Randy has an interesting post about A-list Bloggers’ circular linking to drive up their ranking:
“…
The problem is that the many of us link to the a-listers like mad
in hope that they’ll just link to us once in a blue moon and boost our
Google karma. They get 10 links for every link they give you, sometimes
more…”
OK, so I am one of
those s*ckers linking to several A-listers – but wait, is it all about
ranking? No, there is quite a bit more: they actually happen to
write informative / entertaining / provocative (take your pick) blogs,
that are worth reading … ONCE, that is.
But
thanks to Bloglines, I get to read the same article 3-4 times in the
course of a day or so, as our A-listers quote each other often adding
little extra value.
C’mon guys, you can do better than this!
Update: here’s an interesting idea from the Social Customer Manifesto.
Technorati Tags: Blogging, Blogs, A-list, alist, Circular Linking BlogRoll
I wrote an blog entry about this a while back, and it’s really the limited voice that has become the A-list that is troubling. And generally, they are the least interesting of the bloggers that make up the blogosphere. So it becomes the elite stay elite, and the talented with new ideas get held back.
In many ways, it’s all about the money. Many of these blogs are making money from advertising, so of course they’re going to cross link in some kind of incestious manner. Technorati perpetuates it, because Sifry is also interested of keeping them happy because they talk about him. It’s all one big blogfest between a few friends.