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Jan, 02, 2011

The Blogroll’s death and resurrection. I guess you can say, my blogroll has a Jesus-ish quality.

Blogrolls are IN. Blogrolls are contervesial! They’re outdated! YOU SUCK ‘cause I’M NOT LISTED.

List me and I’ll list you?

Drama.

I took my blogroll down several versions of design ago. I knew it was outdated. I knew some of my blogger friends moved to facebook only or ditched the online world completely. But I have to confess, I often forget to click and read, even for a minute, without your shiny faces, avatars, logos, whatever, over there smiling at me.

And yes, it’s out of date. I took out a few links that were so old the internet declared them rusty. And I don’t have some of my favorite people on there like Not a girl, not yet a wino and Mr. Lady and Overflowing brain and Momma’s Gone City and Child’s Play X2 and Sesame Ellis and Blythe and Sizzle Says or The Spohrs are Multiplying. No, I’ll have to download some avatars and update that space with those URLs soon.

But I’m curious: In 2011, in the age of “THE BLOG IS OUT DATED”, are blogrolls even more dead? If blogs are “mostly dead”? Or, maybe, will the pendulum come swinging back around to the time of friends promoting great writers they’re privileged to bond with and share ideas with?

Or am I the only lazy bastard that needs a stepping point to launch myself in to the world that I love from my own space here and follow the path around the web that links from one great place to another?

