Comments on: Two Powerful Link Experiences

By: A quick congrats to webomatica — Shooting at Bubbles

A quick congrats to webomatica — Shooting at Bubbles — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:16:42 +0000

[...] I just wanted to fire off a quick congratulations to Jason over at webomatica for his being added to the roster of BlogHerald writers. I’ve been reading webomatica for some time now and know that he will be a welcome addition to BlogHerald where you can read his first post Two Powerful Link Experiences. [...]

By: WinExtra - A quick congrats to webomatica

WinExtra - A quick congrats to webomatica — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:07:05 +0000

By: KPeBiz

KPeBiz — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:37:52 +0000

Great post, I enjoy blog because of the conversation between fellow bloggers… all the communication can happen on the blog.

By: Writing For The Blog Herald : Wonderful Thoughts

Writing For The Blog Herald : Wonderful Thoughts — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:30:06 +0000

[...] first Blog Herald post is Two Powerful Link Experiences; please check it [...]

By: The power of the humble hyperlink » mathewingram.com/work

The power of the humble hyperlink » mathewingram.com/work — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:11:39 +0000

[...] to get too self-referential or anything, but Jason talks in the post about how a link from me helped inspire him in his early days as a blogger, a topic that he arrived at after reading a similar post by Lorelle [...]

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:30:22 +0000

Hi Ross – (nice to see you here) – yeah, I think to get a link from a site you respect (lifehacker in your case – I like that site, too) means a huge amount, possibly more than scads of traffic from a social news site.

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:51:46 +0000

Jason –

I couldn’t agree more with your sentiments. During the first month or two of my ‘blogging career’ LifeHacker linked to a tutorial that I wrote. I was absolutely floored. To see a site that I had (and still have) such an incredible level of respect for, find something that I wrote ‘worthy’ of linking to, was a leading factor in my decision to continue blogging. It wasn’t the traffic that the link generated, or the additional linkbacks that they caused, it was that one link from them.

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:29:16 +0000

You’re welcome – as Lorelle pointed out, although links are pretty simple and seemingly small it’s a big reason why I continue blogging. Makes digging through all the spam worthwhile to occasionally come across something new.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:54:50 +0000

Jason, I am flattered — and honoured — that you chose me as one of the links that had such an inspirational effect on you.

You are quite right that I didn’t really think about that link when I posted it — I just knew that you had raised an interesting point, and who you were or how long you had been blogging or any of those things were effectively irrelevant.

That’s the great thing about the blogosphere :-)

Mathew

By: Writing For The Blog Herald » Webomatica - tech, movies, music blog

Writing For The Blog Herald » Webomatica - tech, movies, music blog — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:51:45 +0000

[...] first Blog Herald post is Two Powerful Link Experiences; please check it [...]

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:35:56 +0000

Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I’ve long talked about how powerful links are, but until someone’s experienced one, it’s so hard to describe the impact. Well done and thank you again!

By: Webomatica

Webomatica — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:47:00 +0000

Rhys, that’s a good example. Calling someone a nutcase is certainly a way to get their attention!

By: Rhys

Rhys — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:12:01 +0000

Gralley has posted links that WONT effect my life ;)

My most powerful link experience was this girl who linked to my blog with “Rhys is this nutcase”. I had never seen or heard of her before, but she was a long time reader as she picked up on a few posts. Eventually we got talking, and we dated for a while.

Okay, we’re not a couple no more (distance really), but she’s still my best friend :)