Link Spamming: Are You at Fault?
When you make a post to your blog, do you bookmark it in the social sites? Every time?
Do you favorite anything but your own stuff?
Do you know that you might be link spamming?
I mean, you really shouldn’t bookmark every single post you make, unless your posts are chock full of incredible information. If you’re posting about what your cat had for lunch, don’t bookmark it. People won’t be interested in reading that stuff.
Be discerning. When you write a great post, totally bookmark it through OnlyWire, Tell-a-Friend Social Twist, or whatever you like to use. Tell the world!
Then, other folks will find your blog. They’ll visit you and become interested in what you have to say.
Also be sure to bookmark other interesting things you find on the Web. You can make friends on places like Digg and StumbleUpon, who will check out everything you bookmark. That’s what social sites are all about.
My idea is that at some point, people will decide what appears in the search engines, rather than an algorithm. We can vote on what we like and don’t like, and have the people decide what is important to them and what isn’t.
Cool?
Mike Paetzold
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:14 pm #
That is one of the things I use MyBlogLog for is to check that I am not link spamming. Adding your sites in there then checking the new with me lets me know if I am spamming or participating.
MT
February 5th, 2009 at 2:33 am #
The rate at which the internet is growing is faster than the human population. There must be algorithms, there is no way all that information can be sorted.
Pat Marcello
February 5th, 2009 at 11:00 am #
So true, but they may be better based on what people like than on what a search engine thinks is appropriate for us to see.
– Pat
Phut
February 5th, 2009 at 3:28 pm #
Well, to be fair, search engines get better and better at finding relevant stuff. Though, you do have a point.
About StumbleUpon. I’ve been using it for years, both for fun and to promote (shamelessly) my blog.
But, it does have its quirks. Basically people who visit your blog/site through StumbleUpon don’t tend to spend much time there. They just hit the button and move on. Still, I’ve had great results.
Bob
February 6th, 2009 at 5:54 pm #
I agree with you that people and social bookmark sites are probably more credible these days then what google and yahoo are showing on their websites.. esp since ppc has become such a big business. However don’t you think that social bookmark sites are headed in the same direction with web developers/compaines paying people to now social bookmark their site. Is any source safe?
Priyamvada
February 18th, 2009 at 3:52 am #
well you have point about spreading links everywhere.But frankly i am doing same ,my all friends are doing same thing and they are earning money too