The Bloggers With The Most To Say
What is a Blogroll To You?
I have questions for you guys;
a) How do you determine which blogs are going on your blogroll. Do you have specific standards?
b) What determines whether you keep someone on your blogroll? Do you remove them after a time if they haven't posted/if you lose interest/etc?
c) Do you use your blogroll to personally remember the blogs you'd like to read or are you trying to let other people know what good blogs are out there? (I guess a better way of saying it would be 'Is it for you or for your readers?)
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I essentially use my blogroll to remind me to read blogs. When I visit a new blog, if I like the first post I happen upon, I usually add that blog to my blogroll. Later, if they don't update for a long while or if I don't like further content I may remove them.
That's all. I was curious.
:)
-C
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Hannah J on -
Blogs that update frequently , or not-so-frequently but are really interesting, go on my blogroll. It's to recommend blogs I like to my readers, so I wouldn't want to recommend a blog that's not very active.
I remove blogs if I notice they haven't posted in a while, or if the quality of their posts go down, or if they post something that I find offensive, then I remove it as a boycott of sorts.
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Permalink Reply by Unladylike Behavior on -
Right now by blog roll is short. I'm working on getting it bigger, though!
I only post blogs that have buttons. This is new, and I might change it. A lot of blogs I like don't have buttons and I don't want a great quality blog to not make the vut because of this!I only put blogs on my blogroll that I love to read. The ones that I visit daily. I won't add someone's button to my blog just because they want to do the same for me for publicity. I guess I feel like because it's on my blog, it's my recommendation, so in a way it represents me.
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Permalink Reply by Berrak Sarikaya on -
I removed my blogroll about a year ago and haven't updated since, simply because I can't decide how exactly I should use it. I read a lot of blogs for very different reasons (From wedding blogs to personal blogs to finance to legal to social media to marketing) so to create a blogroll would take me forever. I usually link to blogs I read in my posts if I think they should be shared, as well as on Twitter.
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Permalink Reply by Alicia on -
For me, my blogroll is a list of blogs that I read every single time they update. I can't avoid it because I genuinely love what they post. I won't remove a blog just because they haven't posted due to the fact that sh*t happens. However, if they start posting things that I'm either opposed to or don't peak my interest, I will consider removing them if it keeps up. I use my blogroll for recommendations, not for personal remembrance. I have a list, saved to my computer, of all the blogs that I follow in case something happens to my blog.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on -
I had a blogroll for quite a while, one so I could keep track of my bloggy buddies and two so I could show them off to others who hopefully would click over and enjoy their blogs too!!! The only reason I stopped is because Blogspot HATES ME and never let me do my blogroll successfully. There were always too many, or too big of gaps, lots of resizing, etc. :(
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Permalink Reply by Alicia on
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I had that problem too. That's why I finally just made a page of my blogroll instead of trying to post it in the sidebar.
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Permalink Reply by K. E. Argonza on -
a) I put up a link to the blogs that I never click "Mark as read". Blogs that pop up on my feed and I actually get excited about.
b) Yes, because it becomes a dead link and the point is for me to drive traffic to other pages I like, and other pages I think everyone should subscribe to. If they're no longer posting, then I consider it dead.
c) No, I do it as a service to readers who might be interested in reading other blogs or similar blogs.
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Permalink Reply by cooper on -
My blog roll consist of people I have formed relationships with over time (like from when I first started blogging in 2004), and I'm fairly loyal to keeping them on the roll. It also contains a sampling of some of the other blogs I read to give people a sense of my interest. My blog roll is on a seperate page of my blog not on the front page.
I sometimes put new blogs on there if I think my readers might like a certain blog, but not often.
I do most of my reading from my reader or google home page, so the blogs on my blogroll are on the readers too along with my many other reads.
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Permalink Reply by Sweeney on -
I used to use a sort of "love" page in which I had about 6 or 7 blogs that I think are awesome and think other people should check out. Last night I switched gears and put up a sidebar blogroll like most people seem to have and that, for me, is really for my own benefit to say "read this."
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Permalink Reply by Rob of the Sky on -
I think my blogroll current consists of wordpress.com and wordpress.org. I should update that one day.
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Permalink Reply by Erini CS on -
The majority of my blogroll are bloggers that I actually know -- most of which in person, but I do including "knowing" as intense, repeated internet interactions. (But I make it clear in my blogroll whether I actually know them in person or not.)
I also have a list of musicians and causes I support -- which really needs to be updated.
I feel that blogrolls get neglected more often than not. People just don't think to update them. But well, mine's on a separate page only available through a drop down menu in my nav bar.
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