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Don’t just ask for links.

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Every week or so, I get an email or two from strangers asking me to link to their blog or website. Half the time, I find their blogs interesting and I would do a post and round them up for some link loving.

But don’t always expect that I would just put up a link because you emailed me with a one-liner. Unless you’re a friend, a client, or you have some interesting site or put out some neat link bait technique to catch my attention, don’t expect a reply or a link (much more if your blog is just one-page old).

There are many ways to get noticed — leave a comment, shoot a trackback/ping, introduce yourself really nice and tell me a good story about why you badly needed the link juice. There’s also such a thing as buying links (aff). It would be unfair to clients who buy links from me only to discover that I actually give them out for free to anonymous people. Others resort to running a contest where success is measured by how much prize you give way.

Should you still need to get even a trickle of traffic into your new blog, check out PinoyBlog.com and fire away. Just don’t abuse the free service.

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Abe Olandres

Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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10 Comments

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kutitots · 20 years ago

Nice blog! Can we exchange links?

WAHAHAHA

I think I mentioned something like this nung iBlog. Wehehe marami atang guilty, ang dami nag-react sa comment ko remember? :D


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melai · 20 years ago

wahehehehe natawa ako sa mga comment lol!! teka pano nito nakuha yung comment ni masterbetong sa blog ko? la pa kong ganong alam kaya sensya na :)


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Vespinoy · 20 years ago

ako pa link! hehe ;)


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Alfie · 20 years ago

Yugs, what kind of story do you what? I have here some sex-capades. want some? hehehe… :)


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rnoldz · 20 years ago

Yugs! Can you add my blog to your link? hahahaha


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