Easy way to connect related blogs?

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  twiliath22 · Member · May 5, 2015 at 9:29 pm

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  Is there an easier way to connect related blogs rather than finding and putting the links in manually?

  Also, is there a widget or something that can show “previous” and “next” blogs?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · May 5, 2015 at 9:50 pm

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  A blog is a website. Are you referring to websites in a blogroll or on a links page? http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/11/18/blogroll-or-links-page/

  Or are you referring to links to posts you have published in the same blog?
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/recent-posts-widget/

  Or are you referring to the Related Posts feature that pulls relevant content from your blog to display at the bottom of your posts?

  Display Related Posts on Your Blog

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  timethief · Member · May 5, 2015 at 9:53 pm

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  I see that you are using the Blogs I Follow Widget. Is that what you are referring to? https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/blogs-i-follow-widget/

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  twiliath22 · Member · May 5, 2015 at 9:53 pm

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  Thank you so much for your help!

  I see that your third one might be the one I’m looking for.

  I don’t have my blog as a website, just a blog. But I will look at those other links as well.

  Thanks again. :)

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  timethief · Member · May 5, 2015 at 10:02 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes.

  If I may be so bold as to state this to you without evoking an emotional reaction on your part, there is no value in creating a mile long blogroll of posts you follow or using the blogs I follow widget to do the same thing. When you create either one you risk indicating to search spiders that you maybe enteringreciprocal link exchanges and they have next to no value. In fact, doing that can harm your blog’s ranking and positioning in search engines. That is why those I work with create links pages http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/11/18/blogroll-or-links-page/ like mine which you can view here http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/links/

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  timethief · Member · May 5, 2015 at 10:04 pm

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  Edit: replace “of posts you follow” with of blogs you follow.

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  twiliath22 · Member · May 5, 2015 at 10:05 pm

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  Thanks. I have the “Blogs I Follow” thing. But I don’t do a blogroll, as I think it’s duplicative, just like you said.

  I have now added “Recent Posts” and “Related Posts”. We’ll see how it goes.

  I’ll look some more at your links. :)

  Thanks again.

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  timethief · Member · May 5, 2015 at 10:07 pm

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  Happy blogging!

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  twiliath22 · Member · May 5, 2015 at 10:35 pm

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  Thanks!