Thank Your Trackback Friends With A Stumble, Sphinn, or Digg. They will appreciate it and so will your ranking!
Posted on | September 27, 2007 | 6 Comments
How do YOU thank someone that has added a brand sparkling new link to your fantastic blog?
Over the past few days I have been asking others how they respond to their peers, when their peers have added a link to their post and now they have a trackback sitting there staring back at them. Most just place a thank you comment or email and go on to never look back. This disappoints me very much when they could do so much more.
If you are one of the many that do this, you are hindering what could be an even bigger asset. Links are a commodity online. We trade, borrow and beg for them. (But never buy them) Then when we get them we often do not look outside the box at how we can improve that link and help the person that gave us the link in the first place.
I have a urgent task for you that can not wait! Next time someone adds a link to your site. As soon as the trackback appears in your email or control panel, do your normal "thank you" like you normally would. Next I would like to see you go out and look at how you can add at least 5 new links into the page that is linking to you.
If you do this each time that you receive a trackback, you know that you are not only helping yourself with a quality link, but you are returning a favor that someone has done for you. But I also don't want you to run out and tell them you did this either. That is just a secret between you and your blog.
If possible look for a quality link that your friend may not be able to acquire.
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September 27th, 2007 @ 2:35 am
Gotta go check my trackbacks, I'm timing you.
September 27th, 2007 @ 6:51 am
[...] To say thanks, great post [...]
September 29th, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
[...] To say thanks, great post [...]
October 3rd, 2007 @ 7:18 pm
If you scratch my back I'll scratch yours? heh. Great post. People forget to pay it forward sometimes. Great stuff!
October 3rd, 2007 @ 10:44 pm
I'm a chronic stumbler anyway, so this won't be a stretch. Good idea!
March 5th, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
Duhhh … : ) It's called networking, if you do favors for others, they will do (more) favors for you.