Comments on: What’s the Point of a Blogroll? http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Pithy snippets about food writing Thu, 17 May 2012 08:48:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: diannejacob http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1665 diannejacob Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:25:58 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1665 Yes, from a blogger's perspective, it's an easy way to get to the blogs you like best. Yes, from a blogger’s perspective, it’s an easy way to get to the blogs you like best.

]]> By: tea_austen http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 tea_austen Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:14:13 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1663 Back to answer your devil's advocate question! Yes, there are a million ways to interact with other blogs now--twitter, leaving comments, etc--but those all take time! Having a blogroll is passive. All I have to do is update it on occasion. This is a win-win for me. Back to answer your devil’s advocate question! Yes, there are a million ways to interact with other blogs now–twitter, leaving comments, etc–but those all take time! Having a blogroll is passive. All I have to do is update it on occasion. This is a win-win for me.

]]> By: diannejacob http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1601 diannejacob Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:56:55 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1601 Thanks Jeanne, some good points here. Thanks Jeanne, some good points here.

]]> By: Jeanne http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 Jeanne Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:54:40 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1600 Interesting topic! I started my blog in 2003 and it wasn't originally a food blog--it was just general interest. I kept and continue to keep a blogroll of sites I enjoy and want to check in with when I get the chance. Now that my blog is almost exclusively about gluten-free baking, my blogroll is heavy on baking, cooking, and glutenfree sites. For me, as for Erika, it's more a reflection of what I'm reading and getting inspiration from. And, since I'm not a superstar food blogger, I guess it doesn't really matter what blogs are on my blogroll. And I agree with Tiffany--it does get boring to see the same limited group of popular blogs on every single blog roll. Especially if it's the blog roll of a popular blogger. I kind of think that if you're an established food blogger, blogrolls can be a way you can provide a service and call attention to other blogs--and it's always nice if those blogrolls include not-so-well-known blogs. If all the popular blogs only list each other, it's kinda like a cool kids' table that the non-cool kids can't sit at. As for me, I really enjoy finding new and interesting blogs to read. So, I enjoy blogrolls that are diverse and include blogs that aren't on everyone's list. Interesting topic! I started my blog in 2003 and it wasn’t originally a food blog–it was just general interest. I kept and continue to keep a blogroll of sites I enjoy and want to check in with when I get the chance. Now that my blog is almost exclusively about gluten-free baking, my blogroll is heavy on baking, cooking, and glutenfree sites. For me, as for Erika, it’s more a reflection of what I’m reading and getting inspiration from. And, since I’m not a superstar food blogger, I guess it doesn’t really matter what blogs are on my blogroll.

And I agree with Tiffany–it does get boring to see the same limited group of popular blogs on every single blog roll. Especially if it’s the blog roll of a popular blogger. I kind of think that if you’re an established food blogger, blogrolls can be a way you can provide a service and call attention to other blogs–and it’s always nice if those blogrolls include not-so-well-known blogs. If all the popular blogs only list each other, it’s kinda like a cool kids’ table that the non-cool kids can’t sit at.

As for me, I really enjoy finding new and interesting blogs to read. So, I enjoy blogrolls that are diverse and include blogs that aren’t on everyone’s list.

]]> By: diannejacob http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1597 diannejacob Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:29:07 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1597 Meghan, yes, updating seems to be a common theme. Meghan, yes, updating seems to be a common theme.

]]> By: Meghan@traveleatlove http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1591 Meghan@traveleatlove Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:34:07 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1591 I find blog rolls really helpful. When I first started reading and writing food blogs, I guessed that if I liked one blog, I would like her/his recommendations on the blog roll. I have one on my own site, but boy is it due for some updating! I find blog rolls really helpful. When I first started reading and writing food blogs, I guessed that if I liked one blog, I would like her/his recommendations on the blog roll. I have one on my own site, but boy is it due for some updating!

]]> By: diannejacob http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1566 diannejacob Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:28:45 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1566 Hi Tiffany, I enjoyed getting to know you. Excellent point. Your blogroll has many blogs I don't know and look forward to investigating. Hi Tiffany, I enjoyed getting to know you. Excellent point. Your blogroll has many blogs I don’t know and look forward to investigating.

]]> By: diannejacob http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1565 diannejacob Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:20:48 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1565 Erika, I think that's a fine reason, and your readers will discover why you are amused. I think you could find out if you're on other blogrolls by researching your analytics to see who links to you. Yes of course it's shallow to want to be popular. But it's human too. Erika, I think that’s a fine reason, and your readers will discover why you are amused. I think you could find out if you’re on other blogrolls by researching your analytics to see who links to you.

Yes of course it’s shallow to want to be popular. But it’s human too.

]]> By: Tiffany http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1560 Tiffany Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:15:48 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1560 Hi Dianne! It was nice to meet you tonight at the BlogHer holiday party. As a food blog writer, I get tired of blogrolls on other food blogs. Why? Because they all list the same darn sites. I always hope to find something new in another blog's links. Instead, I usually find the typical links to The Pioneer Woman and 101 Cookbooks. Not that there is anything wrong with these sites. On the contrary, I enjoy them very much. But I've "been there, done that". I want to discover something new. I wish people would add more "undiscovered" blogs to their blog rolls. It would make visiting their sites far more interesting. Tiffany Hi Dianne!
It was nice to meet you tonight at the BlogHer holiday party.

As a food blog writer, I get tired of blogrolls on other food blogs. Why? Because they all list the same darn sites. I always hope to find something new in another blog’s links. Instead, I usually find the typical links to The Pioneer Woman and 101 Cookbooks. Not that there is anything wrong with these sites. On the contrary, I enjoy them very much. But I’ve “been there, done that”. I want to discover something new. I wish people would add more “undiscovered” blogs to their blog rolls. It would make visiting their sites far more interesting.

Tiffany

]]> By: Erika from The Pastry Chef At Home http://diannej.com/blog/2009/12/whats-the-point-of-a-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Erika from The Pastry Chef At Home Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:10:02 +0000 http://diannej.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-1556 Perhaps i'm selfish but my blogroll is generally for my own amusement. I set it up so that each blog's newest post title is listed under the blog name. Every time I check the comments on my posts I look at my blog roll to see what's new. Mine only lists a few blogs that I genuinely like. I haven't even thought about being listed (or not listed) on other people's blogrolls - how does one even find out about this? I started my blog to share my pastry obsession with people who care about that kind of thing, not to become the popular girl - that just seems like such a shallow reason to obsess over blogrolls. I was the nerdy girl in high school so popularity politics has never been in my realm on consciousness. Perhaps i’m selfish but my blogroll is generally for my own amusement. I set it up so that each blog’s newest post title is listed under the blog name. Every time I check the comments on my posts I look at my blog roll to see what’s new.

Mine only lists a few blogs that I genuinely like. I haven’t even thought about being listed (or not listed) on other people’s blogrolls – how does one even find out about this?

I started my blog to share my pastry obsession with people who care about that kind of thing, not to become the popular girl – that just seems like such a shallow reason to obsess over blogrolls. I was the nerdy girl in high school so popularity politics has never been in my realm on consciousness.

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