June 20, 2003

Site Insight

I have been thinking about trying that new-fangled "blogrolling" thingee, but have been reluctant to try it for two reasons:
#1 The instructions on installing it look moderately complicated, and I can only tackle one moderately complicated task per day, otherwise my brain overheats. Since I am fresh off the triumph of uploading pictures to my blog, and still procastinating tackling importing my blogspot archives, as well as a couple of site tweaks that I want to try, I have been putting off attempting to install it.
#2 This is a more philosophical reason. Some sites that I have been to have such long blogrolls that they practically need to be continued on the next page. I don't really like the look of that, and I don't understand how someone can have the time to regularly read all the blogs on those interminable lists. So my blogroll has an entrance requirement: your site has to be interesting enough to make me go into my template and risk its total destruction by hand-entering the code to link to your site. Now, the blogrolling thingee would take away that element of risk, and reduce the honor associated with being on my blogroll, since any old blog could pass the one-click risk-test.

So, Loyal Readers, what do you think? Shall inclusion on my blogroll remain an honor, or should I put "get blogrolling" on my to-do list?

Posted by Susie at June 20, 2003 10:10 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Keep doing it by hand. This way you can add the guilt angle along with the prestige of being listed on your blog.

Posted by: Pete at June 20, 2003 11:57 AM

I have to agree with Pete. I do all mine by hand, because it's a labor of love.

At the same time, I cofess I strongly believe in recipro-links, and it would be a lot easier if I went with blogrolling.

But my vote: Keep doing what you're doing.

Posted by: Loyal Citizen Victor at June 20, 2003 12:30 PM
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