Last week, it occurred to me that I used to make a really religious point of linking out to people that I enjoy reading.  Back in about 2003, I was extremely conscientious about it; I was aware of the debt I owed to bigger blogs that had sent tons and tons of traffic my way earlier in this blog’s history, and put me where I am (which is pretty much the “C” list of blogs; Ed and Powerline and Lileks are obviously up on the “A” list, the household names; Michael Brodkorb and PZ Meyers are probably on the “B” list, big solid regional blogs that are key, nationally-known players within their niches.  Me?  I’m just a solid regional blog with 2,500 unique visitors a day.  Nothing to be ashamed about at all, since it’s about 2,490 more than I ever expected.

Of course, there’s a pack of usual suspects I link to constantly; KAR, TvM, Red, and a a bunch of others.  And the bigs, of course – HAir and the Powerguys and of course my NARN mates at Fraters, MDE and the Scholaz.

But there are a zillion other blogs out there, and it’d be really cool if a lot of them got a ton more traffic than they did, because they have something to say and a great way of saying it.

So I’ll be doing that for the next few weeks.  Just because.

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