Wriging Thread: BlogRoll Standards

BlogRoll Standards

dbme — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:55:31

I'm with dreamweaver, I just link to my daily reads really. Like cooper, I put my blogroll on a separate page to keep clutter off the homepage. If I just want to link to someone I'll write a post about them, even if they're friends.

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shadowsun7 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:32:53

I'm wondering whether I should keep mine. I mean, when I see a personal blog of a friend with my name in his/her blogroll, I feel guilty if I haven't already put their blog in mine.

A recent redesign on my personal blog has stripped it off a blogroll. And the guilt's unbearable.

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elliothere — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:22:53

I used to have a fairly good sized blogroll, but on my latest redesign (granted, not nearly finished yet), I haven't put one up at all. Nor have I put up a list of archives or categories for my own stuff.

I had the same reasoning for all of them--Most people don't really read them or dare I say even care.

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rileycentral — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:38:21

Good stuff. I wait a long time before i put someone on mine. Also, an idea I've used recently was to use the incoming links plugin for WordPress "Kramer" to have an updating stream from technorati of those posts from people on my blogroll. I see it as a way to pay back and a way to promote my best friends of blogging (or the most quality).

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Tyme — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:35:25

I no longer use blogrolls. I've begun to include more blogs that I like and if they are friends, rel link them.

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superrats — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:47:24

If I like the blogger and it's related to my blog topic (anime stuff) I put it in. The blogroll is on a separate page, so there's less need to be conscious of space.

Maybe if my blog topic were more serious, I'd be more ruthless with the blogroll, but eh, I just go with what I like.

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cooper — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:30:36

My blogroll is on a separate page, it includes some people I've read since the beginning even if they post rarely or at all and bloggers I like even if they suck, I add newer blogs only if I like them and read them and think they are good, otherwise it is random things which give a clue where I'm coming from. Most everything else goes on a homepage or reader.
I do post in case you missed it reads on my side bar, mostly news but sometimes blog posts I like.

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Nils — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:45:14

To be honest, haven't had one in years. Blogrolls, to me at least, have long been surpassed by streams and tumblelogs.

On the other hand, I have been thinking about a fast-moving, quickly changing and (especially that) hand-picked "recommended" section, where I'd put stuff I really thought was worthwhile. But I'd have to have some authority first, of course, to say that.

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Ollie — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:36:34

I gave up on the blogroll a while ago. I do use the 9rules random link script though, so I'm not all Scrooge.

I used to put all my links on a separate page, but shortly after joining 9rules, I read a comment from someone that said they didn't like blogrolls because they didn't like playing favourites. That struck a chord with me and I got rid of mine. So I that makes my blogroll about as skinny as possible.

Instead, if a site is worthy of a link, it is included in a post. I feel that makes it more worthwhile, more genuine and readers are more likely to click it and discover new stuff.

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Kamigoroshi — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:30:45

4 permanent ones on my sidebar in addition to the random 9 9ruler links that change every time the page reloads.

The rest of my blogrolls are placed in a separate page to my blog, which is constantly updated to see if it's still there. Of course, those links are also in my RSS feeds so I know whether its dead as well, no point recommending a blog that you don't read yourself.

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Scrivs — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:32:33

It has to be a site that I respect and have no problem sending my readers to, just linking to link does me no good. I don't post them up for my own benefit since I know the sites already. I want my readers to know that I'm hooking them up with the good shit.

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rileycentral — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:16:45

Those are some helpful replies, thanks.

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dreamweaver — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:16:05

The few blogs on my blogroll are blogs that I read regularly. I have no idea whether they link to me or not but they probably don't. Also, not all my regular reads are on my blogroll, for various reasons. I'd say mine's a bikini model, but whether it's sexy is entirely subjective.

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Mike — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:03:15

Funny analogy, but when I've had blogrolls in the past it's been just a handful of sites, maybe 5-7 total. They were never people who linked to me, or who were respected and popular, but simply friends of mine I wanted to give a shout to.

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rileycentral — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:52:26

Is your blogroll a sexy bikini model or an overweight Discovery channel subject they have to break down the door to get to?

If you take my meaning.

I want to know what standards you require (if any) before a blog makes your blogroll.