Question on blogroll etiquette
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This is sort of random, but I was wondering for some feedback from more professional bloggers than I. Someone has added me to their blogroll, but is sending me some less than subtle messages that the polite thing to do would be to now add them to mine. I have no problem with this person’s blog, but it’s not quite what I want to have in my blogroll, and I never solicited this person to add me to their own blogroll. I have mutual acquainatances with this individual, but do not know them personally.
Short question: Am I obligated to add this person to my blogroll? Should I simply ignore the request? Or should I communicate to them why I’m not adding them, and offer that I will not be offended if they remove me from their blogroll?
Thanks — still learning the proper etiquette for these things. :)
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That person is being rude. Nobody is obligated to blogroll another, and begging and pointedly reminding someone to add you is just out of line.
I think your third option, explaining to them why you’re not adding them and saying you won’t be hurt if they remove you, is the graceful option here.
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if you have not solicited for links exchange then you’re definitely not obligated to return the favour.
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I’m with raincoaster and sulz – ignore them is what I’d do.
Link to what you want not what others want you to.
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Why don’t you just tell them straight off? Or blog something about your own blog “rules” at least everyone’s aware.
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The other blogger is proposing “link exchange.” You are quite within your rights, and quite right, to refuse it. Link to the sites you want to link to.
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Thanks for the replies, everyone. That’s kind of the way I was leaning, but I didn’t want to violate some unspoken rule of reciprocal linkage. :)
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I have the reverse problem: people asking me to put them on Bridlepath, then never coughing up a reciprocal link. I took two sites off recently after waiting a couple of months (at least) for one of these jokers to add me.
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i emailed one blogger asking for a link exchange, because the blogger has requested so at the front of the page. did not get back to me, which i thought was rude. the person was asking people to email for a link exchange then did not bother to reply at all. that, or i could have gotten the wrong email (pretty sure i got it right though).
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I don’t seem to get link exchange requests: what I get instead is “I’m setting up a group blog and want you to write for us for free, won’t that be great?” Uh, that’d be a “no”. I got five of these in the last three or four weeks alone.
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guess everyone concurs on this one…
my thought… Honor Thyself (while being respectful to others)… the first law of an authentic life, and that certainly includes Your blog
all the best…
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I don’t mind giving a link. I’d rather do it in a post instead of in the blogroll. I’ve done it before here when folks have had issues with being picked up by search engines. usually helps as long as I get the URL right. :)
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