Comments on: Review Smart: Don’t Sell your Blog Soul to the Devil! http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/ Internet Marketing for those who care about Internet Marketing Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:37:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nathan http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2781 Nathan Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:15:09 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2781 I've been 'selling my soul' for a while now :( I’ve been ’selling my soul’ for a while now :(

]]> By: Gary Lee http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2780 Gary Lee Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:28:40 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2780 hmm . . i wonder which site you're talking about :) hmm . . i wonder which site you’re talking about :)

]]> By: Gary Lee http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 Gary Lee Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:27:12 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2779 I wonder the same thing. I know that overall rankings in SEO are now more dependent on the quality of links rather than the quantity. I wonder the same thing. I know that overall rankings in SEO are now more dependent on the quality of links rather than the quantity.

]]> By: thepaperbull http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2778 thepaperbull Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:15:39 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2778 The current trend of <em>link to me and I'll link to you</em> ad nauseum is a bad trend for the blogging community IMO What has more value - getting 20 links and 20 readers to your site because they see you running it with integrity and good content. Or getting 100 links through a swap program that don't really carry any true readership. But they do inflate your Technorati readers. If you're more interested in your Tech numbers than that's your decision I guess. Personally I get a bigger thrill when someone visits my site and feels like entering the conversation. Not when I see a backlink through an impersonal swap program. I've started a workshop on my site which does have some backlink benefits but the main intent is to find someone else's site that we esteem and give them some free airplay. The group will share links afterwards as well as discover some previously unknown sites. I'm obviously biased - but I think a program like that carries considerably more weight in the long run than the current swap trend. http://thepaperbull.com/community-blog-project-promoting-others/ The current trend of link to me and I’ll link to you ad nauseum is a bad trend for the blogging community IMO

What has more value - getting 20 links and 20 readers to your site because they see you running it with integrity and good content. Or getting 100 links through a swap program that don’t really carry any true readership. But they do inflate your Technorati readers.

If you’re more interested in your Tech numbers than that’s your decision I guess. Personally I get a bigger thrill when someone visits my site and feels like entering the conversation. Not when I see a backlink through an impersonal swap program.

I’ve started a workshop on my site which does have some backlink benefits but the main intent is to find someone else’s site that we esteem and give them some free airplay. The group will share links afterwards as well as discover some previously unknown sites.

I’m obviously biased - but I think a program like that carries considerably more weight in the long run than the current swap trend.

http://thepaperbull.com/community-blog-project-promoting-others/

]]> By: Gary Lee http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 Gary Lee Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:26:54 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2777 I haven't heard from Adam at all. He's probably busy doing a review for every site he can find right now. I haven’t heard from Adam at all. He’s probably busy doing a review for every site he can find right now.

]]> By: the.[ED]ition » Speed Link Sunday! http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 the.[ED]ition » Speed Link Sunday! Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:33:38 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2776 [...] Gary Lee, making his second appearance on Speed Link Sunday, discusses the how to do sponsored posts properly without compromising your blog’s integrity. Personally, I don’t mind ReviewMe since you [...] [...] Gary Lee, making his second appearance on Speed Link Sunday, discusses the how to do sponsored posts properly without compromising your blog’s integrity. Personally, I don’t mind ReviewMe since you [...]

]]> By: Jules http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2775 Jules Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:30:25 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2775 Great tips! I've been participating in a few of these link promotions and I will be following your lead in combining the promotions into one post. Great idea! Have you heard back from Adam at BlogBait? I've sent him a couple emails and haven't heard a thing! Great tips! I’ve been participating in a few of these link promotions and I will be following your lead in combining the promotions into one post. Great idea! Have you heard back from Adam at BlogBait? I’ve sent him a couple emails and haven’t heard a thing!

]]> By: Steve Wordpressguy http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2774 Steve Wordpressguy Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:19:42 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2774 The review fad has killed a few blogs that I used to read regularly because I have to wade through reviews to get at the interesting stuff. I wouldn't mind skipping a review every now and then, but when they outweight the content I just get ... bored! The review fad has killed a few blogs that I used to read regularly because I have to wade through reviews to get at the interesting stuff. I wouldn’t mind skipping a review every now and then, but when they outweight the content I just get … bored!

]]> By: Gary Lee http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2773 Gary Lee Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:44:44 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2773 it's ok . . messy can be good . . authenticity :) it’s ok . . messy can be good . . authenticity :)

]]> By: Homemom3 http://www.mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/comment-page-1/#comment-2772 Homemom3 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:42:41 +0000 http://mrgarylee.com/review-smart-dont-sell-your-blog-soul-to-the-devil/#comment-2772 Not really on topic but I must say I do plan on entering your contest but MY desk was a bit TOO cluttered. :) It is still running right? Not really on topic but I must say I do plan on entering your contest but MY desk was a bit TOO cluttered. :) It is still running right?

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