Political Social Media

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 12:13

Over on Cat On My Head, Jaya writes about a ViralTags Blog Rank Boosting Experiment. She worries about whether or not this will boost her ranking, or if there are algorithms around that will cause it to have a negative effect. I suspect there is a little bit of both.

In particular, she encourages people to copy and past a large block of text. However, copying text as is, is one of those things that algorithms search for. If everyone writes their own version, it is more effective.

Also, the question becomes, how do you want to be ‘tagged’. ‘Cat on my head’ might not be the most useful tag. In my case, Orient Lodge is already the top listing for my blog. I don’t need more people coming to my blog searching for Orient Lodge. Drupal Themes and Smoking Jackets are also already key searches on my blog. What do I want?

Well, since it is limited to three words, I would like to see if I can get more people finding me if they search for something like Political Social Media. If I were really serious about search engine optimization, I would go and find the phrases that people search on most frequently that are close to that. However, for the time being, I’ll simply use Political Social Media.

One other concern: This has a certain about of MLM feel to it. People who get on board early are likely to get lots of links, others, down the road are likely to get much fewer links.

So, on to the idea. Add a matrix of links to a blog post of other people that are doing this. Copy the matrix from an existing site. The original idea and matrix can be found here. Copy the matrix, change the Host Tag to the three words that you want to use, and add their tag into the matrix, if it isn’t there already.

Most importantly, when someone adds a matrix, be sure to add them to your list. Then, spread the word.

Here is the current matrix:

Host Tag: Political Social Media

Important: Once I get a ping back from you (I promise to do the best I can), I will add your anchor text and the associated link you designate as “Host Tag” here, replacing one of the “ViralTags” from the matrix above. As more and more bloggers copy and paste this matrix, the more backlinks you will have with your anchor text. If everybody who copy and paste from your blog does the same, pretty soon this will spread and go viral. So, the sooner you participate, the more links with anchor text you will receive.

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Yes and no

Submitted by lkoudal on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 12:30.

You are indeed right, that the people who sign up first are the ones to benefit the most. I was lucky and was quick to sign up three of my blogs on different subjects. However, you can be lucky and encounter webmasters who are diligent in returning the favour, such as me, who actually took your host phrase and put it on one of my own sites (the one who has benefited the most).

http://tutorialvine.com/another-viralink-train-has-left-the-station

Another benefit to this project is that you are bound to encounter trackbacks from blogs you have never seen nor read, and I have found several that I have added to my RSS list. There are benefits even if you start a bit behind.

Glad to have you aboard.

Thanks Aldon

Submitted by revellian on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 14:16.

This seems to be much cleaner and professional. When I get a new person to join should they get the matrix from http://founderscafe.com/2007/06/07/improve-your-rankings-and-google-pr-w...
like I did?

When you discover the

Submitted by tahongawaka on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 20:49.

revellian,

When you discover the ViralTag, you should join the matrix on the site that you found, not jumping back to the Founders Cafe. Doing this gives props to your entry location, and it helps to make sure that each ViralTag is unique. Links to your site will spread like wildfire. Orient Lodge has been backliked to Blow It Out Your Pie Hole.

My replies

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 16:07.

lkoudal, it is true that the MLM aspect is an oversimplification. You provide a good example of returning the like, and I appreciate that. I also think you have a great site, and I'm glad to be promoting it. Another way that it is an oversimplification is that you can do what I've been doing of going out and visiting various sites on the list and asking them to come read my post and to return the link. I strongly encourage people to do that. You can find out if the links you are promoting are particularly good, or are pretty much just spam. I will say that I've been filtering out some that appear to be just spam.

This takes me to revellian's comment. As viruses spread, they mutate. I've introduced a couple mutations in the way I've posted the matrix here. My thought is that you should grab whatever version of the matrix makes the most sense to you, and then tweak and modify it according to what fits you best.

Viral Tags

Submitted by Nihal on Thu, 06/14/2007 - 09:59.

Hi there.

I've just joined the Viral Tag Link and your site is listed on my page. Hope you would reciprocate this back.

Thanks in advance.

Where?

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 06/15/2007 - 09:46.

Can you let me know the URL and the tag you want so I can link back?

Viral tags

Submitted by Mariuca on Fri, 06/15/2007 - 05:48.

Hi, I've added you to both of mine as well, pls link me up! Thanks and have a great day! :)
http://mariuca.blogspot.com/
http://www.mariucasperfume.blogspot.com/

Viral link

Submitted by Barrett Laurie on Fri, 06/15/2007 - 13:25.

I have just added viral link to my page and your page is listed. Would you please add my url and tag word sto your matrix? http://humab.blogspot.com HUMA B~
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New Links

Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 06/16/2007 - 09:55.

Barrett and Mariuca, I've added your links to my matrix. Thanks for stopping by and highlighting your blogs. They are great blogs and I hope you get a lot of people checking them out.

Hello Aldon

Submitted by revellian on Tue, 06/19/2007 - 18:36.

I just moved to my new domain. Please change my url from
http://revellian.blogspot.com to
http://www.revellian.com
master engrafter is now revellian Thanks Aldon, I have to now rebuild myself from scratch!

Viral Tag Link

Submitted by earl on Wed, 06/27/2007 - 13:50.

Hi,
I've added Viral Tags to my site that contain a link to your site. I'd certainly appreciate you adding a link back to me.

Meandering Passage - http://www.meanderingpassage.com

Thank you so much!

Viral matrix Update

Submitted by BarrettLaurie on Mon, 08/06/2007 - 19:50.

Hello there, it has been a while! I was hoping that you would be so kind as to add my new domain. url-http://humabpost.com tag-Huma B~ Post I have your tag listed near the top of my viral matrix under the tag Political Social Media. Let me know if that requires any updating! I appreciate you taking a few minutes to update this link! Thanks and good luck!

oh! wow! I strongly encourage

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/11/2008 - 04:31.

oh! wow! I strongly encourage people to do that. You can find out if the links you are promoting are particularly good, or are pretty much just spam,
some link are really good:
http://revellian.blogspot.com to
http://www.revellian.com

same case with me: I too would like to see if I can get more people finding me if they search for something like Political Social Media..

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