Housekeeping, blog style
No, my home doesn’t look like this:
Nor does it look like this
It’s somewhere in between the two extremes
As I’ve mentioned many times, we live in a dog house and the dogs allow us to live here…
as long as we feed them.
But that’s not the kind of housekeeping I want to discuss today or, possibly, EVER!
Today’s housekeeping topic?
Using another person’s blog as advertising
I have a monthly writing challenge (#TMAT120). During that one day a month I welcome links to other people’s blogs.
All other days, I ask that people
- refrain from adding a link unless I’ve specifically asked for one, or
- the person wanting to add the link has asked to do so — and I’ve said yes.
When you add a link that hasn’t been requested, it’s like painting an advertisement on someone’s home.
I’ve noticed that other bloggers have added a “no links” statement to their reply section (an indication that I’m not the only one struggling with this issue). Once I see that someone has added a link without asking, I remove it.
Am I guilty of unwanted linking? Probably. We all make mistakes in our exuberance. If so, please accept my apologies for the affront.
I get that.
My rules are flexible so far.
“Hey, check this out + link” will get deleted. But when someone actually responds to my post and THEN links to a post of their own that is RELATED, then I allow it. For continuity of learning on the topic.
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It can get much too complex for my overtaxed brain cells, so I keep it simple. 🙂
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Ah, I may have done this to you and apologise.
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Once in a while I remind people of something I’ve had to be reminded of myself. 🙂
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I hate the really generic comments that have nothing to do with the post. I see them in moderation all the time: “I just stumbled upon your article today. Really great writing here. Perhaps you would be interested in checking out ….”
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Spam. WordPress filters usually weed it out, but sometimes spammers get creative.
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Good point. Adding links in comments is an unspoken no-no. I always set up the comments setting so that any comment with a link automatically goes into the spam folder and gets deleted.
It’s just way too much trouble to do it any other way and I think you’ll find that is the default setting on all the big blogs.
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WordPress does a good job getting the spam out. I’ve made my share of mistakes as a new blogger and so I’m a big believer in giving people a 2nd chance.
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