Links Blog

I've set up a Links blog. The old Links page was hosted at my homepage, which is not a blog. There were several problems with this: it was a hassle to update; it got "messed up" when the reader increased the font size; and it didn't get spidered by services like Technorati and Truth Laid Bear. Now people I've been linked to for months should know it, and get credit for the link.

I also needed to downsize Watermark. A scan of my page by the Web Page Analyzer at Web Site Optimization.com (found via LAVoice) gets me Warning! after Caution! after Warning! and tells me to "consider reducing" and "consider optimizing" to speed loading. The Links blog gives me a place to put links I've moved from Watermark, and a place for some toys, like Moon Phases and Weather Pixie and Feminist of the Day.

Watermark still gets warnings and cautions, but more about that another time.

Finally, I need to get my own compulsive blog-reading under control. So I've moved some blogs from my Bloglines to the new Links blog and added a link on Watermark to my Bloglines so that folks can see what I read every day. I've significantly reduced the number of links on Watermark to my absolutely most favorite, and those I think my readers would most enjoy.

It seems odd to have a whole blog just for links, but it was the best solution I could think of, given my level of technical skills. Even if I knew how to add a page to Watermark (which I don't), that would not solve the problem of links showing up on Technorati. If any of you have better, or even alternate, solutions, please say so!