Comments on: Link Trains: Are There Any Real Benefits?

By: 45n5 Top 100 Make Money Online Blogs | Nate Whitehill dot Com

45n5 Top 100 Make Money Online Blogs | Nate Whitehill dot Com — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:56:05 +0000

[...] Technorati ranking is one of the most inaccurate ways of measuring a blog’s popularity due to link trains, something I refuse to further participate [...]

By: Are Link Trains the Chain Letters of the Blogging Age? by Blog Tutorials

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:21:53 +0000

[...] link train is a good hack to discover new sites. With all the new ways of blog-surfing, do we really need another one? Yes—whether they are [...]

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Interesting Links « Organized Mashup — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:51:57 +0000

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By: Michael Bridges

Michael Bridges — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:54:17 +0000

Hi, Just wanted to let to know that I faved you at Technorati for The Technorati Train Meme. You can check out my blog at http://mikesmoneyrants.blogspot.com I think this could help a blog like mine.

By: mike - bitbol

mike - bitbol — Wed, 02 May 2007 01:34:07 +0000

There is a very fine line of tolerance with link trains. Sure, you do gain the additional exposure, but to the existing people, it sometimes comes across as greedy and spammy. I personally don’t like them.

By: coopreme internet marketing

coopreme internet marketing — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:03:53 +0000

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By: Nate Whitehill

Nate Whitehill — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:24:07 +0000

Martin, I absolutely agree with you. I don’t find any value in saying my blog is a top 100 blog since it is simply part of the trains. I guess I was speaking for the other people who have been favorited not because of the link trains.

By: Pillar Content vs Link Trains | SmartWealthyRich .com

Pillar Content vs Link Trains | SmartWealthyRich .com — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:12:45 +0000

[...] people/bloggers i know who participated in the technorati link train didn’t really see an increase in traffic nor comments, except the usual “i faved you, will you fave me?” kinda replies on the [...]

By: Gary Lee

Gary Lee — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:17:54 +0000

nice writeup Nate . . . since Google just updated, I have noticed another benefit and that is the increase in the number of total backlinks Google is reporting to my site. I’m up to 413 right now.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:17:24 +0000

My bloglog train was a good thing.

By: Martin Reed

Martin Reed — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:54:50 +0000

I guess the gaining of additional exposure is a good thing, however I disagree with your comment:

“… the ego benefit of being able to say my blog is a top 100 favorite blog … ”

The thing is, really it isn’t – people haven’t favourited your blog because it is truly one of their favourite reads, but rather because they are riding the train. OK for massaging egos I guess, but perhaps worth it for the additional exposure.

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:40:43 +0000

I agree that the Technorati train may not have all that much benefit regarding the favorites themselves but all those links add up to your new shiny PR5 at the end of the day.

By: Shawn Knight

Shawn Knight — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 01:29:47 +0000

Very well said, and I am glad that others are feeling the effects as well. I think the reason the pages per visit increased is simply because these are all new visitors and they are checking out what your blog has to offer. Look for this number to drop slowly over the next few weeks… Or until the next ‘train’ is started heh…

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:46:35 +0000

I’m just cheesed that noone ever tags me in these trains! Darn it!