Being A BBNetwork Blogger

There are a few things I would like talk about before I welcome the first BBNetwork member, apart from myself, Totally Basmatic. I don't want to creat a set of rules for everyone to be strictly and unquestionably followed. No, instead I would like to mention some things that would have mutual benefits for the bloggers and their readers alike if done.

1. All BBNetwork blogs should have links to each other, including BBNetwork itself. The image below shows the preferred linking format, but you can choose to do it your way.

Why? Firstly, this will help increase the visibility and ranking of each blog on search engines. We write blogs to be read, and search engines are good means of getting more readers. If it weren't for Google and Yahoo, my Download Hindi Songs blog would have only a few visitors. Search engines are important in terms of increasing your readership. Linking also helps with ranking of our blogs on Technorati, which is good for the same reasons above. Secondly, all visitors of a blog will sooner or later will leave the blog. They don't stay there for ever. By providing links to other blogs we redirect the already leaving visitors to other blogs of the network. It is kind of sharing visitors without damaging your own readership. I think just those two are more than good enough reasons to link to each other. However, whether you want to place the logo of BBNetwork on your blog, like the image above, or not is up to you. Just having a text link is just as good. The logo helps in branding the Network.

On the main BBNetwork page, there will be one link to the member's blog, and another to the blogger's profile under 'BBNetwork Bloggers' on the right bar.

What BBNetwork Bloggers Will Get

Beside getting linked by all the blogs in the network, you will get to be 'Team Members' (as indicated below) or contributors of this blog.

This status allows you to post on BBNetwork if you choose to do so. There are many things that you can talk about here. For instance, you can post announcements about changes in your blog design, or talk about a topic that doesn't match your blog's subject. You could share tips to help other bloggers improve theirr blogs or you could ask questions about blogging. The range of topics are limitless.

Well, those are some of the things that are in my mind at the moment. Now let's welcome Totally Basmatic.