, who noted that it seems nigh-impossible to get a link from high-traffic bloggers unless you, yourself, are a high-traffic blogger - or at least a member of
.
Now, I haven't tried hitting up any BlogTitans for linkage for quite a while, so I don't know how true that is these days. However, I *do* have my own theories on how to go about doing so, which I quote from the original post:
In the next few days, I'm going to conduct an experiment to see how well this actually works. I'll file a report afterwards.
Meanwhile, although I'm only a B-list blogger myself, there are still bloggers with even LESS traffic who occasionally feel the urge to ask me to link something. If you're on my blogroll or you're at least a semi-regular commenter, I'll likely jump at the chance.
If you're a lurker or just a passing Googler, you'll have to gain my confidence first.
After that, just follow the standard "begging for linkage" format outlined above.
Also, if you blog under a pseudonym and your e-mail address has your real name, please include a link to your blog's URL so I can figure out who you are. My tarot cards are out getting re-laminated, so my psychic powers are a little ephemeral at the moment ;-)
But DO feel free to e-mail. I don't get around to every blog as often as I'd like, and good blog-fodder is always appreciated.
Just ask Doll.
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What if I tell you to gfy?
Would that get me a link?
Especially if I haven't posted anything?
Posted by: _Jon at April 03, 2006 10:12 PM (/R7YK)
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Here, link to this:
http://curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com/2006/04/todays-coffee-spitter-do-you-think-if.html
Posted by: _Jon at April 03, 2006 10:21 PM (/R7YK)
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Great post. It was not necessary you mention me, my blog, or my email, but since you did, thanks.
Posted by: doll at April 04, 2006 12:12 AM (tSe5Y)
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I usually just tell them they don't have the balls to link me, and then type "neener neener neener".
Usually in all caps.
Posted by: Graumagus at April 04, 2006 02:36 AM (DW6m4)
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I think Harv just wants everybody to notice and compliment what large breasts his blog has...
Posted by: Kermit at April 04, 2006 05:26 AM (RTy2V)
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B blogger? Wow. I would have given you an A any day. ;-)
Posted by: vw bug at April 04, 2006 05:30 AM (3cg+5)
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_Jon - Nah. I wouldn't link you if you were the last blogger on earth :-P
Kermit - they ARE intoxicating, aren't they? :-)
Bug - I was referring to site traffic, not quality ;-)
Posted by: Harvey at April 04, 2006 06:30 AM (L7a63)
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Your post on how to get a link from a high traffic blogger is the best yet. If I had a blog I would want to link to you.
//BLATANT EGO FLATTERY - Say something nice about a recent post. You don't have to lay it on TOO thick, but at least make a passing reference to something on the front page so that I know you took the trouble to at least GLANCE at my writing.//
Per your instructions, now post a picture of Dean Cain
Posted by: shimauma at April 04, 2006 06:46 AM (oH+XM)
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I realize I'm being just a tad too serious here. But at one time Eugene Volokh had posted a request on his blog - to people who wanted him to link something. His requirements were...
Send an email with the url of the post, and then copy and paste the post into the email. That's because it was faster for him to scan the post content in that way and decide if it was something he wanted to blog.
Then again maybe Grau is onto something.
Posted by: Teresa at April 04, 2006 10:08 AM (FZwDL)
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I'm no good at begging for links. Only tech support. ;-)
Posted by: Richmond at April 04, 2006 11:36 AM (e8QFP)
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I'm no good at begging for links. Only tech support. ;-)
Posted by: Richmond at April 04, 2006 11:39 AM (e8QFP)
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.. "top shelf bloggers"?.... "A-list bloggers"?.... screw that..... all bloggers are equal.... ten hits per day or ten thousand...... blogging isn't about getting traffic from begging people to link.... that's just bullshit....
