Comments on: My “Blogging Buddies” Update http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/ Wed, 23 May 2012 08:55:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barbara Swafford http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-88979 Barbara Swafford Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:19:25 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-88979 Hi Mathews, Thank you for dropping by, for your comment and for your kind words. I hope you continue to enjoy that which I share. Hi Mathews,

Thank you for dropping by, for your comment and for your kind words. I hope you continue to enjoy that which I share.

]]> By: Mathews Drenalin http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-88891 Mathews Drenalin Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:40:52 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-88891 Not so long ago I wandered across this website and have been reading along. I decided I would give my opening comment. Im not sure exactly what to say except that Ive enjoyed perusing. Interesting blog. I intend to continue coming back to this blog now and again. I have also got your feed for any updates. Not so long ago I wandered across this website and have been reading along. I decided I would give my opening comment. Im not sure exactly what to say except that Ive enjoyed perusing. Interesting blog. I intend to continue coming back to this blog now and again. I have also got your feed for any updates.

]]> By: Barbara http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-890 Barbara Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:51:34 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-890 Hello Catherine, Linking gets pretty confusing. As I was researching linking, that's when I ran across "link farming". As much as I am not too concerned about having my blogging buddies classified as a link farm, with under 30 links, I do wonder what would happen if I had 3000. Then too, we are depending on computer generated search engines to visit out site, so if a computer "bot" sees a long page of links, I don't see how they would have the capability of determining it's not a link farm. Inbound links can not be controlled by a site, but it seems like if you had a lot of spammy links coming in, that could degrade your site. Maybe not with Google, but with your readers. I'm trying to maintain a quality site, and as mentioned before, I won't resort to buying links. I feel, in time, I will get more incoming quality links, and with that, page rank will follow. I don't want to do anything to jeopardize the sites of my loyal readers either, so unless I figure out another method of listing my blogging buddies, my links to them will continue to individual links, in posts. Hello Catherine,

Linking gets pretty confusing. As I was researching linking, that’s when I ran across “link farming”. As much as I am not too concerned about having my blogging buddies classified as a link farm, with under 30 links, I do wonder what would happen if I had 3000.

Then too, we are depending on computer generated search engines to visit out site, so if a computer “bot” sees a long page of links, I don’t see how they would have the capability of determining it’s not a link farm.

Inbound links can not be controlled by a site, but it seems like if you had a lot of spammy links coming in, that could degrade your site. Maybe not with Google, but with your readers.

I’m trying to maintain a quality site, and as mentioned before, I won’t resort to buying links. I feel, in time, I will get more incoming quality links, and with that, page rank will follow.

I don’t want to do anything to jeopardize the sites of my loyal readers either, so unless I figure out another method of listing my blogging buddies, my links to them will continue to individual links, in posts.

]]> By: Catherine Lawson http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-887 Catherine Lawson Thu, 01 Nov 2007 01:09:25 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-887 Hi Barbara - Unfortunately, a lot of those link farms aren't penalized - at least the sites they link to aren't. They are usually v spammy sites and the site they're linking to bears little resemblance in content. I know this because I searched what sites were linking to many of my competitors sites, and a lot were link farms. Yet some of the competitors had PR6. Now whether the farms are penalised is another matter. But, I think that what does matter is that the links from your site are relevant to the content on the site you're linking to. To me, it all seems very complicated. They say that lots of inbound links can give you a higher PR - yet they also say that a high PR won't make your site rank highly in the search engines. So, I just don't understand why it matters so much. Then I hear about people paying for links and I have to wonder why they're doing that if it won't give them a higher ranking. It seems nobody knows for sure. Hi Barbara – Unfortunately, a lot of those link farms aren’t penalized – at least the sites they link to aren’t. They are usually v spammy sites and the site they’re linking to bears little resemblance in content.

I know this because I searched what sites were linking to many of my competitors sites, and a lot were link farms. Yet some of the competitors had PR6.

Now whether the farms are penalised is another matter. But, I think that what does matter is that the links from your site are relevant to the content on the site you’re linking to.

To me, it all seems very complicated. They say that lots of inbound links can give you a higher PR – yet they also say that a high PR won’t make your site rank highly in the search engines. So, I just don’t understand why it matters so much.

Then I hear about people paying for links and I have to wonder why they’re doing that if it won’t give them a higher ranking. It seems nobody knows for sure.

]]> By: Barbara http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-851 Barbara Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:04:56 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/my-blogging-buddies-update/#comment-851 Hi Kekoa, I fixed the typo. Thanks for pointing that out to me. I'm not sure if my blogging buddies page would have been (when I included links), considered a link farm, however, based on some of the definitions, I don't want to take the risk. Looking into the future, when that page could include thousands of links to sites, a good deed could be misconstrued. That is what I don't want to take a chance on. Hi Kekoa,

I fixed the typo. Thanks for pointing that out to me.

I’m not sure if my blogging buddies page would have been (when I included links), considered a link farm, however, based on some of the definitions, I don’t want to take the risk.

Looking into the future, when that page could include thousands of links to sites, a good deed could be misconstrued. That is what I don’t want to take a chance on.

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