Comments on: Why I avoid blog link exchanges

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:51:38 +0000

Honeymoon – Agreed. When specific blogs are mentioned in the context of an article it can be far more valuable to the reader than a blogroll list.

By: Honeymoon packages

Honeymoon packages — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:47:17 +0000

If you offer to link to (good) posts then this is even better for the other blogger than link exchange as he is getting a one way deep link which google loves as it is the natural way links are built.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:15:02 +0000

Binh – I agree with your comment. I don’t have anything against blog link exchanges so long as they are with relevant sites that readers will find interesting.

By: Binh

Binh — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:55:23 +0000

Hi Martin, I agree with you about this. I wish to have more discussion on the blogs instead of a dead link exchange request. Link exchange might kill a relationship the instance it is set.

However, I do exchange link for the most relevant blogs because that would benefit the blog readers by helping them find more information on their topics of interest.

BTW, I like your wordings.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:35:04 +0000

software development – Agreed; if you change colour shades you need to ensure you maintain a good contrast between the text and its background.

By: software development companies

software development companies — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:06:20 +0000

Yeah I agree wth you but when you change the background to lighter shade at the same time the foreground tht is text must be made darker.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:08:14 +0000

Wtricks – Thanks for your comment. This blog earnt a PR of 4 from Google within six weeks too, and all without a blogroll.

I think blogrolls are great if they add value for your readers. If they are done only for selfish reasons (to gain more exposure even if they are not sites you would genuinely recommend to your readers), I am completely against them.

By: Wtricks

Wtricks — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:10:03 +0000

well .. I had a similar way to see things, but this is no longer the case. I have seen the awesome things a blogroll can do .. my newest blog (a personal one) is not yet 2 months old. At 6 weeks of existence the blog got a PR4 from Google, mainly because of the trade links I had in these weeks. From zero to 4 in just 1 month and a half and almost no promotion, I say this proves something.

I also have 200+ visits a day and increasing rapidly.

I dislike blogrolls sometimes too and don’t like having huge lists, but sometimes they work very nice. I have a lot of visitors from other blogrolls and new visitors discover my site daily.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:34:28 +0000

Segnala sito – They can be a good idea (I guess), but I don’t endorse them for the reasons I outline in my article.

By: segnala sito

segnala sito — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:33:31 +0000

I don’t thin, you need to avoid blog links exchange, it can be a great idea … if you need PR.