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December 28, 2005

Thank you, Blogarithm–But Why?

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 10:04 am

Remember when I spoke of backlinks that were totally bogus?

Well this has me totally confused. . . .

In checking my backlinks for Letting me be . . . random wondering and philosophy I found this link to Bookarithm.com, a page that says their subscribers subscribe to me. Being a visual person, I was taken by how the page on which I’m linked at a glance seems to imply that I am a subscriber too.

blogarithm page

We know I’m fair and I’m nice, but I’m not necessarily the most savvy chick. Until I checked my links, I didn’t know that this blog existed. At least I thought I didn’t, but maybe I had subscribed. The info said date added 10/25. Added to what? I wondered. Did I add it to Blogarithm and not remember? I’ve made mistakes before. You know that.

Thinking perhaps my memory was slipping, I decided to check whether I had signed up for an account–one that I didn’t remember. I tried to login. Here is the message I got.

blogarithm setup

Nice to know my memory is still in tact–or at least that theirs is as bad as mine is. I put on my detective hat and did a little blog-digging. Went straight to Wholinkstome to see what this blog was about. Here’s what I found.

blogarithm wholinkstome

Now I am totally, completely, undeniably, and utterly confused.

Why would a blog with a PageRank 7 need to link a little blog like me? I appreciate the benefit of the Google Juice, believe me. Thank you, Blogarighm, but I’m not sure I understand why.

I just got !!! The subscribers are likely to subscribe to Michael Noggs blog not to Blogarithm–I knew I was making a mistake in here somewhere.

As my friend Nancy says, “Liz, sometimes your so fast, and sometimes you’re sooooo sloooow.”

–ME “Liz” Strauss





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6 Comments to “Thank you, Blogarithm–But Why?”

  1. December 28th, 2005 at 1:24 pm
    Mike said

    I hope that’s all settled ;-)

    I do know this…my blog’s a PR6 and I’m pickled tink to link to you !

    I’ll even leave the link when I get my 7 !

  2. December 28th, 2005 at 1:43 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Mike
    Your link I would understand.
    Liz

  3. December 28th, 2005 at 2:31 pm
    Sabine said

    Liz,
    Unless I’m missing the point, I think it says that people who subscribe to Michael Noggs blog are likely to subscribe to yours, not that you’re subscribed to anything.

    It’s sort of like Amazon’s “people who bought this book also bought…” feature.

    At least that’s how I read it.

    So that’s pretty cool — it makes you a “recommended” blog, in a way.

  4. December 28th, 2005 at 3:21 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Yeah,Sabine.
    That’s what I finally figured out at the end. :)
    I’m having a bad print day again.
    smiles,
    Liz

  5. December 29th, 2005 at 11:05 pm
    Max from Blogarithm said

    You got it, Liz! Our service allows anyone to subscribe to *any* webpage, including, of course, blogs, and we’ll let them know when that page has been updated. If the page supports a syndication feed, we give you more details, but it works even without a feed.

    And Sabine got the analogy just right. Our discovery pages allow you to find other blogs that you might like, based on what other people who read the same blogs as you like.

    I guess if you start out on the site at one of the info pages without knowing what we do, it can be confusing. We’ll think about how to make things clearer. And we’d welcome any suggestions! Please send them to blogarithm *at* blogarithm *dot* com.

    *SHAMELESS PLUG*: Might I suggest putting up a subscribe form, so that other readers can sign up easily? Find one at http://www.blogarithm.com/getSticker.html .

  6. December 29th, 2005 at 11:31 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hi Max,
    No problem,
    I was in a fiesty mood and thought I’d have some fun that day with a great way recommend your blog and my blog at the same time. This whole page is about giving you publicity. What’s another plug between friends? :)
    Come back and visit some.
    Liz

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