Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Spread the Word! Part Two: The Blogosphere
The Blogosphere
Now, a little bit about the world that encompasses blogging. Blogging links you into a whole network of social contacts that we'll call the "blogosphere" - might as well, everybody else does!
Now what happens in this blogosphere, what really makes up the essence of it, is blogs linked to blogs linking to other blogs, which in turn are linking more blogs, and so on, and you have this gigantic network of people's thoughts and interests shared back and forth and commented on. Many blog links will "track back" to the linking blog, creating even more traffic, and spreading the URL around making it easier for a search engine to grab.
By clicking on icons located at the bottom of each "post" (or "blurb", as it were), readers and bloggers can send their favorite conversations to services that cater to this new network. These social bookmarking web sites are actually designed to facilitate the sharing of information within the blogosphere. Sites like Digg.com, Del.icio.us and Technorati.com gather content from blogs and spread it around, increasing the possibility of even more exposure - bringing in new visitors and pumping up search rankings in the process, something anybody with a web page would enjoy seeing - especially a business.
It is fast becoming the standard in the Internet universe to have a web log - and for good reason. Spreading your name and ideas throughout the blogosphere can create the ripple effect that your site needs in order to really make a splash!
Join the blogosphere. It's about time.
posted by aerthling @ 3:28 PM,
