Re-Blogging - The Good , the Bad and the Ugly

ReBlogging - In case you do not know what I am talking about, ...

ReBlogging allows other Active Rain members, with your permission,  to (basically) cut and paste your blogs, by posting (reblogging) onto their personal AR blog.

I am new to this reblogging , so this is a quick and broad first glance analysis 

The Good - 

• does deliver content on your outside blog; and content is king when it comes to search engine optimization
• Although, not original content. You can however, make it slighly more original  by adding a message to the post prior to reblogging.
• Make sure you use strong keywords and other SEO Techniques that Google likes.
• If you are using reblogging as content filler for your outside AR hosted blog, it can be impressive to consumers. Make sure you get a personalized domain to brand your outside AR blog.
• Does help cross marketing by agents working together to help each other build our on-line businesses towards consumers (which I think is the ultimate goal)

The Bad -

• It is not original content. and while helpful, it will not be nearly as beneficial as writing your own proprietary content.
• The outside blog content is still on AR servers.

The Ugly -

• Not too ugly (imho), re-blogging does not have the desired effect of posting original content on an outside blog (like a wordpress or typepad)

 

My assessment is that it cannot hurt at all. And likely, can help. It is No replacement for well written , strongly optimized (SEO) unique and original content.

However, you are adding more and more content and pages for Google to see.

If google reads someone elses article on your blog, that you re-blogged, the link will come to your AR blog - with your contact information for that consumer to see.

If you are going to Re-Blog , I think you should write your own blogs and also re-blog a supporting article or one that you can add on to the conversation in your own post. Thus, you are getting the best of both worlds.

Like everyone, I am new to re-blogging. Not sure how it will prove sucsessful. Trying to attract Google is a never-ending challenge; However, I think it is a good feature for AR members who want content and do not have the time to write consistently.

I want to hear your thoughts, ideas, and criticism so that we can all learn what will work best to build our on-line brands together.

and please feel free to re-blog this blog about reblogging on AR blogs

Good Luck -

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