Plug it in, Plug it in
Between tending to my sick daughter, and drooling over the thought of Bruce Campbell doing a guest post (*sigh* he’s dreamy), I’ve found a second or two to work on the site backend.
Most importantly, I’ve installed NoFollow Free which strips out all of those pesky nofollow tags that are used to discourage comment spammers. I check and approve all comments, and if I don’t want them here, they won’t live very long. I realize I’m nobody, but dammit, this is my soapbox, and if people who visit here want to comment in good faith, a tiny trickle of linkjuice from yours truly is the very least I can do.
If you look at my posts, I am a prolific linker. Depending on the day, I read several dozen to several hundred different sites. I’m an information addict with strong exhibitionistic tendencies. That’s my nature - I gather lists of items that interest me, and present them to the world at large. Sometimes they are similar, sometimes they’re WTF?, but I always present them to help share the knowledge. Not for trackbacks. Not for shameless self promotion.
If somebody is interested enough in what I say to mention me, I’m more than happy to pass a link on to them. The internet is built on links after all. I’m not all that concerned by the two scraper sites that are currently broadcasting my thoughts around the internet. Why?
Firstly, RSS Footer makes sure I’m being credited.
Secondly, if you believe the Open Source evangelists, knowledge wants to be free. hax0rs want free knowledge. Either way, I’m really not saying anything profound, and they are helping get the word out. I ran a scraper site once upon a time. The purpose wasn’t to make money, it was to keep up on news from dozens of sources on a topic I was passionate about. It eventually evolved into a Syndic8 style site, which I relaunched this year as an article directory site. I understand that not all scrapers are in it for the money.
In addition to every comment, I check every trackback. I think I’ve notched up about four or so, but that’s not the point. If somebody is watching the watchman (upcoming post alert re: The Watchmen Movie) it makes me curious. If they like what I have to say, then they probably share similar interests as I do, and I’ll spend a few minutes noodling around their sites. Often times I find amazing gems that I never would have had I not visited.
So anyway, feel free to comment knowing that your effort may be rewarded by a search engine that has yet to be developed. Free link love forever!
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