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Posted by Mrs. Flinger on 2011-01-06 10:49:25 I have one but it's mostly because I'm lazy. I hate subscriptions and feeds so I use my blogroll to list those people I want to visit on every new post (though I haven't actually been able to read the last two and a half months. I know how desperately you missed my whimsy and sarcasm...). It's entirely selfish on my part and I never feel bad when someone doesn't list me. There are more blogs than you can dream of in your philosophy, Flinger... Blogrolls are no place to take things personally. Plus, I've found a great many reads while drafting off other peoples rolls.
Posted by CitricSugar on 2011-01-06 10:13:29 For the record, I am a HUGE fan of blogrolls. But only when I'm on them. If I am not on them, I am against them. You're awesome. XOXOXO
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Posted by dbbaft on 2011-01-05 09:06:57 I LOVE blogrolls. And sadly, I think my blogroll page gets almost as many hits as my main page. I'm okay with that because I love all the people on it.
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Posted by seotonsaggressif on 2011-01-03 16:46:02 Awe, yey! That's so flattering. :) I was going to tell y'all that I think of these blogrolls as more of a "starting" point, yaknow? Like I know if I click on Whoorl, I'll find Heather B. And if I go to Sizzle, I'll find Kerri Anne and Rhi. Lotus takes me to Mishi and Maria Mele to Sundry. So I sorta represent here places I launch in to. Of course, it's horribly out of date and in need of more shiny faces. ......
Posted by Mrs. Flinger on 2011-01-03 16:40:41 I just made a new blogroll when I moved my blog. And you're on it: http://suebobdavis.com/a-blogroll
Posted by Suebob on 2011-01-03 16:13:37 I don't think they're dead. What I do instead is have a tab that posts my shared items from google reader. I figure that way it is mos' def' up to date.
Posted by Jenny (Grace) on 2011-01-03 15:45:57 I hang onto my blogroll, and I even update every now and then...but I use Google Reader for all my blog reading. Actually, one of the things I like about Blogger is that I can import the blogs I subscribe to directly into my blogroll (and can edit which ones actually stay on it). I dunno, I like the ol' blogroll. As a reader, I like seeing who/what my favorite bloggers are reading. Kind of like, "Well, I like YOUR writing, so you must like that person for a good reason." And it's fun when you see you are reading some of the same ones. I will say that I don't troll other people's blogrolls hoping to see my name pop up or anything, so I'm not interested in the...popularity contest of it at all. Nor would I ever in a million years assume that because someone is on mine, that I should be on theirs.
Posted by Jen on 2011-01-03 10:48:00 http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs1327.snc4/161739_637406117_5735742_n.jpg Hello everyone! :) My name is Eloise and it made some weeks that I read regularly mrs.flinger.us, I found lots of help and I say that as of today is for me to contribute as well. This is the first time that I post on a forum so I hope this is the right section to post my presentation if I'm wrong I thank in advance a moderator move the topic. I am 24 years old and live in your country for only eight months, I apologize for the mistakes of language that I do, feel free to correct me. Otherwise, in life I'm brown and the head I am a true blonde, I have a beautiful 2 year old child and I love football, big cars and playing video games and I own a small website dedicated the seotons. http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs1327.snc4/161739_637406117_5735742_n.jpg my facebook: http://fr-fr.facebook.com/people/Eloise-Baes/100000574781263 That is me in a nutshell.
Posted by seotonsaggressif on 2011-01-03 04:57:22 I have one, I like them. It shares the love. And yes, I missing people and they get outdated. You do your best.
Posted by Aimee Giese | Greeblemonkey on 2011-01-02 22:21:53 I've been meaning to reinstate my blogroll for...what day is it?...about FOUR YEARS. I don't use a feed reader either, so even though I think having a blogroll would be helpful, it just seems SO overwhelming. You have given me hope, though. A well-curated blogroll is a beautiful (and valuable) thing.
Posted by agirlandaboy on 2011-01-02 20:02:07 "Or am I the only lazy bastard that needs a stepping point to launch myself in to the world that I love from my own space here and follow the path around the web that links from one great place to another?" Definitely not. I have maintained and used my blogroll from the beginning for that very purpose. I (gasp!) don't use a feed reader (I honestly can't stand them), and so I either manually enter URLs, click over from Twitter when someone has something they are excitedly sharing there, or use my links page on my own site to check in with all my favorite reads. I also think there is something inherently awesome about showcasing those writers and friends you love to love, be it via a blogroll or some other avenue.
Posted by Kerri Anne on 2011-01-02 19:42:44 See? You're the PERFECT example, Rima. I still have your old blogspot address on my roll. AND I don't have MISHI on it even though I have her in my feedreader. And Laura I just type in myself. This is why this is a controversy. Just 'cause your'e not here doesn't mean I don't read you.
Posted by Mrs. Flinger on 2011-01-02 19:03:04 I love this subject. Personally, I love when sites have a blogroll because I often find great new blogs to read that way. I took mine down when I migrated my site, meaning to re-create it from scratch with up to date links. That was six months ago. But! You have inspired me, Mrs. Flinger.
Posted by Rima on 2011-01-02 18:57:05 Every once in a while I shout out on Twitter with a link to my blogroll asking if anyone is missing, giving them a chance to let me know. Ha. I love my blogroll.
Posted by Mishi on 2011-01-02 15:09:02 I haven't had a blogroll in ages. I feel bad about it, but I think I am too far behind to start up again. So I have a google reader widget on my sidebar and I share good posts all the time. Hopefully that's good enough.
Posted by Annika on 2011-01-02 14:43:02 I got deleted off a bunch of blogrolls when I lazily did not update my blog. SOB.
Posted by ozma on 2011-01-02 14:35:30 http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs1327.snc4/161739_637406117_5735742_n.jpg Hello everyone! :) My name is Eloise and it made some weeks that I read regularly mrs.flinger.us, I found lots of help and I say that as of today is for me to contribute as well. This is the first time that I post on a forum so I hope this is the right section to post my presentation if I'm wrong I thank in advance a moderator move the topic. I am 24 years old and live in your country for only eight months, I apologize for the mistakes of language that I do, feel free to correct me. Otherwise, in life I'm brown and the head I am a true blonde, I have a beautiful 2 year old child and I love football, big cars and playing video games and I own a small website dedicated the seotons. http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs1327.snc4/161739_637406117_5735742_n.jpg my facebook: http://fr-fr.facebook.com/people/Eloise-Baes/100000574781263 That is me in a nutshell.
Posted by seotonsaggressif on 2011-01-02 14:30:48 My blogroll went because I just couldn't keep it up to date. And it got REALLY long. I read everything through reader subscriptions now.
Posted by Colleen on 2011-01-02 14:07:32 I love blogrolls. Particularly for food blogs, and most particularly allergy-type food blogs. Most people with blogs do not make them SEO'ed (is that a word?), so the blogroll is a great way to discover new content that is otherwise completely hidden from a Google search. You definitely ignore my existence in cyberspace now that your blogroll is gone. ;)
Posted by Laura on 2011-01-02 13:44:20

Laura

J01/02/2011

I love blogrolls. Particularly for food blogs, and most particularly allergy-type food blogs. Most people with blogs do not make them SEO’ed (is that a word?), so the blogroll is a great way to discover new content that is otherwise completely hidden from a Google search.

You definitely ignore my existence in cyberspace now that your blogroll is gone.
Colleen

J01/02/2011

My blogroll went because I just couldn’t keep it up to date.
And it got REALLY long.
I read everything through reader subscriptions now.
ozma

J01/02/2011

I got deleted off a bunch of blogrolls when I lazily did not update my blog.

SOB.
Annika

J01/02/2011

I haven’t had a blogroll in ages. I feel bad about it, but I think I am too far behind to start up again. So I have a google reader widget on my sidebar and I share good posts all the time. Hopefully that’s good enough.
Mishi

J01/02/2011

Every once in a while I shout out on Twitter with a link to my blogroll asking if anyone is missing, giving them a chance to let me know. Ha.

