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Blogging All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition
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Blogging All-in-One For Dummies, 3rd Edition

by Amy Lupold Bair
April 2023
Beginner content levelBeginner
768 pages
19h 53m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 2

Building Community

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Responding to comments

Bullet Commenting on other blogs

Bullet Moderating comments

Bullet Linking and tracking back

Bullet Inviting guest bloggers

Bullet Reaching beyond the blogosphere

The most successful blogs have a powerful community of readers who join the conversation on the blog, advocate for the blog, protect the blog against incorrect critiques or negative publicity, and promote it to their own communities. Building a community around your blog takes time and commitment, but if you are successful, your blog will grow exponentially at the hands of your loyal community.

The commenting feature inherent in blogs makes it a powerful tool for interaction and conversation. The web that was once dominated by one-sided narrative and exposition turned into a two-way dialogue with active participants when Web 2.0, the social web, evolved. Blogs are a place where like-minded ...

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