Comments on: Semper Fi Link or Die

By: Johnny Boyd

Johnny Boyd — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:58:46 +0000

You want to get as many inbound links as possible, and avoid outbound linking. The theory is that outbound links “bleed PageRank” which lowers your position in the search engines.

By: Elina Badgett

Elina Badgett — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:36:24 +0000

I love your blog post. It is very good.

By: Heather Whaling

Heather Whaling — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:31:12 +0000

A couple weeks ago, I was doing some research for a post and came across a YouTube clip where Jay Rosen explains that linking content is a critical part of the social web. He said it’s “how we connect people to knowledge.” (Interesting sidenote: In the video, he explains how the traditional media jumped into the online world without really understanding the importance of linking out. He thinks that’s the old-guard refusing to help people get knowledge from outside sources.)

If bloggers and other online media outlets aren’t linking, doesn’t that kind of defeat a basic premise of the social web? What kind of “web” are we weaving if we don’t incorporate links that help people get more details or correctly credit the source?

Great post, Shannon.

Heather (@prtini)

By: Shannon Paul

Shannon Paul — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:17:47 +0000

Gerard,
That’s an interesting link you shared, but it does not explain the reasons people on Twitter gave to Problogger about not including outbound links in their posts, nor does it add anything to the discussion about the situation between Gawker Media and The Washington Post.

It’s not about the mob moving in, it’s about the mob growing up and becoming more professional without losing sight of what fueled their success to begin with- that success is built on links. See the difference?

By: gerardmclean

gerardmclean — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:36:41 +0000

This kind of trending may also be a factor.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200909u/professional-bloggers Like anything else, when something gets to be “profitable,” the mob moves in. :-)