Excellent post on Problogger that talks about how Darren (the webmaster) went through a phase of working really hard on improving his inbound links, to the detriment of the quality of his blog. Makes good reading especially the lessons learnt. Incoming links are important, but like everything in life, focusing just on one thing, to the detriment of everything else, can be a very bad thing.
23rd Feb, 2007
Confessions of a link-a-holic
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on February 23rd, 2007 at 6:20 pm
You’re right, Owen. That was a very informative article and has a lot of bearing on what I’m going through right now. With all the changes at PPP, I’m getting a bit obsessed with PR and incoming links, so I think it’ll be a good idea to take a step back and focus on content again!
By: J.E.
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on February 23rd, 2007 at 7:51 pm
I read that earlier and thought it was EXCELLENT also!
By: Jules
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on February 23rd, 2007 at 9:03 pm
I loved that article, too! Very timely for a lot of the folks in “our circle”.
By: Amy
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on February 24th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
What is your opinion on sites like BlogExplosion that will give your site more exposure. Hence, more links if you gain readers from it. 
By: Lisa
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on February 24th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
I thought you guys might like it, which is why I posted it
*grin*
By: owen
on February 24th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
eep! I have only a couple of links to my blog, but it has been an obsession for me lately too. And now that I think of it, I have put many other things aside that are important to me as well. Time to re-reflect on what I’m doing methinks. Thanks for sharing this Owen.
By: Olivia
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on February 24th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Hi Owen! Thank your for the article. I myself am beginning to get obsessed with PR after the segmentation at PPP was implemented. Oh, testing my gravatar as well….
By: aylee
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on February 24th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Hmm .. I would hazard a guess and say the Gravatars aren’t working as they should …
By: owen
