Comments on: Blogging Etiquette http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964 A rough draft of my thoughts... en Thu, 28 Apr 2025 14:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.1 by: La Shawn Barber http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2025 15:20:53 -0400 15092:3964@http://poliblogger.com After blogging for six months, this happened to me for the first time yesterday. I went to the guy’s site and guess what? No link, no mention! Very annoying. After blogging for six months, this happened to me for the first time yesterday. I went to the guy’s site and guess what? No link, no mention! Very annoying.

]]> by: Arguing with signposts… http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2025 15:59:16 -0400 15102:3964@http://poliblogger.com The negative example In which your gentle author is not really referencing a particular weblog in the course of posting this item. (Don’t do that)… The negative example
In which your gentle author is not really referencing a particular weblog in the course of posting this item. (Don’t do that)…

]]> by: zombyboy http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2025 18:32:48 -0400 15093:3964@http://poliblogger.com Happens with some regularity on my site, and I’ve recently taken to deleting those trackbacks. It’s someone I don’t know essentially saying, “Hey, I’m going to advertise on your site without asking permission, without offering to pay, and without even the common courtesy of linking to you.” That irritates me no end. One of the things that bothers me about it is this: email me and let me know that you’ve written something on the same topic that I might be interested in. I have a very liberal linking policy–I would, in all probability, give the person a link that was better than the trackback anyway. A little courtesy goes a long way. (Er, sorry about that. It’s one of my current sore points.) Happens with some regularity on my site, and I’ve recently taken to deleting those trackbacks. It’s someone I don’t know essentially saying, “Hey, I’m going to advertise on your site without asking permission, without offering to pay, and without even the common courtesy of linking to you.”

That irritates me no end. One of the things that bothers me about it is this: email me and let me know that you’ve written something on the same topic that I might be interested in. I have a very liberal linking policy–I would, in all probability, give the person a link that was better than the trackback anyway.

A little courtesy goes a long way.

(Er, sorry about that. It’s one of my current sore points.)

]]> by: Steven http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2025 18:35:47 -0400 15094:3964@http://poliblogger.com No problem–it’s why I brought it up! No problem–it’s why I brought it up! ;)

]]> by: King of Fools http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2025 18:48:53 -0400 15095:3964@http://poliblogger.com Well, now that you brought it up so nicely, I grant thee permission to delete them. Carry on. Well, now that you brought it up so nicely, I grant thee permission to delete them.

Carry on.

]]> by: Right Moment http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2025 19:35:04 -0400 15103:3964@http://poliblogger.com Blogger Etiquette. Steven Taylor at Poliblog has blogger etiquette on his mind; using trackback without linking to the post on your site. Blogger Etiquette.
Steven Taylor at Poliblog has blogger etiquette on his mind; using trackback without linking to the post on your site.

]]> by: Christopher Cross http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Thu, 1 Jul 2025 01:36:26 -0400 15096:3964@http://poliblogger.com I have never, to my knowledge, given a trackback without a link to the post. But here’s a related “ethical” question: What if the trackbacked post includes only either a cursory mention of the original post or is only tangentially related? I have never, to my knowledge, given a trackback without a link to the post. But here’s a related “ethical” question:

What if the trackbacked post includes only either a cursory mention of the original post or is only tangentially related?

]]> by: Steven http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Thu, 1 Jul 2025 05:20:34 -0400 15097:3964@http://poliblogger.com Normally, in my experience, the person has found a story on my site, but then failed to give any credit or notice of that fact. Normally, in my experience, the person has found a story on my site, but then failed to give any credit or notice of that fact.

]]> by: La Shawn Barber http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Fri, 2 Jul 2025 19:36:55 -0400 15098:3964@http://poliblogger.com Christopher - As long as my blog is linked to in their post, they can’t blog about whatever they want. Christopher - As long as my blog is linked to in their post, they can’t blog about whatever they want.

]]> by: BlindTurtle.com http://poliblogger.com/?p=3964#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2025 00:56:26 -0400 15104:3964@http://poliblogger.com TrackBack Etiquette There isn’t much in a google search on TrackBack etiquette, but I did find one blog that summed it up nicely: “To those who may legitimately not know this: if you are going to trackback a post, it is considered common courtesy in the Blogosphere f… TrackBack Etiquette
There isn’t much in a google search on TrackBack etiquette, but I did find one blog that summed it up nicely:

“To those who may legitimately not know this: if you are going to trackback a post, it is considered common courtesy in the Blogosphere f…

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