There's nothing like a little ego boost to get you through a day.
Yesterday I checked the ehub blog and noticed that another blogger, cadence90, had commented on my podcast entry twice and provided links to her blog. She also provided some helpful information for my group's final project. Thank you wonderful blogosphere for connecting us.
Today while working on writing this entry, I checked Jesse's blog and found out that a particularly old post of mine was on technorati.com. Wow.
But in all seriousness, it seems to me like just another popularity contest. Like seeing how many friends you can get on facebook, trying to attain A-List blogger status seems more self-serving than anything. On facebook you can ask everyone listed that you've seen in passing or acknowledged in class, hoping they'll confirm you as a "friend." In the blogging world you can link to, or write about, as many pop culture icons (Paris Hilton and Tara Reid are on Gawker's hot list)
as possible and touch on any controversial, current hot-button topic (recent hurricanes come to mind here) and you have assured hits.
A quick glance at the top 100 blogs listed on Technorati revealed one common characteristic: about 50 million embedded links in each post. Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration. Maybe just 50,000. Well, that proves my point about popularity - as long as you try to link to everyone and be their "blog friend," you just might sustain and A-list blogging status.
Hopefully there are enough links in this one to bump me up a few notches on the popularity pole.
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