Reblogging is one of the best compliments you can give another blogger on ActiveRain. This applies to any blogging platform for that matter. What many do not realize is that a reblog is a one way link back to your post giving you (the author) some of the most powerful SEO there is IMHO.
I am very happy and excited that ActiveRain has repaired this powerful feature. Now the quest is to go create some awesome content on your own blog that others won't be able to pass up reblogging...
...just like this post here. :-)
We are happy to announce the return of reBlogging!
We have been working hard to get this feature fixed over the last few weeks. After hearing from many of you recently about how much you loved the feature and how much it was missed, we doubled our efforts to get the last few kinks worked out with reBlogging. Our members feedback is vastly important in making decisions about the community.
A little background on what went into the decision to pull reBlogging down initially.
Let me take a moment to share with you one of our priorities. In fact, it's our first priority as it relates to our features on the site. Our first priority is making sure that your content is able to be displayed to consumers who are visiting the site. A super close second would be making sure that search engines are able to crawl and index pages on the site, since the majority of the traffic to ActiveRain comes from the search engines and ensuring that pages display in a timely manner has some bearing on how search engines will rank your site.
A few months ago when the site was experiencing slow downs, and we were forced to pull back the reBlogging feature, it was done to make sure we could deliver on our first priority, having your content available to be read by potential clients. We know that many of your love the reBlog feature and it was not a decision we took lightly. But in any case, where we find that one of our features may be causing interference with our number one priority, we will take action to ensure your content is reaching consumers.
In every imaginable case, if it's a decision between one of the features of the site, and the ability for consumers to read your posts, we are going make sure consumers can read your posts, at the expense of the feature.
Our development staff was able to get it all fixed up, so we no longer have to choose, which is great! So thank you for your patience, and.....reBlog away!
Brad ..Isn't it wonderful ..Three Cheers and a Hip Hip Hooray ..
Hope you are well
HelpfulHannah
OMG - You have no idea how happy I am right now!! :-)))
Silly me Brad... I never knew the feature went away. But, glad it's back!
I found out yesterday and took advantage right away. I re-blogged 3 posts yesterday.
Brad - I so agree. It is a huge compliment and the link juice is key. i really don't care abt getting featured but I do care abt reblogs. Of course sometimes when I'm featured I get reblogged morm e so that is a good thing. and, yes, now I'm more inspired to put some educational content out there since others can reblog.
Brad,
Thanks for the update. I've been waiting for a while for reblogging to make its come back!
-John Gall
It amazes me how many don't see the value of the reblog feature thinking it's only a tool for people who can't come up with good content on their own. It is good for that of course too, but the benefits of this feature will far out-weigh any negative or resentful comments you may hear about it out there.
Write great stuff and produce great content because i get really busy like you and need to rely on reblogging some of your stuff sometimes just like you reblog mine. Everybody wins!
Brad,
I too am glad that the feature is back and will be on the lookout for some prime posts.
BTW, sorry for missing you class today.
The funny part is I found this out when some one re-blogged one of my posts almost immediately. I loved it, it did make me feel good about my efforts, that is for sure.
Thanks for the reblog and I'm so glad this feature is available again. It's nice to share a post that you really appreciate!
Brad I jsut found this out about 30 minutes ago......the real reason I stopped by was to thank you and show you my second creation:
Hi Brad - While I have never done very much reblogging, I do recognize its value for many people. I am glad that AR has managed to fix it due to its great SEO value.
I must have been gone a long time... I dont recall it going away.. :0( Well, at least its back now... and so am I.
Nice to have you back John
I have added a couple of great hyper local reblogs and now can start a few new ones !!!!!
Brad, thanks to your re-blog :) I know that the reblog feature is back and that's such a great thing!!!!