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Were the Digg bans a dose of karma? | Online Marketing Banter — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:14:01 +0000

[...] After fumbling around in Sphinn for a while, one thing became clear to me - the most active and visible members were extremely well connected. People knew who they were and followed their activity. They had a large network of supporters. And that network contributed significantly to their influence within the community by voting for work they had written or submitted. Indeed, I later wrote a post on how to begin the process of building an influential network. [...]

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:22:12 +0000

Good basic article. Regarding above, I agree it is not a an end all solution to creating authority, but it is definitely a foundation. Good article for when you are starting out and want to create a presence and begin to be percieved as an expert and reliable with your blogging.

Regarding the above comment, this is a good article that talks about authority.

Convey Website Authority

Thanks for the good read!

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By: James Duthie

James Duthie — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:35:26 +0000

@ John - Thanks for the considered input. Again - I’ll refer to the same quote I gave Newyorkdude. This post isn’t meant to be a complete guide to authority development, just the networking side. Knowledge and credibility are clearly important elements to the process. I don’t believe I ever said they weren’t, but I suppose I could also have made the knowledge point a little more poignant.

Re the classification of authority - I’m certainly not talking search engine authority. The title makes reference to blogging authority, and there’s no reference to search engines in the article. I understand that is a whole other kettle of fish.

I must say I find your second comment somewhat hypocritical. You’ve criticised me for a targeted networking process, but then said you won’t network on this blog because there’s nothing in it for you (ie. link juice). Pot calling kettle black perhaps…?

@ homaid - glad you enjoyed the article. Thanks for dropping by.

By: homaid

homaid — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:16:17 +0000

dear james, i loved your article it is very useful and full of great information to help newbies in both blogging and social networking worlds.

By: Internet Marketing Joy

Internet Marketing Joy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:48:51 +0000

Wonderful tips on how to become an authority on your niche..^^ I will surely remember these helpful tips..^^ thanks a lot for sharing!

By: john andrews

john andrews — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:21:00 +0000

Since you no-follow you blog, this is the last I’ll contribute. That’s another aspect of granted authority.

By: john andrews

john andrews — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:20:23 +0000

I’m in between on this one… probably leaning to the critical side because the article puts itself out there as a guide to authority. Really it’s one approach, and it has flaws.

You can prop yourself up by making friends, but that only works so long as your friends are influential. This is commonly known as “politics”. Make a run, and enjoy your time. But is that “authority”? Authority is granted. If you are granted authority because you are popular among influential friends, then yes, this is a “fast rack” to authority.

But when authority is granted for other reasons, you won’t enjoy it even if you ave oodles of friends all saying you’re just as great as they are. In fact, if the masses decide that is distasteful, that association can remove your chances of having authority.

So let’s be specific about what authority is… and we can all get along. But if you mean Google authority, as in search engine trust, I’m afraid there is a lot more to learn and discuss. It ain’t so simple, and it’s market-dependent and it changes with time and trends.

I’m thinking the “enjoy your time” idea is probably best… if it works to get you what you want, it’s up to you to do it. Preaching it as gospel? Not so sure…