Comments on: Minor change http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102 I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23341 CGHill Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:39:08 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23341 In the past I've occasionally tried to update the older posts with links to newer posts on the same subject, but given my tendency to repeat myself, not to mention my tendency to repeat myself, this got extremely complicated in a hurry. The pings are easier, but as a mere handful of text, they're (to me at least) less useful than they could be. I have been looking into the Related Posts schemes, but they seem to have a hell of a lot of overhead. On the other hand, "screw Google" is a perfectly valid justification for rather a lot of things. In the past I’ve occasionally tried to update the older posts with links to newer posts on the same subject, but given my tendency to repeat myself, not to mention my tendency to repeat myself, this got extremely complicated in a hurry. The pings are easier, but as a mere handful of text, they’re (to me at least) less useful than they could be. I have been looking into the Related Posts schemes, but they seem to have a hell of a lot of overhead.

On the other hand, “screw Google” is a perfectly valid justification for rather a lot of things.

]]> By: CT http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23338 CT Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:16:17 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23338 Screw Google. Trackbacking (or tracking back?) to my previous posts is an essential part of my blogging behavior. I think internal cross-linking ties together a blog better than categorization or tags can. There are limits, of course. And I know the splogs have, once again, ruined it for the rest of us. Still, I'm not going to modify my routine. Screw Google. Trackbacking (or tracking back?) to my previous posts is an essential part of my blogging behavior. I think internal cross-linking ties together a blog better than categorization or tags can. There are limits, of course. And I know the splogs have, once again, ruined it for the rest of us. Still, I’m not going to modify my routine.

]]> By: Mihai Secasiu http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23309 Mihai Secasiu Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:27:56 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23309 @CGHill that's what makes wordpress so great, don't you think? :) @CGHill that’s what makes wordpress so great, don’t you think? :)

]]> By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23308 CGHill Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:06:52 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23308 We ought to codify this as Mullenweg's First Law: if a need is seen in WordPress, a plugin will arise to fill that need. We ought to codify this as Mullenweg’s First Law: if a need is seen in WordPress, a plugin will arise to fill that need.

]]> By: Mihai Secasiu http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23304 Mihai Secasiu Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:41:08 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23304 Just in case you still want those pingbacks and you don't want to lose pagerank on them I created this plugin that will make wordpress NOT nofollow them. You might want to look into it: http://patchlog.com/wordpress/follow-self-pings/ Just in case you still want those pingbacks and you don’t want to lose pagerank on them I created this plugin that will make wordpress NOT nofollow them.
You might want to look into it: http://patchlog.com/wordpress/follow-self-pings/

]]> By: Steve Lackmeyer http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23296 Steve Lackmeyer Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:27:57 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23296 Um, your ticker says 1,860,025. Once again you downplay your awesome power in the local blogging world. Um, your ticker says 1,860,025. Once again you downplay your awesome power in the local blogging world.

]]> By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23294 CGHill Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:18:48 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23294 I try to avoid getting caught up in the OMG I NEED NUMBERS! spin. I've been watching Beltway Blips, where I'm a minnow among whales, and I've had exactly one post that got voted up more than once in their Digg-like promotion process. I check this once a week at most, lest I become despondent. I try to avoid getting caught up in the OMG I NEED NUMBERS! spin. I’ve been watching Beltway Blips, where I’m a minnow among whales, and I’ve had exactly one post that got voted up more than once in their Digg-like promotion process. I check this once a week at most, lest I become despondent.

]]> By: Writer Chick http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23288 Writer Chick Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:24:38 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23288 Hey Chas, Well, I'm glad that all got worked out but I'm somewhat disenchanted with the whole page rank game myself. Your other reader makes a good point - it's all about who's who, instead of actual traffic or maybe I should say quality traffic. I practically killed myself with the self hosted blog doing all the crap they tell you to do to get traffic that will enhance your page rank - because I was trying to find a way to make some revenue from the blog. But then I realized that it was just making blogging a drag instead of something I love. So now it's like 'screw the page rank' who care? Annie Hey Chas,
Well, I’m glad that all got worked out but I’m somewhat disenchanted with the whole page rank game myself. Your other reader makes a good point – it’s all about who’s who, instead of actual traffic or maybe I should say quality traffic. I practically killed myself with the self hosted blog doing all the crap they tell you to do to get traffic that will enhance your page rank – because I was trying to find a way to make some revenue from the blog. But then I realized that it was just making blogging a drag instead of something I love. So now it’s like ’screw the page rank’ who care?

Annie

]]> By: CGHill http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23286 CGHill Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:17:15 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23286 What PageRank does, mostly, is give search-engine optimizers a reason to live. And if I were trying to make some money off this site, it would matter to me. Somewhat. What PageRank does, mostly, is give search-engine optimizers a reason to live. And if I were trying to make some money off this site, it would matter to me. Somewhat.

]]> By: Charles Pergiel http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23283 Charles Pergiel Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:45:06 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23283 I am torn between telling you how wonderful this is and asking WTF are you talking about? What a dilemma! Oh, that was sarcasm. My bad. I am torn between telling you how wonderful this is and asking WTF are you talking about? What a dilemma! Oh, that was sarcasm. My bad.

]]> By: McGehee http://www.dustbury.com/archives/9102/comment-page-1#comment-23281 McGehee Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:26:17 +0000 http://www.dustbury.com/?p=9102#comment-23281 What I've seen about discussions of Google Page Rank leads me to believe it's a metric designed to be completely worthless. It rewards sites that get links from "prestigious" websites, regardless of whether those links actually produce traffic. I'd rather get the traffic than the "Linked by Websites Everybody Likes but Where Nobody Clicks Links" award. What I’ve seen about discussions of Google Page Rank leads me to believe it’s a metric designed to be completely worthless. It rewards sites that get links from “prestigious” websites, regardless of whether those links actually produce traffic.

I’d rather get the traffic than the “Linked by Websites Everybody Likes but Where Nobody Clicks Links” award.

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