You Can Bring More Attention to Bloggers That Deserve It
Mack Collier has an idea for turning Technorati’s ranking methodology on its head. His take is that Technorati doesn’t adequately measure the value/importance of a blog because it focuses primarily on links. Well, it does need something to measure importance by, and links are a reasonable measurement of success in the blogosphere, but there are plenty of blogs out there that deserve attention and don’t get enough of it.
Mack’s idea is simple.
He’s listed a handful of blogs he feels deserve more attention. He’s asking people to copy and paste that list into their own blog post, adding as many additional blogs as they wish.
Each person that does this gives their own community a chance to copy and paste their list (you’ll see my list below). You do that, write your own blog post, add your own links, and each blog listed is going to get a lot of links back.
Those links will add to each blog’s Technorati ranking and ultimately get those blogs much more attention.
So here we go!
Here’s the list of blogs I want to highlight, including those that Mack originally linked to. His list is the first five.
Shotgun Marketing Blog
BrandSizzle
bizsolutionsplus
Customers Rock!
Being Peter Kim
Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman’s Blog About Surprise
Billions With Zero Knowledge
Working at Home on the Internet
MapleLeaf 2.0
darrenbarefoot.com
If you want to get involved, just copy and paste the blog links above. Put them into a post on your blog. Add as many other blogs as you like (or none at all) and ask your community to keep the meme alive.
Please don’t sneak your own blog into the list. I know you won’t, but I have to say it anyway!
I’m always happy to participate in this kind of project. It’s fast, easy and what you give you’ll get in return. If karma exists it exists in the blogosphere. Reciprocity and generosity are paramount within much of the blogosphere; at least those areas of it that I frequent. If I can give a little back, I’m happy to do so.
I hope Mack Collier tracks the meme as it circulates and let’s us all know how it’s going!
[tags]mack collier, technorati, blogging, weblog, blogs, online community, viral marketing, marketing, the viral garden[/tags]
Hi Ben: Thanks for the link—linked you back!
Anne
Anne - thanks, and I was happy to contribute to Mack’s project. I hope it generates more link love, traffic and audience for your blog.
[...] Of course, because of my recent server meltdown (and some other issues) it has taken me a bit to get back to this. And in the mean time I’ve been tagged by folks such as Ben Yoskovitz, Starbucker, Robyn McMaster, Jodee Bock, and Kirsten Harrell. [...]
Erm.. Meaning that our own blog will only be listed when others found our site.
Erm..not so clear about this. Though it does sounded very promising. I am just not sure how to go about this.
Appreciate your help. Thanks.
ps: I know that I am supposed to copy and paste these links to my blog.
hhh - This meme is fairly old at this point, so it’s not likely that you’ll get much benefit from participating. Having said that, if you like the links I’ve supplied, you should link out to them - because that’s what the blogosphere is all about - making connections with others.
The goal of this meme was to highlight lesser known marketing blogs. You would take the list, put it on your site, add a few, and then your readers would pick up on it. And eventually the hope is that someone would add your site to the list and your link would perpetuate far and wide.
Thanks for your explanation. Truly appreciates it!
Regards,
hhh