FYI: Z-Listers Pay It Forward

Mack Collier, founder of The Viral Garden, is passionate about social media. Fittingly, he's launched a meme to help bring more 'link-love' to those blogs he feels aren't getting "their due." Why is that important? Technorati is a search engine for blogs. One of the ways blogs are ranked by Technorati is by 'authority,' which means that newer blogs lose out to blogs that have been around longer, as measured by number of links.

So Mack's idea is to help newer, lesser known blogs build up their links. Here's an excerpt from Mack's post:

"Create a new post on your blog, but CUT AND PASTE the list I have below, and then ADD any blogs you feel aren't getting their due...It can be 1 blog, or a hundred (or none if you simply want to re-post the same list), but the idea is, find those great blogs that, for whatever reason, you feel aren't getting their due, link-wise.

Then after you leave your post, the next blogger will do the same thing, cut and paste YOUR list, and add THEIR blogs to the list, then repost it. Add the same instructions in your post that the next blogger should cut and paste YOUR list, and add any blogs they feel should be on it to THEIR list. The list will get increasingly long, and all the blogs will get a sort of reverse 'pyramid-effect of link-love."

This is a PAINFULLY easy way to bring extra links and exposure to those blogs that deserve it. I would institute and honor rule that you don't include your own blog. The end result is that many great blogs will get a tone of extra exposure, we'll all find some great new blogs to add to our reading list, and you'll get much good karma points for helping out your fellow bloggers! And who knows, some of that link-love might even come back to you!"

Mack was kind to add me to his list and so I want to pay it forward. Here's Mack's list of 'Z-listers', with two or three of my own, and some blogs that were also kind enough to add me. Please cut and paste "and add as few or as many blogs as you like."

¡Hola! Oi! Hi!

AEN Direct

Africa Unchained

aialone

akira media design

amblingsfromaglasshalffull

Being Peter Kim Bellingham Real Estate blog

Billions With Zero Knowledge Beyond Madison Avenue

bizandbuzz

bizsolutionsplus

Blog Till You Drop!

Bob Sutton

brainbasedbiz

brainbasedbusiness brandcurve

Branding & Marketing Branding Strategy Insider

Bullshitobserver

Buzz Canuck

Buzzoodle

christine kane

Chuan Zhi

CKs Blog

Cobalt Paladin

Community Guy

Community Guy

Constant Change

Conversation Agent

converstations

CrapHammer

Creative Think

Critical Fluff

Customers Rock!

Daphne Loo

darrenbarefoot.com

Design Sojourn

Diva Marketing

Dmitry Linkov

Drew's Marketing Minute

eSoup

esoup

expresswhatwasonceinexpressible

Flooring the Consumer

Frozen Puck

Funny Business

gDiapers

Get Shouty!

Golden Practices

Gratisvibes

Hee-Haw Marketing

instigator blog

Jeremy Latham’s Blog

John Wagner

Kinetic Ideas

Kinetic Ideas

Lih Shin

Linda Chua

Logic + Emotion

MapleLeaf 2.0

Marketing Blog

Mac's Money blog

Marketing Hipster

Marketing Nirvana

marketingminute

Masey.com

metaverse

Mindblob

moviemarketingmadness

Multi-Cult Classics

New Millenium PR

NewsPaperGrl

Nick Rice Nofi.org

Note to CMO:

On Influence & Automation

One Reader at a Time

Open The Dialogue

OTOInsights

Own Your Brand!

owrightbetweentheeyes

Pardon My French

Perspective

Popcorn n Roses

Pow! Right Between The Eyes! Andy Nulman’s Blog About Surprise

Presentation Zen

rebang

Scott Burkett's Pothole on the Infobahn

Sek Ling

Servant of Chaos

Shimmer

Shut Up and Drink the Kool-Aid!

Small Surfaces

SMogger Social Media Blog

Social Media on the fly

Soloride somewhereovertherainbow steves2cents strategicdesignmarketing&brandingthoughts Success Creeations Sweska Tell Ten Friends telltenfriends That's Great Marketing! The Branding Blog The Copywriting Maven The Emerging Brand The Engaging Brand The Frager Factor The Instigator Blog The Marketing Minute the new pr The New PR The Qualitative Research Blog The Sartorialist The Sartorialist think positive thoughtsphilosophies.com Troy Worman's Blog Two Hat Marketing U-Fong Unconventional Thinking UZYN.com Viaspire Whippleworld Women, Art, Life: Weaving It All Together Woolgathering Word Sell Work, in Plain English Working at Home on the Internet Xiao Luo youalreadyknowthisstuff It will be fun to see how this viral experiment in link love turns out!

Comments

[Rosie]

I thank you for your comment.

[Dmitry Linkov]

Hey!

Thanks for keeping Z-list alive! That's awesome!

Include you in my rss feeder ;)
Cheers, Dmitry.

[Sean Moffitt]

Anne,

Great site you have here, the glossary tidbits are always interesting -- I also love the Oglivy quote, very provocative - thanks for the Buzz Canuck link love...I'll have to make myself a regular visitor to your site in the future.

Cheers...and spread the word,

Sean Moffitt

[Richard Perry]

Thanks for the link. I saw this take off and discovered a lot of really good blogs in the process. I never thought anyone would bother to add me to the list, so I greatly appreciate it!

[Carolyn Manning]

Anne, this list has been so much fun because, as Robyn said, it's a great way to meet fellow bloggers.

[Anne]

hello all:

thanks for stopping by and i appreciate all the comments. this has been a great experience and i look forward to keeping in touch.

anne

[Michael Wagner]

Mack has been a great encouragement to me long before the "Z-lister" stroke of genius.

Now I am marveling at how he has encouraged so many with one idea!

In the world of lean manufacturing would they call that "lean encouraging?"

Thank you for including "Own Your Brand" in "Z" list.

Keep creating...it freaks people out, Mike

[Sharon Sarmiento]

Anne, thanks so much for including eSoup in the link list. It's great to find your blog too :-).

Cheers,
Sharon

[Chris Kieff]

Thank you so much for "paying it forward"

This reminds me of the Margaret Mead quote;
"Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has."

Chris Kieff, Dir. Internet Marketing
MSCO
www.MSCO.com

[Kirsten Harrell, Psy.D.]

Thanks for the link love. What a great idea this was!
Kirsten

[Robyn McMaster]

Hi Anne, great to meet a fellow blogger this way! And, thanks for your link, too! I'll be back to see what you're up to.

[AEN]

Hi hi. Thanks Anne, for your link love and comment on my site.

[C. B. Whittemore]

Thanks very much, and great additions!

[DT]

Hi Anne!

Thanks for the link love and please keep in touch!

DT

[Nick Rice]

Anne, thanks for continuing the link love. It's been fun to watch this spread across the blogosphere.

[Chris Brown]

Great stuff. Thanks for link!
Chris

[Doug Karr]

Thanks so much for the mention, anne!