Social blogging
May 6th 2007 06:26
Increasingly, people are finding ways to link back and forth across the vast blog network. The aim, in part, is to boost Google rankings, but it’s more than that. It diminishes the sense of isolation that many bloggers experience, and builds up social groups within the blog world. Okay, you will only make small inroads into the blogosphere, because it’s so enormous, rather like being one asteroid in the Universe that happens to smash into another asteroid – or planet. Maybe that’s not such a good analogy, given the damage inflicted on said asteroid or planet in the process, but hopefully you get what I mean.
Another blogger talks about making comments on other people’s blogs, something I mentioned several posts back. But he adds three other intriguing ways that are new to me: shout outs, speed linking and blogtipping.
Wikipedia defines a shout-out (note the hyphen) as ‘a greeting or acknowledgement of a person, group, or organization of significance. It is often done as a sign of respect, synonymous with "giving props".’ (‘Giving props’ appears to be a rap term that says I’m giving you respect.)
Speed linking is when you write a post referring to a number of different blogs and mentioning briefly what you enjoyed about something they’d posted. It requires you to keep up with a lot of other blogs, of course! Something I have some trouble doing.
And finally blogtipping. This is similar to speed linking, except that it requires a degree of selflessness. That is, you link to ‘three unsuspecting blogs and offer three compliments and/or one helpful tip to each blogger,’ as one blogger defines it. You don’t have to limit yourself to three links – you can go crazy!
Apparently the first Blogtipping Day occurred just over a year ago, on May 1st, 2006. But now some bloggers have set the first of each month as blogtipping day. I guess it’s better than the more traditional ‘a pinch and a punch for the first of the month, and a kick because you’re so thick.’
Another blogger talks about making comments on other people’s blogs, something I mentioned several posts back. But he adds three other intriguing ways that are new to me: shout outs, speed linking and blogtipping.
Wikipedia defines a shout-out (note the hyphen) as ‘a greeting or acknowledgement of a person, group, or organization of significance. It is often done as a sign of respect, synonymous with "giving props".’ (‘Giving props’ appears to be a rap term that says I’m giving you respect.)
Speed linking is when you write a post referring to a number of different blogs and mentioning briefly what you enjoyed about something they’d posted. It requires you to keep up with a lot of other blogs, of course! Something I have some trouble doing.
And finally blogtipping. This is similar to speed linking, except that it requires a degree of selflessness. That is, you link to ‘three unsuspecting blogs and offer three compliments and/or one helpful tip to each blogger,’ as one blogger defines it. You don’t have to limit yourself to three links – you can go crazy!
Apparently the first Blogtipping Day occurred just over a year ago, on May 1st, 2006. But now some bloggers have set the first of each month as blogtipping day. I guess it’s better than the more traditional ‘a pinch and a punch for the first of the month, and a kick because you’re so thick.’
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Comment by Anonymous
Also, thanks for your comments on my blogs.