Comments on: The True Gold of Blogging – Link Relevance http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/ The online home for Mark Cahill, and indeed, all things Cahill! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How Chris Brogan Got Me a Link Without Knowing It – Philip John http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 How Chris Brogan Got Me a Link Without Knowing It – Philip John Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:26:44 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-1922 [...] Mark Cahill is someone I’ve always known of and respected, so I was delighted to find (albeit a bit late) that he’s mentioned (and linked to) me in one of his posts. [...] [...] Mark Cahill is someone I’ve always known of and respected, so I was delighted to find (albeit a bit late) that he’s mentioned (and linked to) me in one of his posts. [...]

]]> By: How Chris Brogan Got Me a Link Without Knowing It « Sandbox http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 How Chris Brogan Got Me a Link Without Knowing It « Sandbox Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:14:39 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-1177 [...] Mark Cahill is someone I’ve always known of and respected, so I was delighted to find (albeit a bit late) that he’s mentioned (and linked to) me in one of his posts. [...] [...] Mark Cahill is someone I’ve always known of and respected, so I was delighted to find (albeit a bit late) that he’s mentioned (and linked to) me in one of his posts. [...]

]]> By: BlogRiffic.com » Blog Archive » Sunday Link Love - September 21st 2008 http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-722 BlogRiffic.com » Blog Archive » Sunday Link Love - September 21st 2008 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:49:08 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-722 [...] The Gold of Blogging - Link Revelance [...] [...] The Gold of Blogging – Link Revelance [...]

]]> By: Mark Cahill http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-682 Mark Cahill Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:03:16 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-682 I agree - the big thing is to get the monster links with relevance. The giants of Foobar linking to you about your post on Foobar. On Discus, one of my coworkers is running a test on his site, vs. using the traditional wp comments we normally use. It'll be interesting to see how it goes for him. I agree – the big thing is to get the monster links with relevance. The giants of Foobar linking to you about your post on Foobar.

On Discus, one of my coworkers is running a test on his site, vs. using the traditional wp comments we normally use. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes for him.

]]> By: Marc Dangeard http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Marc Dangeard Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:00:03 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-679 I should add that this is what I like with tools like Disqus or IntenseDebate, they help formalize these connections. But back to your other post on "bloggers errors", I am not too sure the impact long term of using them to track comments... I should add that this is what I like with tools like Disqus or IntenseDebate, they help formalize these connections. But back to your other post on “bloggers errors”, I am not too sure the impact long term of using them to track comments…

]]> By: Links Roundup - September 16th 2008 http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Links Roundup - September 16th 2008 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:46:55 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-678 [...] The True Gold of Blogging - Link Relevance [...] [...] The True Gold of Blogging – Link Relevance [...]

]]> By: Marc Dangeard http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Marc Dangeard Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:26:47 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-677 I agree with Ari Herzog, the links that matter are the links that are established between people, not between blogs. The point of traffic is to understand how many people are looking at what you write, but it only matters if you can do something with the connection that is being established when they come to your website. Which means that unless you can get to know them over time, they will remain a useless statistic. SEO is a thing of the past, what matters is engagement, and what actions/results you can get from this engagement. If Chris Brogan makes a link to your blog, this is great validation and it means he knows about you now, maybe he is monitoring this blog, and maybe the next time you publish something that he could be interested in you can contact him to let him know that you did. And now we are talking real links, real relevance, and the promise of social media becoming true... I agree with Ari Herzog, the links that matter are the links that are established between people, not between blogs.
The point of traffic is to understand how many people are looking at what you write, but it only matters if you can do something with the connection that is being established when they come to your website. Which means that unless you can get to know them over time, they will remain a useless statistic.
SEO is a thing of the past, what matters is engagement, and what actions/results you can get from this engagement.
If Chris Brogan makes a link to your blog, this is great validation and it means he knows about you now, maybe he is monitoring this blog, and maybe the next time you publish something that he could be interested in you can contact him to let him know that you did. And now we are talking real links, real relevance, and the promise of social media becoming true…

]]> By: Mark Cahill http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Mark Cahill Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:18:36 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-671 Generally agreed - most of us would be the better for not looking at Google Analytics but once a month. My premise is that that for SEO purposes, Google says the link relevance is important, and I'm just saying they know what their talking about. SEO traffic I'm finding of less benefit to my blog. If this was a product site, where I was selling something, or even a niche community, the search traffic would have a much higher value - on my fishing site, the value of a newbie is much higher (to an advertiser) than that of the grizzled veteran. Generally agreed – most of us would be the better for not looking at Google Analytics but once a month. My premise is that that for SEO purposes, Google says the link relevance is important, and I’m just saying they know what their talking about.

SEO traffic I’m finding of less benefit to my blog. If this was a product site, where I was selling something, or even a niche community, the search traffic would have a much higher value – on my fishing site, the value of a newbie is much higher (to an advertiser) than that of the grizzled veteran.

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://www.allthingscahill.com/2008/09/the-true-gold-of-blogging-link-relevance/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Ari Herzog Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:58:10 +0000 http://www.allthingscahill.com/?p=816#comment-669 Here's the thing, Mark: If Google died tomorrow, you and I would continue blogging as if nothing changed. So, again, I ask why rely so much on what Google thinks? Here’s the thing, Mark: If Google died tomorrow, you and I would continue blogging as if nothing changed. So, again, I ask why rely so much on what Google thinks?

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