Comments on: Stop Linking To “Top 100 Blogs” Lists /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/ less helpful Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:13:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Don’t Just Click There, DO Something | Cedar's Digest /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-654041 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:13:52 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-654041 […] model that is fueled by outrage. It has some things in common with the one fueled by people clicking and sharing lists in which they are […]

]]> By: How Awards and Top 100 Lists are Linked to Student Debt /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-614041 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:54:43 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-614041 […] fellow educator Dan Meyer wrote in a very good post a year ago (got resurfaced on Twitter this week), these lists are not made to celebrate the […]

]]> By: Critical Internet Skills /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-477070 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:50:40 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-477070 […] also think about how Dan Meyer wrote about not sharing “Top 100 Posts” by Online Colleges.  I try my best to avoid linking to these sites on Twitter but I am going to be honest, I have […]

]]> By: Gary Stager /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-472626 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:38:45 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-472626 You missed the most obvious reason to avoid such lists of most popular bloggers, blogs, etc…

They’re stupid.

The obsession with popularity on the Web just makes adulthood a lot like junior high school and indicates little or nothing about quality or expertise.

]]> By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Stop Linking To “Top 100 Blogs” Lists « Educational Discourse /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-472521 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:02:14 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-472521 […] on blog.mrmeyer.com Share this:TwitterTumblrEmailStumbleUponLinkedInLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. […]

]]> By: You’re a top-100000 link mule! | Collin Gifford Brooke /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-450857 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:16 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-450857 […] though, I saw a couple of articles that made me think more deeply about them. The first is a truly excellent piece by Dan Meyer, about how devious and abusive “education companies” are becoming. He marshals an […]

]]> By: Neurobonkers /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-402662 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:52:32 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-402662 I got an email from one of these sites just outright asking me to link for a $50 pay-pal fee that they offered to pay before I put the link up.

Needless to say I declined.

They even asked me to rephrase the title of an article and alter several phrases that would make the article read like complete nonsense, all for their SEO.

]]> By: Quick Brown Fox hits new heights, now popular enough to attract scam artists | xalyzax /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-392645 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:10:39 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-392645 […] I’m still waiting for a reply. But even if it’s Tim Horton’s (which I visit many times a week), I’m not accepting the nomination. It turns out Accelerated Degree Programs is promiscuous with its favours. They use blogs like mine to lure in potential customers. You click on the Vote for Me badge and it takes you straight to their sales pitch. It’s a variation on the “Top 100 blogs” con, which Dy/dan lays out here. […]

]]> By: Sue VanHattum /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-379705 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:04:20 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-379705 A bit more data on how the online colleges harm students: http://omega-unlimited.blogspot.com/2012/01/now-i-have-to-worry-about-students.html

]]> By: Awards…almost suckered again « Quantum Progress /2011/stop-linking-to-top-100-blogs-lists/#comment-377408 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:12:53 +0000 /?p=9672#comment-377408 […] to refresh your memory, here’s how the scam […]

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