Comments on: What's your criteria for adding to your blogroll? http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/ At CU Innovators, we help credit unions, CUSO's, and service providers create meaningful products and services for their members and clients. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:53:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tim McAlpine http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Tim McAlpine Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:13:47 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/2008/03/24/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/#comment-473 Boy, I feel dumb. Kirk, that makes more sense. Although extra comments are always welcome. Boy, I feel dumb. Kirk, that makes more sense. Although extra comments are always welcome.

]]> By: Kirk http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Kirk Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:39:31 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/2008/03/24/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/#comment-472 I think what Robbie was referring to was that a Blog needs to have at least one blog post per month in order to stay on his blogroll...which certainly seems reasonable if you don't care to discriminate based upon what you personally find interesting. My guess is that most of the blogs you are considering would easily meet that requirement. Not mine...but most! I think what Robbie was referring to was that a Blog needs to have at least one blog post per month in order to stay on his blogroll…which certainly seems reasonable if you don’t care to discriminate based upon what you personally find interesting. My guess is that most of the blogs you are considering would easily meet that requirement. Not mine…but most!

]]> By: Tim McAlpine http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Tim McAlpine Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:31:23 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/2008/03/24/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/#comment-471 Thanks for the link Robbie. I love your idea of mandatory comments to stay on your blogroll. You just guaranteed yourself 20 comments per month (240 comments per year). I don't know what Kirk is talking about. There's nothing incestuous about that! Seriously though, I do like the idea. Thanks for the link Robbie.

I love your idea of mandatory comments to stay on your blogroll. You just guaranteed yourself 20 comments per month (240 comments per year).

I don’t know what Kirk is talking about. There’s nothing incestuous about that!

Seriously though, I do like the idea.

]]> By: Robbie Wright http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Robbie Wright Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:23:08 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/2008/03/24/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/#comment-470 Alright, I just added CU Warrior, CU Communicator, EverythingCU, and Currency Marketing. The world is better now. I also added them to our fi-linx blogroll too. I'm also thinking about instituting a rule that says you have to post at least once a month to stay on the blog roll. What do ya think? Alright, I just added CU Warrior, CU Communicator, EverythingCU, and Currency Marketing. The world is better now. I also added them to our fi-linx blogroll too. I’m also thinking about instituting a rule that says you have to post at least once a month to stay on the blog roll. What do ya think?

]]> By: Robbie Wright http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Robbie Wright Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:18:48 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/2008/03/24/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/#comment-469 @Tim - I don't know how I missed you! Or Matt! Or Jeff! @Tim – I don’t know how I missed you! Or Matt! Or Jeff!

]]> By: The Compliance Guy http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-468 The Compliance Guy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:47:40 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/2008/03/24/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/#comment-468 I haven't set up a blogroll yet, and I'm not sure that I will. My thought is this: I find that blog rolls (many of them at least) take away from the blog itself. Some of them are very long, and they tend to touch upon topics all over the place. From my statistics, it seems that very, very few readers come over from other blogs. I'm sure I can be convinced, but for now - I'm sans roll. I haven’t set up a blogroll yet, and I’m not sure that I will. My thought is this: I find that blog rolls (many of them at least) take away from the blog itself. Some of them are very long, and they tend to touch upon topics all over the place. From my statistics, it seems that very, very few readers come over from other blogs. I’m sure I can be convinced, but for now – I’m sans roll.

]]> By: Kirk http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Kirk Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:34:32 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/2008/03/24/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/#comment-467 I don't keep a blogroll, per se...just a short list of things I find interesting to read. And, I don't do a very good job of keeping that up to date! So, at the risk of losing my blog on your fine Blogroll, Robbie...no, I wouldn't add anything that someone asked me to add that I didn't find really interesting and wanted to help other people find. On the other hand, I would add it if I found it interesting if they asked me to or not. This discussion reminds me a lot of the recent comment by enoughalready on the OpenSourceCU blog: http://opensourcecu.com/articles/2008/3/19/what-s-the-deal-with-barcampbanks. Adding links on your blogroll without really appreciating the blog in question can be seen as just another way of "back patting" by an already fairly-incestuous community. I don’t keep a blogroll, per se…just a short list of things I find interesting to read. And, I don’t do a very good job of keeping that up to date! So, at the risk of losing my blog on your fine Blogroll, Robbie…no, I wouldn’t add anything that someone asked me to add that I didn’t find really interesting and wanted to help other people find. On the other hand, I would add it if I found it interesting if they asked me to or not. This discussion reminds me a lot of the recent comment by enoughalready on the OpenSourceCU blog: http://opensourcecu.com/articles/2008/3/19/what-s-the-deal-with-barcampbanks. Adding links on your blogroll without really appreciating the blog in question can be seen as just another way of “back patting” by an already fairly-incestuous community.

]]> By: Credit Union Warrior http://cuinnovators.com/blog/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Credit Union Warrior Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:10:14 +0000 http://blog.cuemployee.com/2008/03/24/whats-your-criteria-for-adding-to-your-blogroll/#comment-466 I'm the world's worst when it comes to adding blogs to my blogroll. I have been very negligent in that regard. That said, I'd make sure that your audience would gain value from the sites listed on your roll. If not, leave it off. Let's see...no Currency Marketing link, no Credit Union Warrior link, no CU Communicator link...OK, I'm TIED for the world's worst blogroller. :) I’m the world’s worst when it comes to adding blogs to my blogroll. I have been very negligent in that regard. That said, I’d make sure that your audience would gain value from the sites listed on your roll. If not, leave it off.

Let’s see…no Currency Marketing link, no Credit Union Warrior link, no CU Communicator link…OK, I’m TIED for the world’s worst blogroller. :)

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