tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16776499.post-1134058884585791512005-12-08T09:10:00.000-07:002005-12-08T09:21:24.606-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">The Chain of Blogs</span><br /><br />Blogs are a powerful tool. They are powerful for the average person who wants to create a website but does not have any HTML experience. They can give the average person a place to speak out in a world dominated by large news companies. They can be a social gathering place for people to talk about things that are important to them. Most importantly though they an extend a conversation from a one blog to many blogs spread throughout the world. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Trackbacks</span><br /><br />The real power behind a blog is trackbacks. We have talked about them in the past with our T<a href="http://seoforblogs.blogspot.com/2005/10/best-practices-trackback-tips.html">rackback Tips</a> post and our <a href="http://seoforblogs.blogspot.com/2005/11/trackbacks-explained.html">Trackbacks Explained</a> post. We really have not gone into why to use a trackback though and what they do for your blog. <br /><br />Extended converstations that can occur on blogs are started mainly by trackbacks. A trackback is a way for a blogger to talk about someone elses post on their own blog. The blogger then can easily and quickly post a comment to the first blog with a link to their own site. This means that the blogger, simply by talking about the same topic and linking to the original post, can gain a link back to their blog. As we all know a quality link is worth its weight in gold.<br /><br />Of course though spammers know this too. Whenever you do a trackback you need to talk about the same topic and make an addition to the conversation. Bloggers hate to see trackbacks done for no other purpose than a link. If you anger a blogger there is a good chance that you will bring the wrath of the entire blogging community down on you.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/16776499-113405888458579151?l=seoforblogs.blogspot.com'/></div>Green Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852876444695867671noreply@blogger.com0