieve it very easily. I use Firefox as my main browser with the Blog This extension. It makes blogging so much easier for me.
Anyway, great site and keep up the good work. Remember, do what you want; not what others expect, demand or prefer.