Interactive Blogroll

Linkability is an important success factor for a blogger. The presence of links in friendly sidebars and “ guards ” is a prerequisite for a stable and predictable traffic flow. " B2b *" - there are not so many ways to achieve this. 1) Exchange of links, 2) their purchase, 3) attempts to show off in the comments.

At the first stages of formation and promotion, the first is almost irrelevant, since the “ exchange ” will be unequal. ( A rare blogger will add a colleague to the blogroll, from whom it is too early to wait for tangible traffic. The moral factor is absolutely nothing to do with it, for the same reason the banks do not give loans to insolvent citizens. There are, of course, exceptions. when a design freak had only fifty subscribers, but there are always less good and perspicacious people, you need to be prepared for tough conditions ).
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Buying links is considered by many to be shameful and unworthy. ( Often, the same people are absolutely calm about putting up posters, although on closer examination it’s almost the same thing. After all, even if putting up posters will be the director’s best friend, their design and printing will require some costs ).

Attempts to be noted in the comments often fill the discussion in someone else's blog with non-original oftopik, passing into frank spam. This can be seen in all the "fat" bloggers. Moreover, attempts to leave a “ correct ” comment are as obvious and ridiculous as haboprychkas to “ gain a plus sign”.

Attempting a comprehensive solution to the problem - creating an interactive blogroll widget:




The widget consists of graphical zones, set by the blog host, or automatically generated. The color code of the widget is simple and intuitive: the orange squares are the links given by the blogger himself, the green ones are bought, or rather leased for a while, the blue ones are freely filled by readers (again, for a while; for example, for a day):



The process of buying ( occupation ) cells is extremely simple and convenient:





By hovering on a cell, you can find out how much time is left until the expiration date:



It should be noted that such a widget will attract additional traffic to the blog, where it will be installed, and will decide how to place links in the blogroll that do not have extreme resource attractiveness for the resource owner, and remove them (the widget's “disclaimer” will identify and designate “non-grata ").

* - blogger-to-blogger .

The current model will be installed on my blog for the first time. There the widget will be available for download.
Unfortunately I can not say how soon ( coming redesign ). Your additions and ideas are welcome.