What’s more: a plexo (like any link list really) is a good way to have relevant keywords on your lens with less chance of google thinking you’re overdoing it.

However – any link out is a pagerank leak. I personally try to balance it: on some lenses I’m generous with link opportunities for others, on other lenses I’m greedy.

I think as long as you’re professional or real about it – what you give will come back to you. It’s about the social in social networking: those who don’t rate, who don’t link out to fellow lensmasters (whether by lensrolling or plexo’s or featuring other peoples lenses doesn’t matter really) will not get the same breaks as those who DO help their fellows out.

But when being social starts taking so much time you don’t create new lenses or haven’t learned how to monetize your high traffic lenses, or you haven’t been building outside of squidoo links, or you haven’t been building an audience for your blog – etc. – then you’re being too social, and not business like enough about this. (That’s assuming you need the money obviously: those who don’t can do whatever the hell they please and just enjoy themselves).

That was quite the digression. The bottom line is: if you are going to have a blueray plexo on your lens: manage it well. Be the editor – like I said in a previous post here.

I was pleased to see I had managed to add appropriate links to at least one of those plexos.

I am off to check out Inkserotica’s lens and then to check on the HDTV 2008 top-ranked lens. On the HDTV lens I’ll be looking for a plexo for my blu-ray lenses!

Is having a link plexo on your lens equally beneficial for the lensmaster who wrote the lens???

Brenda

Once I do visit, you can guarantee that there will be about 16 Plexo links added. I started my Daily Jokes lenses in February 2008, so when I do create my lens for January 2009 there will be 12, plus of coursemy Religious Jokes, Golf Jokes lenses etc.

Of course I should have taken advantage of the time the lens was LOTD, but you can only fit so many things into a day…

I agree – if someone adds a Plexo, it’s there to be used. Not abused obviously, but if you have a related lens or other link, go for it.

I am going to go and check this Link Plexo thing.

Thanks.
poutine