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		<title>8  Tips for Blogging Old School; Building a Community of Links</title>
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			<title>gpelec says:</title>
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			<dc:creator>gpelec</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>LED Bulb says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I will always give a nice thrust look in to you from my bookmark feed. I don't actually comment and don't like to spend time in typing the comment.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>LED Bulb</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 06:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Gabriella Sannino says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ The point of this article was specifically about blogging, communicating and linking as a way to build a community, and remains so. However, I’m going to expound on my original post to clarify a little more. Here it is: This article is not about link building for SEO; in fact, this article isn’t about SEO at all. You see, years of experience have shown me that SEO isn’t the only reason to put a link somewhere. It’s not the end all and be all of a marketing campaign. In other words, not everything revolves around optimization. You can make a comment on a blog, add a link, and not even think about ranking, optimization or whether it might raise their IBL profile (hint: Yo – SE geeks, regular people do this all the time). The idea is to offer bloggers advice, based on my experience, on creating a community within their niche: • YES, it’s okay to link to other people in your articles. • YES, it’s okay to give your readers links to other content not on your site. • YES, it’s okay to talk about other people if they say something that interested you. • YES, it’s okay to share your own material with other people on another blog. • YES, it’s okay to communicate. “Share and share alike,” we say. “Occasionally forget about Google and think about the community you’re building,” we urge. “Engage, communicate, and enjoy the unique opportunity the Digital Age has to share information, meet new people and build a community like no other time before it.” Thanks for your input.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Gabriella Sannino</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Lyena Solomon says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Let's face it - we all read the same blogs and comment on the same topics. We are already a community. When you are a part of a community, you always reference people, "Joe said,...", "Mary mentioned,...". So, how is it different with links? You link to a source when you want to comment on an idea expressed in that source when you write a blog post. Makes perfect sense to me.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lyena Solomon</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Donna Fontenot says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Trolls aside, the concept of going old-school when building a community is extremely true and relevant. The shy kid in the corner is rarely going just wake up and find himself popular one day. He has to learn to get involved in the community if he hopes to attract participants in his little world. Back in the earlier days of blogging I wrote a list of 35 ways to increase blog traffic and popularity - and it still holds true today. It also reinforces what you're saying here, Gabriella. Here's a link to read all 35, since obviously, it wouldn't make sense to list them all here in the comments - http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/making-money-online/site-promotion/site-traffic-strategies/35-ways-to-increase-blog-popularity-and-traffic/ :)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Donna Fontenot</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>David Harry says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Never are Michael, I actually appreciate your stance as I am not a fan of crap-hat. I don't think Gabs really 'went' there, but I appreciate your concern and everyone's free to have opinions and input. Thanks for keeping us on our toes. No hard feelings what-so-ever.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>David Harry</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Michael Martinez says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dave, thanks for joining in. I've said all I want to say on the topic. I hope we can all go forward from this point without any hard feelings.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michael Martinez</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>David Harry says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[WOW, what an excitable bunch. Where to start? First off, I really don't think this article comes off as a call to comment spam. To me it was about forming relationships that may blossom into a (nepotistic) relationship for link acquisition. That's networking and part of 'the game' we play in marketing. If for links or other forms of promotion. @Michael - I shall increase the word count limits sir, hadn't run into the prob before. As for the (perception of) article, I am not going to call what Gabs wrote 'black hat' or a shill for people to start comment spamming. If anything, I have also used it (dropping a link in my comment) exactly as Barry noted; because I've written a related piece and it's just easier to do than writing a book in the comments (besides, most blog comments are nofollow, it's not much of a link building tactic now is it?). I am NOT doing that for links, it is my way of adding to a conversation. Gabs said "when you are inspired to do so". That's exactly how I comment and IF I dropped a link, it is for the reason mentioned above. I don't read her statement as "Go leave comments and drop a link in them" on a mass scale or anything. I read it as; A. If moved, leave a comment and B. if you have related reading leave a link. Shit, if it was about comment spamming, then why didn't she mention to check if the links are followed and to ALWAYS leave a link in the comment? I believe she's talking about adding to the conversation. @Mel - pretty sure Michael meant that as a figure of speech. I doubt he'd be talking if he hadn't. It's the perception of Gabs statements I believe may be the problem here. @Barry - I agree, comment links (spamming) isns't a viable approach. I also leave links in comments, but only because it adds to the conversation.... and I am lazy too. No, wait, I mean 'pressed for time' - yes that's it. @Terry - down boy... ohmmm ohmmm... @Gabs - Introductions first; Gabs meet Michael, Michael, meet Gabs. Michael is like many of the great folks we have in the Dojo, very passionate about search. I really think there is a bit of a mis-communication here as far as what was meant in the post. He doesn't know you as well as I or he'd know you're not a believer in comment spamming. Or that I'd allow a post on here about it. There have been times over the years Michael has taken issue with things I've written, we hash it out and move on. I'd encourage you to do the same, because he is a voice I welcome in the space. Methinks we need to step back, re-read the post and ensure we're talking oranges-to-oranges here. Maybe a bit of a follow up? Maybe some annotations on this one? Not sure. Either way as long as it's (the comments here) constructive and civil, I shall grab some pop corn and allow it to continue. A. Writers need a thick skin. B. We're allowed to disagree.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>David Harry</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Barry Adams says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My 2 cents: I leave comments with a link on blog posts quite regularly, primarily because I'm a lazy bugger and don't want to keep typing the same stuff over and over so I just supply a link to something I've written on the relevant topic at hand, or point the reader to someone else's material on the subject. As a linkbuilding exercise it's pretty pointless, but that was never Gabs point. Her post is about building a blog community, about being part of the conversation and getting your name and your writing out there. And in that context this tactic still works, as part of a larger effort as Gabs describes. I think Michael may have misinterpreted this as a linkbuilding post - understandable as this is an SEO blog after all - but that's not the core message I got from Gabrielle's article.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Barry Adams</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Barry Adams says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Sorry, who? I was unaware that I or any other Barry had commented on this post prior to now. ;)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Barry Adams</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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