Comments on: Don’t Be An Insular Blogger

By: Gillian

Gillian — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:16:29 +0000

I’m happy I found this tip. I started my blog “social Press” less than 2 weeks ago and I started visiting other blogs and commenting where I found a post of interest to me. I started wondering if this would show a sign of weakness, but after reading your quick tip I realize that this is acceptable. I have even blogged about it since I found it so thank you.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:50:41 +0000

Good post. One more tip to help me build my traffic. Thanks

By: Anne Rains

Anne Rains — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:27:25 +0000

Thank you for the tips on how not to be an insular blogger. I’m relatively new to blogging…only started about 2 or 3 weeks ago, so I’m trying to learn all I can and really help myself stand out on the Internet. I will use the tips you have given and continue to work on connecting with other people.

–Anne Rains

LadyofReatly.blogspot.com

http://www.TheRainsTeam.com

By: DeepFreeze

DeepFreeze — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:18:23 +0000

You could also call this “Hermit Blogging”, lol ;-)

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Brian Heys Writes » Blog Archive » Reach out to other bloggers — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:10:03 +0000

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By: BlogoMoZ » Blog Archive » No seas un blogger insular

BlogoMoZ » Blog Archive » No seas un blogger insular — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:16:59 +0000

[...] Insular, aislado, recluído en un pequeño espacio de la gran blogósfera, de modo que nadie te conozca. Del blog de Darren Rowse, transcribo el interesante tip. [...]

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Doshy Link Attack! SEO, Link Building Tactics, DoFollow and Forums for Blogs — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:53:34 +0000

[...] Now that I’ve finished putting up all my blog drafts, I’m finally free to do some active linking. I’m a firm believer in sharing because I think insular blogging is one of the worse things a blogger can do, when trying to build link popularity and consistent traffic. [...]

By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » My Reflections on Blogging - Three Years On and Why I Am Still Here

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:20:16 +0000

[...] I think that this post is actually going to be somewhat a bit of an insular weblog entry on its own. Oh, wait, I just linked to Darren’s ProBlogger! I guess it will not be after all. Sigh. Anyway, I just wanted to get together this article in order to share something that although initially it may sound a bit too selfish (Not to worry. I will try to keep in mind being a humble blogger. Goodness ! Here I go again, linking to another article from Darren’s weblog referencing the superb entry "The Honor of Humility"), it is actually quite interesting since earlier on today it forced me to actually ponder about my blogging habits and why I got here in the first place. Yes, that is right, this is another weblog post that touches base on some of the reasons as to why I still keep on weblogging on three different places day in day out. And for the last three years already ! [...]

By: Ray Dotson

Ray Dotson — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:25:48 +0000

I agree with the community-building aspects of what Yaro’s saying. I would add that bloggers should be careful of too much re-blogging (pointing to other blogger’s content) and not enough of their own. A good balance should be the goal.

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franktank.com : Blog Archive » Comparing Link Building by Proxy Options — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:56:18 +0000

[...] Further to those notions is this article on insular blogging which reinforces l3vis article above. [...]

By: Chad Horenfeldt

Chad Horenfeldt — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 04:51:20 +0000

I’m Guilty, guilty and guilty of doing this as well. :( Hoping we can get that blogger meeting going in TO Yaro.

By: Dave Forde

Dave Forde — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:11:49 +0000

Darren – great meeting you with Jeremy when you were in Toronto. Doesn’t insular blogging also depend upon what the goal for your blog is? More and more news based sites seem to be launching using blog platforms – are they insular if they do not link?
Take for example the Huffington Post which is the Technorati Top 100.

By: Insular vs Community at Andy Beard

Insular vs Community at Andy Beard — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:52:38 +0000

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links for 2006-11-28 por BrPoint — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:14:28 +0000

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By: Eric Hebert

Eric Hebert — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:58:13 +0000

Agreed. I look to it as blog karma. Link to him and he’ll eventually link back. I’ve been in the internet marketing world for over three years, and every face and name I’ve discovered through other people’s blog links. Link to other bloggers, and leave comments. If you can upload a picture of yourself, do it (and I mean a picture of yourself, not a stupid cartoon). People that I’d say are the most successful online have their pics all over their blog! Talk the talk and you’ll soon walk the walk.

By: ANP

ANP — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:53:05 +0000

Agree, but like networking IRL, participation in the blogosphere should be genuine and coming from a place of sincerity. If one’s only motivation for reading others’ blogs and commenting on them is to drive traffic to their own … yecch. Nobody likes the mooch, whether it’s a real party or a virtual one!

Thanks for putting this simple yet oft-overlooked info on everyone’s radar.

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:51:01 +0000

All great tips, thanks.

It’s so time consuming, though. Am I the only one working a full time job and running a blog? I like the socializing part, but the blogging is the fun thing for me.

I am going to make some effort to socialize a little more.

Thanks again,
Linda

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:01:28 +0000

Where’s the payoff in being insular?

If you have the leverage, there isn’t a need to leak your traffic to other people. How many blogs have a subscribed readership of 300,000+
Many marketers have at least that many subscribers to their email lists.

They are not insular, but there has to be a very good reason to send traffic to someone else and share subscribers.

Blog networks in a way are insular, because you are establishing preferred link partners.

How much time do you devote to your existing RSS feeds rather than browsing various aggregation services? If all you do is read existing feeds in your reader, that is also an insular act. The benefit is time, and if you selected your feeds carefully, a good content to noise ratio.

By: John M Weaver

John M Weaver — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:22:32 +0000

This is definitely true and from what i’ve worked with the search engines agree as well. Your blog is of no use to someone if it doesn’t give them the info they need and worse than that doesn’t point them in the right direction. Something else i’ve noticed is that by giving credit and linking to other bloggers while often times return in the same thing. Nice post

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:49:57 +0000

It seems like there might be a fine line between setting up links, and spamming people just to increase your site’s visibility. Are there some rules of thumb about how to do this respectably?