I set up Swarm The Banks for those interested in getting as much current mortgage watchdog information from close to a hundred different blogs in the fastest time possible.
Unfortunately, of the approximately hundred blogs that are listed on swarm the banks, perhaps fewer than five have bothered to put a Swarm the Banks link on their own site. So, it breaks my heart when a fellow blogger mentions they have an "important" event coming up, and want me to write about it on swarm the banks, but they have not even bothered to put a link to swarm the banks on their own blog.
Isn't this the very definition of narcissism?
It appears that many "bloggers on a mission" somehow think their own cause is the most important, so "please help them get publicity for their own cause". Yet, in some cases these bloggers haven't even contemplated the importance of helping to send traffic to Swarm the Banks so that when they do get featured, MORE people will ultimately see it.
Anyways, here is a Bank of America Protest event going on tomorrow (March 26, 2011) that most people will miss because the bloggers that actually get hits from Swarm the Banks, are not sharing traffic back.
You are viewing Swarm The Banks. Please check out Parallel Foreclosure blog and UNfair Foreclosures blog as well.
2 comments:
I just put your link up.
Sorry for not doing it sooner! I'm still kind of new to this blogging thing. What other blog etiquette am I overlooking?
And thank you for your site!
ha!
Two basic "rules", you got the first one. The second one is...
If you ever cite an article from another writer, it's best to only post the first paragraph, then add a link back to their article for those interested in reading more.
However, if you believe there is a chance that the source will not keep their article up "forever", and you feel the information is very important, I'm not against reprinting the article for preservation sakes.
However, I strongly recommend posting the name of the author, the link, the date it was originally published at the beginning, and then again in the middle of the article as well.
and onlky posting the article at the bottom of your own commentary article.
Probably more information than you wanted to know...
If you decide to print just the first paragraph of another's article (along with a link back to their article), and eventually the link goes dead, most of the time the article can still be found by googling about 8 to 10 consecutive words from that article, then clicking on "cache".
Thanks for asking.
How did your protest go?
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