tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14763681870395799932011-04-21T16:56:13.514-07:00call me the editorDaranoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1476368187039579993.post-32002267552198147262008-12-18T11:56:00.000-08:002008-12-18T12:09:38.509-08:00<span style="font-family: courier new;font-size:100%;" ><br />Well, it's become something of an important area of my day when it's time to do blog commenting for link building and SEO. I will spend a good two to three hours finding good, quality, (interesting) do-follow blogs to add to my nifty Google reader.<br /><br />One thing I've noticed is that there isn't really a dofollow blog list that focuses on social media related blogs and sites, and I think that list would be valuable. Even the dofollow lists and search engines that *do* exist are often outdated, many use ref=nofollow as well and shouldn't be on there in the first place.<br /><br />A nifty trick I've picked up is this (shhh don't tell everyone):<br /><br />You know those little "u comment i follow" badges that people put up on their blogs when they use ref=dofollow?<br /><br />(they look something like this:)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XMzis4v291I/SUqtXLG4thI/AAAAAAAAABs/-IrJCWsX3M4/s1600-h/u+comment+badge.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 52px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_XMzis4v291I/SUqtXLG4thI/AAAAAAAAABs/-IrJCWsX3M4/s320/u+comment+badge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281224126675596818" border="0" /></a><br />Well, google images indexes them.<br /><br />....<br /><br />If you're smart, you have realized that you simply need to go to google images, and search:<br />"u comment i follow" (with quotes gives more accurate results, IMHO).<br /><br />The badges will show up as results, on the blogs that are ref=dofollow.<br /><br />A bright idea, I thought =)<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1476368187039579993-3200226755219814726?l=daraeditor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1476368187039579993.post-76095041926987636672008-11-19T11:39:00.000-08:002008-11-19T11:40:34.591-08:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">With all of the blogs out there trying to become viral, trying to write the next big thing to make everyone look at them, I thought I'd make a short list of ideas for your next blog.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 1. Write about what everyone else is doing in their blogs...just for inspiration.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 2. Make a huge meandering post complaining about how horrible Digg's front page is that day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 3. Write about the latest political scandal. Or actually, the election. That's an untapped topic.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 4. Talk about how the economy is going to stay in a recession forever.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 5. Talk about how the recession is part of the economy's natural cycle, and it will go back up.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 6. Complain that Obama will put taxes too high.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 7. Complain that Obama won't put taxes high enough.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 8. Tell your readers that you can't find anything to blog about.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 9. Talk about your kids.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 10. Look on Technorati for the most popular stories -- then blog about them.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 11. Talk about how you have writer's block and then write a long post about your cup of coffee.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 12. Complain about all of the email you get...from the email link at the top of your page.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 13. Explain about making money online.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 14. Talk about SEO.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 15. Ask for guest blog posts (and then don't use them).</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 16. Complain about injustice.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 17. Complain about censorship.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 18. Complain about web censorship.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 19. Complain about other bloggers.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> 20. Praise (or trash) a well-known celebrity.</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1476368187039579993-7609504192698763667?l=daraeditor.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daranoreply@blogger.com0