Thanks for the compliments on my site. The key to linking for me is that it’s not contrived. What I genuinely want to do is find really good resources for my readers. By being a solid information source for my readers, my hope is that they get benefit from what I write, they comment, grab my feed, return to read more posts and ultimately spread the word about my blog. I do this not just by linking, but by having useful posts and links.

Bottom line, add value to your readership’s life/business/etc.

Maybe you could come and visit the site, and give me a few pointers. You have a great theme and design here. Trying to link better with other bloggers. Could use some good advise.

What Scoble was ranting about was how some bloggers today are only linking to mainstream media sources and not linking to other bloggers. As he puts it, “The truth is, if bloggers don’t link to other bloggers and, instead, link to the New York Times, they are just reinforcing the mainstream media’s position.”

Look what you made me do, now I’m quoting Robert Scoble.

That does not, of course, mean that I don’t think bloggers shouldn’t link other bloggers. Anytime I caught whiff of a stroy via another blog–because lord knows I don’t read newspapers anymore–I simple indicate that the story came to me via that blog, and if there is already a robust conversation underway there, I encourage readers to click over and participate.