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I recently learned that I am listed at http://mormonblogosphere.blogspot.com/. At first (I imagine), I thought cool, thanks; but then I moved to how? why? and is this even a good thing? And, especially, how did they find me?
There was a time when I wanted to be listed in a Mormon blog aggregator, but they ignored me and I stopped caring. Now I'm listed at a (nicer looking) site and I'm ambivalent. Real nice, Thappreciative.
Anyway, I'm over myself now and I do appreciate being listed -- particularly at the top under This Is the Place Monument which would seem to be a place of honor. I wonder if I'll stay there when they realize I'm the sort of feller who publishes things like this and this and this and this, and, even worse, this and this and this and this...?
Anyway, thanks. And how are you finding people? This Is the Place Monument also includes dear friends like Foxy J and Petra, and also on the site are my new-but-great blogger brother Schmetterling (in The Bowery) and his barely-a-blogger friend Schlange, and our mutual friend cMac (both in the student section). It's almost like . . . it's almost like you, dear aggregator, are stalking me and the people I know.
You aren't are you?
Anyway, to get into svithe territory, this comes back to two svithe-worthy topics:
- 1. Elder Ballard's call to literary arms. I've svithed about this before, but in gist, Elder Ballard says we Morfolk need to get the Word out electronically. I still don't think of myself as a religious blogger per se, but just being blatantly What I Am does, I think, meet his requirements.
2. Supporting the Saints. The Body of Christ is supposed to be a community, a loving community. And how can we do that unless we can find each other? Ergo, a blog aggregator must needs be a good idea. So let it be written.
(Don't you other aggregators go getting any ideas.)
Just call it my turn to spread the love around.
last week's svithe
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ReplyDeleteKay, maybe I'm just out of the loop (it's possible--nay, common!), but I've never even heard of these aggrigator things; are they very popular? Do they serve any purpose? Is it possible that the person in Sartell, Minnesota who visited my blog 2-3 times daily for more than a month found me through it?
No, no: it would have appeared on my list of referring sites....
What is this thing? What does it do? What is it for?
How on earth did it find ME? No, no: how on earth did it find SCHLANGE? That's the real question, now, isn't it?
I suppose my site is Mormonic enough to be found, and his site could have been found through my site. On the other hand, your Svithetacular!s alone would be enough for them to find you, so maybe they found me through you.
I guess all I'm really asking, though, is--does this really mean anything? What are the chances of this bringing any traffic to our blogs? I mean, you're at the top of "This Is the Place," and I'm at the top of "Bowery" (whatever THAT is!), but, even so, it's a mighty long list; I can't see myself ever using it to find a blog to read.
Huh. Weird....
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ReplyDeleteWell, it's brought me a couple readers already. And placement within your list depends on who posted most recently.
I assume that the (nicer looking) site you refer to is the Fobcave.
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ReplyDeleteI was more specific, but this is a family blog. I'm not going to go naming your sites here--!
I found out about my own listing this morning when I checked my Wordpress stats. There was a time when being linked to by a Mormon blog aggregator would have irked me, and I would have told them in no uncertain terms to remove my listing. Maybe time has softened me, gentled me, but I ended up merely sending them a note cluing them in to the fact that I am a happy ex-Mormon, and left it up to them to decide whether to continue to link to me or not.
ReplyDeleteHey, I can use the traffic.
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ReplyDeleteHey, who can't?
Huh. As it turns out, this thing IS actually getting me some attention: 11 visits in the past week or so with an average staying time of more than 5:00.
ReplyDeleteI'll take it!
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ReplyDelete"5:00"!!!
I still get the vast majority of my traffic from Google Image Search.
I should use some sort of statistic tool... But I really don't care. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck? Who put me on there? I'm just as confused as you are Th.
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