Posted by: Eric at April 04, 2006 07:33 PM (r5XsL)
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Hooray for bullshit! :-)
Posted by: Harvey at April 04, 2006 08:15 PM (L7a63)
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I'm all about whoring out the blog. But, I'm also all about pimping out my husband's blog. Even though I post constantly, when he posts something, it's usually a much better read than the dribble I spew.
btw - I usually encounter your bad examples courtesy of Richmond at One for the Road. But today, I found you while dropping in for a martini at Vodkapundit. Just in case you were curious.
Posted by: wRitErsbLock at April 05, 2006 12:23 PM (yHahS)
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I have to disagree with Eric there.
I think audience size is important for some messages. For example, a good idea on a social or political policy is much better expounded on a site with ten thousand readers than just ten. It helps everyone by spreading a good idea further.
Posted by: _Jon at April 05, 2006 01:24 PM (ZM3Qb)
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And here's a suggestion for what not to do. Don't bombard a blogger with emails about
every single post you put up. That gets old very fast, and in almost every case will earn you a prominent place on the recipient's email filter.
Posted by: Bill Quick at April 05, 2006 01:25 PM (buOBD)
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I would be interested in seeing the results of your experiment, and I hope you will post them.
Posted by: Bill Quick at April 05, 2006 01:27 PM (buOBD)
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Came here by way of the Vodakpundit -- whom I consider a A-lister. I found him from one of the super A-lister, Instapundit.
I was a Z-list blogger but believe I've moved up to S or U. Maybe you could include a ranking from A to Z and how you qualify for a level.
Most of my visiters come by way of my going to places that allow comments. When I see a post about something I've posted about, I comment with a link back to my blog.
I don't know what that's called, although I've seen it mentioned as whore blogging.
Example:
The Matrix is loading and it's not computers that are going to put us in pods of goo. If you don't want to know, take the Red Pill: continue reading.
If you want to know, click
Green Pill.
Posted by: scout29c at April 05, 2006 01:50 PM (ViYz5)
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all bloggers are equal.... ten hits per day or ten thousand...... blogging isn't about getting traffic from begging people to link.... that's just bullshit....
While I agree that blogging isn't about getting traffic by begging people to link, I definitely disagree with any assertion that all bloggers are equal.
I don't think I would even qualify for a "B-list" with my MONTHLY count currently around 1000, but my posts are good, often provocative, and always worth reading. Still, my policy of NOT asking for links (via email or other means) may put me at a disadvantage. People who put the extra effort into their work deservedly get to reap the rewards.
This is fine with me, as my blog is about what I think and what people who come to read it think, not about who specifically I can get to come around. If I read something somewhere and think I can add to the discussion, I leave a comment. If people want to follow the link back to the RWRepublic, great. If not, that's great too. Everyone being able to decide what he wants to read and write is one of the basic philosophies of America.
This is the first post I've read at this blog, and I arrived here via RWN. Good luck with it.
RWR
www.rightwingrocker.com
Posted by: RightWingRocker at April 05, 2006 02:31 PM (KzpML)
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With all the photo blogging I've been doing lately I must rank a DD blogger at the moment. And no, that is not my bra size . . .
Posted by: oddybobo at April 05, 2006 02:42 PM (6Gm0j)
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If you want a link from IMAO, you can just ask, Harv... or post it yourself.
Posted by: Frank J. at April 05, 2006 03:09 PM (xpMEn)
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Or you can write about the process, O Bad One®...
Posted by: chris Muir at April 05, 2006 03:13 PM (RklOC)
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I followed Hugh Hewitt's link to this page. It appears this practice of begging works. At least Hugh thought it was shrewd. I'LL BE BACK!
Bob. kimbobwineblog.blogspot.com
Posted by: Bob Masitti at April 05, 2006 07:34 PM (WHCOZ)
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I followed Hugh Hewitt's link to this page. It appears this practice of begging works. At least Hugh thought it was shrewd. I'LL BE BACK!
