Blog Etiquette: Beyond Just images resoures for photographers
Blog Etiquette is something that is evolving. I thought today I would just outline a few guidelines that I think make blogging and reading blogs fun.
The first is try to leave a comment on the blogs you read. Search engines use the number of comments to help rank the relevance of a topic, so this is important not only as feedback for the blog writer, but it will also help them with their search ranking.
The next question asked is do you leave a link to your website. This will depend upon the blog and you own personal feelings. Leaving your url and using your business name can help you in your search rankings. It can also allow the blog writer to view your site and also give you some “blog love’. However, you want to also be careful that if you comment on photographers who are local to you that not leave your website out of respect. I have not concrete reasons for this belief other then professional respect.
As a blog writer there are some things you can do for those who leave comments. You can activate your comments to allow search engines to follow the links left, this will help both you and your readers get a better rankings. You can take the time to follow the links left by commentators and comment back on their blogs. This alone is one great way to acknowledge that you appreciate their blog support!
The final thing is if you find a blog/photographer you just love, give them the ultimate compliment by not only commenting on their blog but blogging about them and linking back to their website.
Shannon
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Mands January 10th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Great post! and if everyone did at least one of the things listed above, the really good blogs would rise to the top, which is just as it should be!