About Blog Trades

[IdolKnights]

When I see these pop up, I sometimes wonder if people click, read and evaluate the blog before posting "Added, now ad me"

If you simply want the link exchange experience of a blogroll, I guess that works but...

If you run a "twink blog" and someone offers a link trade with "Grandpa gets a diaper change blog", how does this help your traffic?

Also,

Do you check the links on the offered link exchange to see who else they link to?

[IdolKnights]

heh...

Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a page and examines all aspects of the page's content (and the content of the pages linking to it) to determine if it's a good match for your query.

Maybe I'm just weird though

[Dzinerbear]

For me it's about branding. I want to get the Gay Porn Pig name everywhere and anywhere.

HDK Bill's woes with Epoch last week certainly raised the issue of checking out who you're linking to.

I do check the recipient blog out to see if they've got guys on their posts who are too young - that always makes me a little uncomfortable. But I don't care whether the blog is exclusively black, bear, twink, or whatever.

I have just gone through my blogroll and re-checked everyone. I did dump about four links because they seemed to have dropped mine. In a few other cases I cleaned up some links that hadn't been working. I notice that quite a few people still have Goldie's Blog linked in their blogrolls.

Cheers
Michael

[Bec]

I pretty much initially trade out with others I know on a new blog and yes, I do go look at the site and check who they're promoting.

Lot of link lists are just now catching on that they need to add blogs as a free site submission category, and finding good ones that take a gay blog is still a bit murky, and many don't understand what a feedlist is about, so trading amongst other bloggers is pretty much your only initial way of getting some traffic moving around.

As to what I promote vs what they promote niche wise ... you never know what will perk some interest. I view my blogroll like an assorted niche moneybar ... if they didn't buy my main product, maybe they'll like something else they see offered.

[Madame0120]

If I know you, I'll link you. My blog is mixed and I can always make a new catagory.

I debated adding BDSM Orgs, knowing I wouldn't have the time to smooze link backs ... but that link catagory has boosted my SEO hits so well, I'll add it to all my blogs.

And yes, I check to see who I'm linking with. I also check weekly, which blog is sending me the most traffic, and drop a comment on their blog as a small ty.

[maxpower]

I do check the recipient blog out to see if they've got guys on their posts who are too young - that always makes me a little uncomfortable.

This is why I do not run a blog, or message board, and anything that I would have to monitor CP on. I run twink sites I learned a long time ago the two do not mix well. Or should I say in a way I want to be apart of. I may twist content a bit, and use people some find issue with but I know ALL of the guys are legal at least.