Comments on: ErosBlog FAQ

By: Coffeetailor

Coffeetailor — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:48:19 +0000

Honestly, I hopped over to the FAQ to see if I could figure out what blogging host you used, but reading through it has given me a lot of things to consider for when I start my writing blog in the near future, particularly since I write primarily erotica. Particularly your comments about linking. Thanks for the tips.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:57:30 +0000

First, this is a brilliant FAQ—largely about common sense and letting a blog be a blog, IMO.

Second, I’m forever reading posts which are months or years old. If I like an article on someone’s blog, I click the article’s tags or categories, hoping to find more of the same. So I try to be rather thorough about tagging posts. (That won’t be apparent yet on the blog my name links to here though, as I only have a few posts so far.)

By: John

John — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:19:05 +0000

Back in 2003 you wanted to know if anyone had a link to “How to put a condom on with your mouth”.

http://web.archive.org/web/20040410102442/http://www.westvillage.nl/how_to_put/condom.html

It’ll be a little slow because it’s using the Web Archive database; which is fantastic for finding those lost “dead” websites!

By: Annie

Annie — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:26:14 +0000

Tina, I’m pretty new to blogging/blog reading? & I’m not sure if my behaviour would be the same as others. If I find a blog that has recent posts I enjoy I will go back to older posts, I suppose as a way to learn more about the author.

After all if I like the ideas expressed maybe I’ll find some opinions on other things I never thought about that are interesting as well. (such as shave all pubes when casting a mold of your privates in plaster, thank you Bacchus)

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:12:06 +0000

When I first started my blog I tried to link to everyone and anyone in return for reciprocal links. I think the difference over a blog to a stand alone web site is the worry that your early work and entries might never be found or read by anyone other than yourself.

A web site sits waiting to be discovered and although you might consider a blog to be in exactly the same position there is that fear that your writing daily entries and what could be some of your best work is archived away before it is discovered. Who really reads blog entries more than a month old?

I have been slowly cutting back on my reciprocals, its a catch 22 you want to delete them as they were a bad idea at the birth of your blog but then you did approach the other site owner asking them for a link in the first instance.

Tina

By: Gandalfe

Gandalfe — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:28:56 +0000

What a superb reference for admins of all sites. This site should be considered a 101 course. Eros has been one of two adult sites that I frequent, DOMAI being the other. Thanks for being there!

By: Bacchus

Bacchus — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:58:59 +0000

“Two stupids don’t make a smart” — I’ve never heard that, but I like it! And it fits this exactly. The folks who think the link reflects badly on you are the ones making the real mistake — and you’d be making another one if you bought into their skewed perspective.

Thanks for taking this the right way, it could have gone different.

I just realized there’s one more piece to this. If someone writes and asks for a link removal, no matter how polite their request, it’s going to be experienced as an aggressive condemnation. I’ve gotten these requests — “Remove my link at once, I don’t want to be associated with your stinky porn, the story on my site was educational and not intended to be erotic you sicko!” — and it really is an “I despise everything you stand for, I don’t want any of your stinkiness to get anywhere near me” gesture. Nobody — not even would-be pedophiles — reacts well to that sort of attack.