Comments on: Blogrolls, what to put on them and why?

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:49:39 +0000

I think it’s people I read. I removed you from my blogroll about two months ago (I think) because you didn’t blog. I’m going to add you back.

Anyway, I just put on my blogroll people I do read, and they’re not much. You’re one there, though, lolikit. <3

Hahaha.

By: Ryan A

Ryan A — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:33:06 +0000

Yo, I should have checked this post out earlier. I share Owen’s status on the blogroll. I just keep the stuff I read regularly in there, and it mimics my reader via OPML.

Blogs I come arcoss, get bookmarked first, but if I find myself there often then it makes sense to make it permanent.

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By: Nagato

Nagato — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:27:16 +0000

Imo, the blogroll is much more for your readers’ benefit rather than yours. I mean srsly, when was the last time you went to your BLOGROLL to visit an acquaintance’s blog? I have them saved in my bookmarks already, I load them as I see fit.
When your readers see your blogroll, they can see who you’re familiar with (LOL POPULARITY CONTEST), and if they like your blog, chances are they’ll check out people on your blogroll to see why that person interested YOU.

Pretty much the whole, ‘This place interests me, here’s a reference link.’ deal. ^^

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:07:25 +0000

Good question! I guess I’m often returning the favour of someone else adding me to theirs, plus listing my own faves, whether they link to me or not. I check it every now and then to weed out the broken links or those that have succumbed to Hiatus Disease, mind.

My blogroll isn’t nearly as long as my Google reader list though. That’s reached an insane length of over 70 blogs and news feeds now (the scary thing being, I actually give every one of them at least a cursory glance each day).

By: TheBigN

TheBigN — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:52:21 +0000

I’m with Alafista. Though I try to take off blogs that are inactive for a while (I give large leeway with that though; some have been off for months), and I try to put on blogs that are interesting in some way to me. I have a lot of interests, it seems. :3

By: lolikitsune

lolikitsune — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:50:43 +0000

DS‚Äîyeah, I know. But when you started, Suzumiya Haruhi was in your header and in your heart and you were pretty damn fail. That phase doesn’t count. MegaDaijoubu and the dango shenanigans began after I stopped blogging.

By: AstroNerdBoy

AstroNerdBoy — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:12:35 +0000

I started a blogroll simply as a means of marking a very few favorites. I had a few links for the same reason. Then some people asked to be included and being a nice guy (if they’d linked to me already), I’d add them. But this reminds me that I need to extract the non-anime/manga related blogs that I had listed from the blogroll and make a seperate section for them.

By: DS

DS — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:39:55 +0000

I started before Owen did, Mr. Troll. :P

By: Owen S

Owen S — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:22:17 +0000

I just use an OPML export file from my anime blog folder in my feedreader, and the Import option.

Mostly remove blogs when they start sucking (but that is rare, unless I realise one day that nothing of value was lost) or stop updating. In many cases, it’s the latter that leads to removal. Hence why I don’t entertain random people e-mailing me, because it’s tantamount to “hay can u read me plz”. Mercy adds to blogroll are lol. Go figure.