Today I got a nice Facebook notice from my friend Amanda Sanders that the link to her blog on my blog roll was incorrect. I appreciated that. Honestly it’s been a long time since I took a look at that page.
Blog Rolls used to be a really big thing. For one, they gave us some new blogs to read. Once upon a time there were only thousands of blogs, now there are millions (and millions of dead ones!). So reading the recommendations of trusted bloggers was good. Blog Rolls also allow us to give a list of blogs that address a particular theme.
But now that we have readers (such as Google Reader and Bloglines, among others) and can read our favorite blogs all in one place. That’s quite a time saver, but it does almost eliminate the need for blog rolls.
Almost. It’s still great to get recommendations from others. So my Blog Roll is now named Awesome Bloggers. I recommend each one of them. Some that were on there had outdated links that I believe I have now fixed. I also eliminated those who haven’t blogged in several months. If you want to be added, just let me know in the comments on that page.
Oh – to get there just look at the tabs above and click on Awesome Bloggers. Haven’t started a blog yet? Who knows…maybe YOU are the next Awesome Blogger!
Do you utilize blog rolls? Have a blog roll on your blog? Thoughts?
Thanks for reading!
JD
Thanks for keeping a blog roll and for having me listed on it. The blog you have for me is now focused more on science and tech. I’d rather you list another blog of mine instead, if you would: http://igneousquill.org I think it would be more interesting to people who read your blog than the one about scitech.
Got it done Adam! Thanks!
I love Google Reader. Which, btw, I just added your blog to.
I love the layout and I read a few of your other posts.Looks like I’ll be back to read more. :)
thanks Duane… I added you to my blog roll! Great looking blog!
My link still works but the “wordpress” part of the URL is no longer necessary.
BTW I love the look of your blog.
Royce
Thanks Royce, I’ll get that adjusted!
Ok, now you are making me hungry for rolls! ;)
And, um…yep, I think you left this awesome blogger off!!
Well, Katherine, I had an old blog linked for you … so I deleted that link. Gotcha covered now!