Andy Beard - Internet Business Systems Discussion - Latest Comments in Linking To Differing Opinion

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

Hunter Jackson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:40:41 -0000

Giving different opinions to me seems obvious. Obviously, not everyone wants to hear just your opinion. Take Bill O'reilly for example...

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

Hunter Jackson — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:40:41 -0000

Giving different opinions to me seems obvious. Obviously, not everyone wants to hear just your opinion. Take Bill O'reilly for example...

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

Damien Riley — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:39:08 -0000

Andy: That's really helpful. I appreciate how you recognize bloggers who comment here and link your way.

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

Damien Riley — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:39:08 -0000

Andy: That's really helpful. I appreciate how you recognize bloggers who comment here and link your way.

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

Hobo — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:28:21 -0000

Ho Ho nicely put.

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

Hobo — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:28:21 -0000

Ho Ho nicely put.

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

AndyBeard — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:56:23 -0000

Damien Techcrunch is a very fast paced blog, receiving a lot of links from people with varied opinion.

I am sure at times Techcrunch can receive upwards of 200 links for a post, though a fair percentage would be from splogs either scraping Techcrunch, or the people linking to Techcrunch.

I would never expect Michael to link through in updates to everyone who linked to him who had something to say, but it is good practice to have pingbacks/trackbacks displayed.

Mine appear after the comments box, and I have seen 50+ clicks in my stats through to such links on popular posts.

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

AndyBeard — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:56:23 -0000

Damien Techcrunch is a very fast paced blog, receiving a lot of links from people with varied opinion.

I am sure at times Techcrunch can receive upwards of 200 links for a post, though a fair percentage would be from splogs either scraping Techcrunch, or the people linking to Techcrunch.

I would never expect Michael to link through in updates to everyone who linked to him who had something to say, but it is good practice to have pingbacks/trackbacks displayed.

Mine appear after the comments box, and I have seen 50+ clicks in my stats through to such links on popular posts.

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

AndyBeard — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:48:32 -0000

Michael, maybe I should place that statement in a historical context, with quotes such as:-

The company complains that we write about them only because it drives controversy and traffic. That is, of course, absolutely correct. I freely admit it.

Unfortunately you deleted that from the original post, but it is still available online from people who syndicate your content.

Damn splogs are useful sometimes.

That wasn't even a unique occurrence, I can recall similar comments in the past, but I would have to invest some time digging them out, and there is always the chance they are no longer present.

There is nothing wrongwith being controversial, or having a very firm opinion, but the more one sided your opinion is, the more you should try to at least ensure trackbacks make it through for some balance.

As to the rest of the article, I think I gave you a lot of slack, as the lack of trackbacks appearing these days could well be a major fault of Akismet.

I can remember times during heated blogging debate where there were 40+ trackbacks appearing on Techcrunch posts. Those days are gone - I don't know the reason.

Sure, a good deal of those trackbacks were from the likes of the useful resource I just dug up, but what of the remainder?

Thanks for taking the time to comment

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

AndyBeard — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:48:32 -0000

Michael, maybe I should place that statement in a historical context, with quotes such as:-

The company complains that we write about them only because it drives controversy and traffic. That is, of course, absolutely correct. I freely admit it.

Unfortunately you deleted that from the original post, but it is still available online from people who syndicate your content.

Damn splogs are useful sometimes.

That wasn't even a unique occurrence, I can recall similar comments in the past, but I would have to invest some time digging them out, and there is always the chance they are no longer present.

As to the rest of the article, I think I gave you a lot of slack, as the lack of trackbacks appearing these days could well be a major fault of Akismet.

I can remember times during heated blogging debate where there were 40+ trackbacks appearing on Techcrunch posts. Those days are gone - I don't know the reason.

Sure, a good deal of those trackbacks were from the likes of the useful resource I just dug up, but what of the remainder?

Thanks for taking the time to comment

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

Damien Riley — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:23:20 -0000

Andy, great article as always. I am wondering what you mean by "safety net" however. I have my idea what you mean but it's not crystal clear. To me trackbacks show that you value your sources and you can back up what you say. Am I on the right track?

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

Damien Riley — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:23:20 -0000

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

michael arrington — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:04:14 -0000

Andy, a clarification. you quote one of my comments where i talk about hits, and translate that into a sort of admission by me that controversy sells. that isn't accurate. "hits" is a popular story - which is based on an interesteing story. that's generally a new startup, or an acquisition. or possibly an opinion piece. but it doesn't mean "hit job" or "something, anything, controversial." I'm talking about a hit, like a hit song.

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

michael arrington — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:04:14 -0000

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

cathlawson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:54:33 -0000

This is a great idea Andy. And I can see how linking to a different opinion could be beneficial, so long as the other blogger didn't take it too personally.

A while ago I blogged about bloggers stealing work from their employers and one guy got really annoyed with me and decided to blog about it. The trouble was, he didn't link to me properly - the link just said "this blog", which didn't come across as professional at all.

It was like my opinion had annoyed him so much that he couldn't even bear to type my name.

Re: Linking To Differing Opinion

cathlawson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:54:33 -0000

This is a great idea Andy. And I can see how linking to a different opinion could be beneficial, so long as the other blogger didn't take it too personally.

It was like my opinion had annoyed him so much that he couldn't even bear to type my name.