Why Would Some Bloggers Exchange Links with Just About Any Blog?

I am very new to BlogCatalog (Don't ask why I joined just now.) and I love the whole set up of being able to see other blogs but meeting the blogger first. Entrecard is okay, but when I use that I try to see who I am talking to first.   BlogCatalog helps me a lot by introducing the blog owner first, then I get to see the content.

I find it odd though, that some of the bloggers in BlogCatalog are flooding the  Discussion Forums of BlogCatalog with "Exchange Links with Me!".

Not to be rude, but why would you want to exchange links with just anyone?  If you're targeting higher page ranks or whatever with gazillions of random links, you might be disappointed.  Google bots see more than you expect.  If most incoming links are not related to the theme of your blog, it won't have bearing on your rankings anyway.  So please, maghunos-dili kayo (calm down.). 

It takes the same effort to spam everybody and to find blogs that are related to yours.  So why not target blogs who have built credibility in your area of specialty?  Do exchange links with related blogs (especially if these blogs are reliable and have been around a long time).  You'll earn better blog rankings, and maybe make new friends with the writers too.



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