Comments on: Losing my naïveté about the world of blogging… http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/ Quiddities and quandries from my quintessential quest Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JohnFx http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-198 JohnFx Fri, 01 May 2009 20:31:18 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-198 @Igor: Because they might be confused with "Fatback", which is a good thing. =) @Igor: Because they might be confused with “Fatback”, which is a good thing. =)

]]> By: JohnFx http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-250 JohnFx Fri, 01 May 2009 20:31:00 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-250 @Igor: Because they might be confused with "Fatback", which is a good thing. =) @Igor: Because they might be confused with “Fatback”, which is a good thing. =)

]]> By: Igor Levicki http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Igor Levicki Fri, 01 May 2009 20:02:18 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-197 Why not call such links SpamBack™? Why not call such links SpamBack™?

]]> By: Igor Levicki http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Igor Levicki Fri, 01 May 2009 20:02:00 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-249 Why not call such links SpamBack™? Why not call such links SpamBack™?

]]> By: Qrystal http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Qrystal Fri, 01 May 2009 00:17:45 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-196 @moritheil: I'm generally pretty forgiving about people who don't realize their obnoxiousness, but my investigation led me to honestly believe that this guy (who could certainly be a gal, of course) had one purpose: obtain lots of links by playing up the fact that many blogs will freely do trackbacks, then sell the site (and its corresponding "PageRank" type scores) for big bucks. I couldn't see anything useful in the way it was done, and that's why I'm so willing to declare it valueless. Interesting note: thegeekyblog no longer exists! I'm sure it's not the first or last of its kind, but I take comfort in knowing that the internet and its players can overcome unsavoury aspects like this. @moritheil:

I’m generally pretty forgiving about people who don’t realize their obnoxiousness, but my investigation led me to honestly believe that this guy (who could certainly be a gal, of course) had one purpose: obtain lots of links by playing up the fact that many blogs will freely do trackbacks, then sell the site (and its corresponding “PageRank” type scores) for big bucks. I couldn’t see anything useful in the way it was done, and that’s why I’m so willing to declare it valueless.

Interesting note: thegeekyblog no longer exists! I’m sure it’s not the first or last of its kind, but I take comfort in knowing that the internet and its players can overcome unsavoury aspects like this.

]]> By: Qrystal http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Qrystal Fri, 01 May 2009 00:17:00 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-248 @moritheil: I'm generally pretty forgiving about people who don't realize their obnoxiousness, but my investigation led me to honestly believe that this guy (who could certainly be a gal, of course) had one purpose: obtain lots of links by playing up the fact that many blogs will freely do trackbacks, then sell the site (and its corresponding "PageRank" type scores) for big bucks. I couldn't see anything useful in the way it was done, and that's why I'm so willing to declare it valueless. Interesting note: thegeekyblog no longer exists! I'm sure it's not the first or last of its kind, but I take comfort in knowing that the internet and its players can overcome unsavoury aspects like this. @moritheil:

I’m generally pretty forgiving about people who don’t realize their obnoxiousness, but my investigation led me to honestly believe that this guy (who could certainly be a gal, of course) had one purpose: obtain lots of links by playing up the fact that many blogs will freely do trackbacks, then sell the site (and its corresponding “PageRank” type scores) for big bucks. I couldn’t see anything useful in the way it was done, and that’s why I’m so willing to declare it valueless.

Interesting note: thegeekyblog no longer exists! I’m sure it’s not the first or last of its kind, but I take comfort in knowing that the internet and its players can overcome unsavoury aspects like this.

]]> By: moritheil http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-195 moritheil Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:59:46 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-195 What is value? Without being facetious about it, it's entirely possible that the owner of that splog has radically different ideas about what value is. Our society has proven entirely willing to reward people who rehash content rather than producing content (see certain recording artists for proof.) To be sure, his antics are obnoxious at best. Certainly they don't make the world a better place. But we can't assume that people who do objectionable things actually realize that what they are doing is objectionable. What is value? Without being facetious about it, it’s entirely possible that the owner of that splog has radically different ideas about what value is. Our society has proven entirely willing to reward people who rehash content rather than producing content (see certain recording artists for proof.)

To be sure, his antics are obnoxious at best. Certainly they don’t make the world a better place. But we can’t assume that people who do objectionable things actually realize that what they are doing is objectionable.

]]> By: moritheil http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-247 moritheil Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:59:00 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-247 What is value? Without being facetious about it, it's entirely possible that the owner of that splog has radically different ideas about what value is. Our society has proven entirely willing to reward people who rehash content rather than producing content (see certain recording artists for proof.) To be sure, his antics are obnoxious at best. Certainly they don't make the world a better place. But we can't assume that people who do objectionable things actually realize that what they are doing is objectionable. What is value? Without being facetious about it, it’s entirely possible that the owner of that splog has radically different ideas about what value is. Our society has proven entirely willing to reward people who rehash content rather than producing content (see certain recording artists for proof.)

To be sure, his antics are obnoxious at best. Certainly they don’t make the world a better place. But we can’t assume that people who do objectionable things actually realize that what they are doing is objectionable.

]]> By: JohnFx http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-194 JohnFx Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:57:34 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-194 @Igor: Thanks for the <a>"Debby Downer"</a> moment there. =) Wah Whahhhhh.... @Igor: Thanks for the “Debby Downer” moment there. =)

Wah Whahhhhh….

]]> By: JohnFx http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-246 JohnFx Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:57:00 +0000 http://qrystal.name/losing-my-naivite-about-the-world-of-blogging/#comment-246 @Igor: Thanks for the <a>"Debby Downer"</a> moment there. =) Wah Whahhhhh.... @Igor: Thanks for the “Debby Downer” moment there. =)

Wah Whahhhhh….

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