Networking, link building, and blogitics
Is blogitics even a word? Well, for the sake of this post let's assume it's a word. I'm sure you're familiar with office politics. Think about the channels you have to navigate at work to make you don't rock the boat too often.
There seems to be a working politicking method online as well. As a blogger, it is in my best interest to trade meaningful links with other bloggers. Not only does this build up my own little online network and possibly expose my blog to more readers, it also factors into the complicated Page Rank system and potentially helps my blog rise in popularity enough to earn a respectable Page Rank. I am, at this righting, sitting solidly on a zero page rank. *sigh*
There are several theories about who should link to who and when and how. A large faction says that if you have a high page rank, you should avoid linking to someone like me who has no ranking at all. Others say that any and all links are beneficial.
I agree with the latter. A link is a link in my book, as long as it is used in the context of your blog or at least one of your posts. I'm not a huge fan of blogrolls, or put more simply, long general lists of other blogs. I think any site I choose write about should be linked in the middle of rich content that is in the appropriate context of the site to which I am linking.
And while I'm on the topic of politics, be it blogitics or real-life political politics, let me mention Lisa Renee at Glass City Jungle, simply because I was recently given the link and I'm so thrilled to see a political blog written with a dash of humor and a format that doesn't try to go over people's heads. I'm an admitted political junkie and I can sit and read a blog about local politics from absolutely anywhere in the world and be enthralled. It doesn't have to be about my own state or City to hold my attention.
Maybe Lisa Renee could help me figure out if blogitics is a real word. :)
This is a sponsored post.
There seems to be a working politicking method online as well. As a blogger, it is in my best interest to trade meaningful links with other bloggers. Not only does this build up my own little online network and possibly expose my blog to more readers, it also factors into the complicated Page Rank system and potentially helps my blog rise in popularity enough to earn a respectable Page Rank. I am, at this righting, sitting solidly on a zero page rank. *sigh*
There are several theories about who should link to who and when and how. A large faction says that if you have a high page rank, you should avoid linking to someone like me who has no ranking at all. Others say that any and all links are beneficial.
I agree with the latter. A link is a link in my book, as long as it is used in the context of your blog or at least one of your posts. I'm not a huge fan of blogrolls, or put more simply, long general lists of other blogs. I think any site I choose write about should be linked in the middle of rich content that is in the appropriate context of the site to which I am linking.
And while I'm on the topic of politics, be it blogitics or real-life political politics, let me mention Lisa Renee at Glass City Jungle, simply because I was recently given the link and I'm so thrilled to see a political blog written with a dash of humor and a format that doesn't try to go over people's heads. I'm an admitted political junkie and I can sit and read a blog about local politics from absolutely anywhere in the world and be enthralled. It doesn't have to be about my own state or City to hold my attention.
Maybe Lisa Renee could help me figure out if blogitics is a real word. :)
This is a sponsored post.
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