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  thesacredpath · Member · Dec 17, 2010 at 8:00 am

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  And if you already have search engines blocked, then of course it makes no difference if you delete or move posts and pages around.

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Dec 17, 2010 at 11:26 pm

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  Couldn’t agree with you more! I don’t mind the fact that the tags and cats go global. The big reason I am dwelling on this so much is the fact that I’m sure there are people out there that were like myself before I signed up for wordpress.com at the end of April who have never visited a wordpress.com blog before. It would be nice to be able to have your blog listed in the global tags but not have it linked to them.

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 17, 2010 at 11:41 pm

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  It would be nice to have PR people spreading the word about your blog all over the papers and television, and not have to pay them anything. The link-back is currency in the blog world, and the blog world is entirely give to get. If you want a link from them, link to them. The Global Tag system is the very best example of this online.

  Think about that PR metaphor. It fits exactly.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 17, 2010 at 11:44 pm

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  @raincoaster
  Great metaphor! I sense that will be quoting you in the future.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 17, 2010 at 11:46 pm

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  @bobdavcav
  Are you aware that most blog directories also require reciprocal linking?

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Dec 18, 2010 at 9:21 pm

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  @raincoaster, I didn’t think about it that way, I thought that the global tags were a search engine. @timethief, what is that supposed to mean?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 18, 2010 at 10:27 pm

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  When you list a blog in a free blog Directory you will find that almost every one of them require that you also provide a link (reciprocal link) on your blog back to them.