Bob
Posted by: Bob Masitti at April 05, 2006 07:35 PM (WHCOZ)
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If you want po;otocal discussion par excellance you guys need to go to
Publius' Forum
Yes, that's...
http://www.publiusforum.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Warner Todd Huston at April 05, 2006 08:02 PM (5rQpQ)
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When I first starting blogging I did exactly what you suggested and it worked beautifully. (I think it helps to be a blue eyed blonde female in a sea of male geeky bloggers though) But the picture will only get you so far. There are plenty of pics on the net.
Anyway, I just got tired of doing that though. I haven't asked someone to link me in about a year so...do you wanna? You big bad example hunk of a blogger! (is that flattery enough for you?) Oh yeah, Did I mention I love geeks?
Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at April 05, 2006 08:29 PM (1+NkI)
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Did I mention that for great pooleetical talk you should go to
Publius' Forum?
Yes, that's http://www.publiusforum.blogspot.com/
I might have mentioned it, though.
Posted by: Warner Todd Huston at April 05, 2006 08:49 PM (5rQpQ)
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I know some bloggers are busier (with emails) than others, but why any blogger would pitch a post about apples to a blogger mainly interested in kumqats, I'll never know.
Remember, people, it's not a hierarchy.
We're the Army of Davids! Woooooooo!
Posted by: Allan at April 05, 2006 10:57 PM (Bke9o)
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The reason I never link-beg from the big name bloggers is that, while I'd enjoy getting linked from them, I really don't care about most of their blogs. Perhaps it's just an irrational backlash against the "blog establishment," if there can be such a thing, but I have an equal distaste for the A-list con bloggers (Instapundit) and lib bloggers (Daily Kos). I don't particularly like their blogging style (heavy on links, light on commentary) or their blogging frequency (two dozen posts in a day is a bit much, even if most of them are short).
Basically, it seems like the A-list bloggers have primarily gotten there not by being particularly good, thought-provoking, or unique, but simply through knowing how to market their blogs. Which means that I, as someone who reads a blog for the content and not the popularity, prefer to steer clear of the A-list bloggers.
Posted by: Pieter Friedrich at April 06, 2006 12:19 AM (kdlhM)
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WTH - I think this makes you a comment-remora :-)
Pieter - You're quite right. Most of the A-bloggers are all about marketing, and quantity. Also, they tend to be run by people who already have a certain status for non-blog-related reasons (for example, Michelle Malkin was a columnist first, and Hugh Hewitt has a radio show).
On the other hand, they've also got regularity & consistency going for them. When you visit, you KNOW you'll find SOMETHING interesting amidst the pile of links. It's a "shotgun blast" rather than a "rifle-shot" approach.
But I know what you mean about preferring less-frequent yet more-insightful commentary. That's why I miss USS Clueless so much.
Oh, and for a blog with just about the perfect mix of regular posting, thoughtful commentary, and fun links, I recommend
A Sweet, Familiar Dissonance.
Posted by: Harvey at April 06, 2006 07:40 AM (L7a63)
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Great post, Harv, and it's catching lots of links from big-traffic bloggers. Exactly how many emails did you send out?
Posted by: physics geek at April 06, 2006 11:05 AM (Xvrs7)
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Can I get into the prostituting of ones self http://blackright.blogspot.com/ to try and garner coveted hits for my blog http://blackright.blogspot.com/ which does allow comments http://blackright.blogspot.com/ did I mention that it is http://blackright.blogspot.com/ and in case you forgot http://blackright.blogspot.com/
Posted by: gsplsngr at April 06, 2006 11:55 AM (Cl7j6)
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PG - 30... and you won't believe some of the people I tapped :-)
OO! Another comment-remora!... but I'll let this one go because your name is even less common than mine... and I like your T-shirt ;-)
http://blackright.blogspot.com/2006/03/thanks-to-michelle-malkin-for-above.html
Posted by: Harvey at April 06, 2006 02:58 PM (L7a63)
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You wanna link, go ahead and link. Do it for any dang reason.
BTW, I'm getting about 900 hits a day at my new place, but most of those are bots.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg at April 07, 2006 04:12 AM (C6h92)
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