I was a bit confused when I first visited Blog Curry. I understand the whole link baiting thing, but I think sometimes people take it a bit far and forget that they’re running a blog. When I visit a blog by somebody who is obviously very knowledgeable about the subject he or she writes about, the last thing I was to see is endless reviews.

When coming up with ways to link bait, you should bear in mind that most link-bait posts are quite boring. The two-way exchange between bloggers is healthy, but should not be overused. For the past couple of weeks, Blog Curry has had very little content except reviews that the author has offered to do for sites that review his blog.

His blog is a PR4 blog and so it’s not a bad thing to get a review up there, but with the sheer number of reviews being posted day after day, I doubt that many people are actually paying attention to them any more. I’d rather see multiple reviews bulked into one post and more of the content that the blogger is capable of writing.

This goes for all bloggers who choose to link out to others: if you are going to link out often, you don’t always have to be nice. Most bloggers are actually quite receptive to constructive criticism; and if they’re not, they should be.

Perhaps I’m setting myself up for a fall here, but not every blog is perfect. I find myself ignoring most short, link-baiting blog reviews because they don’t have anything worthwhile to say. That’s all well and good as the links are useful, but if you’re link baiting too much it can make your blog look a little too rosy.

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