<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Two Bad Excuses Bloggers Use For Not Linking Out</title> <atom:link href="http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:35:33 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>By: Blake Waddill</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1870</link> <dc:creator>Blake Waddill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:50:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1870</guid> <description>Thanks Dave.  Sorry I haven&#039;t made it by more.  I&#039;ve been trying to get one post a week up near the end of the week just to keep new stuff coming.  Hopefully I&#039;ll be able to get back to a 3-4 article a week schedule again.  Guys like you that can pump it out week in and week out impress me.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Dave.  Sorry I haven&#8217;t made it by more.  I&#8217;ve been trying to get one post a week up near the end of the week just to keep new stuff coming.  Hopefully I&#8217;ll be able to get back to a 3-4 article a week schedule again.  Guys like you that can pump it out week in and week out impress me.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Dave Doolin</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1846</link> <dc:creator>Dave Doolin</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:44:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1846</guid> <description>Good to see you back in the saddle, Blake.  Looking forward to reading more.Don&#039;t forget about linking to comments too.  I wrote a couple of articles about that, Practical WordPress Tips IIRC.  Really helpful for keeping discussion going.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good to see you back in the saddle, Blake.  Looking forward to reading more.</p><p>Don&#8217;t forget about linking to comments too.  I wrote a couple of articles about that, Practical WordPress Tips IIRC.  Really helpful for keeping discussion going.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Blake Waddill</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1802</link> <dc:creator>Blake Waddill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:36:26 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1802</guid> <description>I&#039;m glad to hear that.  Hopefully others follow your example :)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad to hear that.  Hopefully others follow your example :)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Blake Waddill</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1801</link> <dc:creator>Blake Waddill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:36:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1801</guid> <description>I&#039;ve heard that Google doesn&#039;t like links to &quot;bad neighborhoods&quot; as you mentioned.  That&#039;s one area where spam filters on comments are very helpful.I didn&#039;t know Google said it was bad for having too many links.  I guess if your site is nothing but links that might be bad.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve heard that Google doesn&#8217;t like links to &#8220;bad neighborhoods&#8221; as you mentioned.  That&#8217;s one area where spam filters on comments are very helpful.</p><p>I didn&#8217;t know Google said it was bad for having too many links.  I guess if your site is nothing but links that might be bad.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Blake Waddill</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1800</link> <dc:creator>Blake Waddill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:33:40 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1800</guid> <description>That&#039;s a great point about linking to a conflicting view.  When you&#039;re trying to make a point ignoring the opposing view makes you seem close minded or possibly unaware.  I&#039;m all about it!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s a great point about linking to a conflicting view.  When you&#8217;re trying to make a point ignoring the opposing view makes you seem close minded or possibly unaware.  I&#8217;m all about it!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Blake Waddill</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1799</link> <dc:creator>Blake Waddill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:31:15 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1799</guid> <description>Danny, It looks like we are the same page for sure.  I really like you idea of linking out once every article.  If every blogger took up the practice, I think the community would build faster.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Danny, It looks like we are the same page for sure.  I really like you idea of linking out once every article.  If every blogger took up the practice, I think the community would build faster.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Blake Waddill</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1798</link> <dc:creator>Blake Waddill</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:29:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1798</guid> <description>I totally agree Brad.  Links are what build the community.  I think generously linking out definitely helps traffic more than it hurts it.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I totally agree Brad.  Links are what build the community.  I think generously linking out definitely helps traffic more than it hurts it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Brad</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1786</link> <dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:43:12 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1786</guid> <description>I always link out more then nessary.As it helps traffic...and comments plus it just helps the stucture of the blog community.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always link out more then nessary.</p><p>As it helps traffic&#8230;and comments plus it just helps the stucture of the blog community.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Danny Cooper</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1774</link> <dc:creator>Danny Cooper</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:29:50 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1774</guid> <description>I haven&#039;t visited your blog before Blake, but I think we&#039;re thinking on the same wave length as I posted an article about backlinks yesterday that you might be interested in: http://dannycooper.org/backlinks</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t visited your blog before Blake, but I think we&#8217;re thinking on the same wave length as I posted an article about backlinks yesterday that you might be interested in: <a href="http://dannycooper.org/backlinks">http://dannycooper.org/backlinks</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: jan_geronimo</title><link>http://propsblog.com/two-bad-excuses-bloggers-use-for-not-linking-out/#comment-1773</link> <dc:creator>jan_geronimo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:23:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://propsblog.com/?p=1016#comment-1773</guid> <description>Linking to other blogs is good for readers, especially if you link to quality posts that reinforce your ideas.  It&#039;s even better to link to web authors who&#039;ve taken the contrary point of view.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Linking to other blogs is good for readers, especially if you link to quality posts that reinforce your ideas.  It&#8217;s even better to link to web authors who&#8217;ve taken the contrary point of view.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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