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   8/08/08

   crpitt

   I have just started a Friday Thingamabobs on my blog, rounding up my week in the blogosphere so far and at the bottom of that post I have included the links to several posts that I have enjoyed this week.
   
   Its my first one, so will have to see if it proves popular. Linking back to my own previous articles has always been good for my blog as well.

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   8/08/08

   gingerbeer25

   I've been doing this every friday for awhile and am not finding anyone leaving a link behind...I am shocked as I always take the opportunity to promote my blog.

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   8/08/08

   DrowseyMonkey

   Well, I'm impressed with both of you, lol. I'm afraid that would take too much organiztion on my part, but it's a cool idea.

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   8/08/08

   crpitt

   To be honest I am such a feed lurker now, that I feel bad for not actually visiting all the blogs I love. The links I put for this week were just a few of the ones I really wanted to put.

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   8/08/08

   gingerbeer25

   DM: What I do is when I read through my blogs daily that I like I stumble the posts I like. Then when I write link love on friday I just enter the blog posts that I stumbled for the week.

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   8/08/08

   cooper

   No, I never was much for that kinf og thing, but I was never one to promote my blog. I randomly put links up of interesting things, but the author links in my comments are follow anyway so I can't see bothering.
   
   A good number of my readers are not interested in promoting their blogs and some don't have blogs,it wouldn't be anything but wasted space for me.

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   8/08/08

   gingerbeer25

   It seems to work well for shakesville and feministe..in fact so well that shakesville does it three times a week.

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   8/08/08

   cooper

   Yeah, I think with huge sites like that people purposely head there to get their blogs noticed. I imagine normlaly their comments are no follow so this gives there readers a chance to get seen.
   
   I don't read either of those sites that often any longer, but like I said if your readers are interested in self promotion they will do it, but there is a large part of the blogesphere who blog just because they blog and really don't care.

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   8/08/08

   clioandme

   Not on a regular schedule, but yes. Here's a recent related thread with relevant links: www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/miscellany-from-the-blogosphere-4

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    8/08/08

    gingerbeer25

    I am just wondering if it is worth my time...I'm going to keep doing it for a few more months and see if I get anywhere with it...though I do like the idea of promoting blogs that I really liked for the week...Some of the post I put up were excellent and ignored because of small readership. To me blogging is about sharing ideas and if I can help do that will promoting my own blog I kinda like it.

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       8/08/08

       clioandme

       Depends how you mean worth your time. I explained on the other thread why I think it's worth my time and is good for the blogosphere.
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    8/08/08

    gingerbeer25

    Meaning yes worth my time in terms of drawing attention to little read posts..I actually purposefully don't link to the big blogs on my link love Friday but in terms of participation by the readers of my blog...so far very little interaction or even discussion of the posts that I out up

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       8/08/08

       clioandme

       My posts of this kind do show out-clicks to the blogs in question, so that's something. You get to give them backlinks, which is good for them. Maybe they'll do the same sometime too, but it doesn't really matter. And they give your regular readers something new to look at.
       
       Here's a link to mine: markstoneman.wordpress.com/category/blog-roundup/ Click on the titles to see the full posts.
       
       And try clicking on the earlier link I gave you to the other related BlogCatalog threads. There is some relevant feedback for you there.