Comments on Linking to and blogging about competitors' blogs is smart | Real Lawyers Have Blogs http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/ While bloggers in other industries blog about what their competitors are blogging about and link to their competitor's posts, lawyers are scared to death to do so. I hear it all the time - "We'll never link to a possible... en-us Copyright 2008 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:52:03 -0800 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:02:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss andrew.mills@freethcartwright.co.uk (Andrew Mills) We've been running a legal blog since August 2006 and frequently refer to other lawyer's blogs and have links on our blog page to the blogs of others that we like. Seems to make sense. After all, if someone writes a really good piece covering a topic, why re-invent the wheel? Referring to their item and adding comment and narrative seems a pragmatic way forward.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/#742237 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/#742237 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 02:19:45 -0800 justin@human-law.co.uk (Justin Patten) Leading on from Andrew's point about re-inventing the wheel, with the Google search engine people can easily access material anyway.

This is all about collaboration - In the long term it is better to link out.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/#742238 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/#742238 Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:38:45 -0800 ravisraman@gmail.com (Ravi) great point, the blogosphere is about community not isolation.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/#742239 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/#742239 Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:50:21 -0800 chris.searchanyway@gmail.com (Chris M) You know, any "political" or "community" blog you visit has a "blogroll," but most marketing blogs that are supposed to be all about SEO and/or affiliate marketing, ironically, do not.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/#742240 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2007/01/articles/blog-basics/linking-to-and-blogging-about-competitors-blogs-is-smart/#742240 Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:59:18 -0800 susan.ward@carlinward.com (Susan Ward) From the inception of the New Jersey Eminent Domain Law Blog in 2005, we have linked to other blogs and news sources that discuss issues relevant to this topic, whether they are main-stream press, non-profit public interest law organizations, citizen action groups, or law firms and will continue to do so. This practice has only enhanced our reputation and reach. We even collaborate with our in-state competitors in continuing legal education seminars, and that is largely due to our collegial relationship with the practitioners in the eminent domain field.

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