I love my blogroll.
Rima

J01/02/2011

I love this subject. Personally, I love when sites have a blogroll because I often find great new blogs to read that way. I took mine down when I migrated my site, meaning to re-create it from scratch with up to date links. That was six months ago. But! You have inspired me, Mrs. Flinger.
Mrs. Flinger

J01/02/2011

See? You’re the PERFECT example, Rima. I still have your old blogspot address on my roll. AND I don’t have MISHI on it even though I have her in my feedreader. And Laura I just type in myself.

This is why this is a controversy. Just ‘cause your’e not here doesn’t mean I don’t read you.
Kerri Anne

J01/02/2011

“Or am I the only lazy bastard that needs a stepping point to launch myself in to the world that I love from my own space here and follow the path around the web that links from one great place to another?”

Definitely not. I have maintained and used my blogroll from the beginning for that very purpose. I (gasp!) don’t use a feed reader (I honestly can’t stand them), and so I either manually enter URLs, click over from Twitter when someone has something they are excitedly sharing there, or use my links page on my own site to check in with all my favorite reads.

I also think there is something inherently awesome about showcasing those writers and friends you love to love, be it via a blogroll or some other avenue.
agirlandaboy

J01/02/2011

I’ve been meaning to reinstate my blogroll for…what day is it?...about FOUR YEARS. I don’t use a feed reader either, so even though I think having a blogroll would be helpful, it just seems SO overwhelming. You have given me hope, though. A well-curated blogroll is a beautiful (and valuable) thing.
Aimee Giese | Greeblemonkey

J01/02/2011

I have one, I like them. It shares the love. And yes, I missing people and they get outdated. You do your best.
Jen

J01/03/2011

I hang onto my blogroll, and I even update every now and then…but I use Google Reader for all my blog reading. Actually, one of the things I like about Blogger is that I can import the blogs I subscribe to directly into my blogroll (and can edit which ones actually stay on it).

I dunno, I like the ol’ blogroll. As a reader, I like seeing who/what my favorite bloggers are reading. Kind of like, “Well, I like YOUR writing, so you must like that person for a good reason.” And it’s fun when you see you are reading some of the same ones.

I will say that I don’t troll other people’s blogrolls hoping to see my name pop up or anything, so I’m not interested in the…popularity contest of it at all. Nor would I ever in a million years assume that because someone is on mine, that I should be on theirs.
Jenny (Grace)

J01/03/2011

I don’t think they’re dead.
What I do instead is have a tab that posts my shared items from google reader. I figure that way it is mos’ def’ up to date.
Suebob

J01/03/2011

I just made a new blogroll when I moved my blog. And you’re on it:
http://suebobdavis.com/a-blogroll
Mrs. Flinger

J01/03/2011

Awe, yey! That’s so flattering. I was going to tell y’all that I think of these blogrolls as more of a “starting” point, yaknow? Like I know if I click on Whoorl, I’ll find Heather B. And if I go to Sizzle, I’ll find Kerri Anne and Rhi. Lotus takes me to Mishi and Maria Mele to Sundry. So I sorta represent here places I launch in to.

Of course, it’s horribly out of date and in need of more shiny faces. ......
Overflowing Brain (Katie)

J01/04/2011

I LOVE blogrolls. And sadly, I think my blogroll page gets almost as many hits as my main page. I’m okay with that because I love all the people on it.
Sarahviz

J01/05/2011

Am old skool. (or is it technologically impaired?) I have a blogroll that I currently use. And hey, you’re on it!
Bejewell (BLYTHE)

J01/06/2011

For the record, I am a HUGE fan of blogrolls. But only when I’m on them. If I am not on them, I am against them.

You’re awesome. XOXOXO
CitricSugar

J01/06/2011

I have one but it’s mostly because I’m lazy. I hate subscriptions and feeds so I use my blogroll to list those people I want to visit on every new post (though I haven’t actually been able to read the last two and a half months. I know how desperately you missed my whimsy and sarcasm…). It’s entirely selfish on my part and I never feel bad when someone doesn’t list me. There are more blogs than you can dream of in your philosophy, Flinger… Blogrolls are no place to take things personally. Plus, I’ve found a great many reads while drafting off other peoples rolls.
Mrs. Flinger

J01/06/2011

Oh but I DID miss you, Citric! I’m glad you’re back. Whimsy and sarcasm are welcomed. XO
Liz @thisfullhouse

J01/06/2011

Yes, I’ve got a page accessible from my navigation bar (ooooh, baby) and have been imbibing in some linky love since 2003. But, it’s more like my pulling back the current and showing you where I keep the good stuff
Liz @thisfullhouse

J01/06/2011

Uh, that would be “my pulling back the curtain,” not “current” and, no, I do NOT know where that came from other than, you know, perhaps imbibing a little more than I should (DER!)