We use Blogs to share information interesting to us, starting from the typical news, new art performances, the hottest musical, or even the next hype trend. When we find other sources of information interesting to us, we sometimes link them to our Blog. These links, more popularly named “Blog Rolls”, may be categorized according to their topics, or simply based on the preference of the Blog owner.
When a visitor to our arts and entertainment blog is interested in a topic linked through our Blogroll, they may click on the link and be directed to the corresponding website. It sounds efficient, however, clicking on this link will make the visitor leave our Blog and may be a disadvantage if the visitor becomes more attracted to a particular content of the other website. They may actually ignore and forget what they were looking for in our Blog instead.
In this age of Web 2.0, where we are able to connect to and interact with each other instantly and seamlessly, it is obvious that Blogs should also be able to network between themselves through methods that are much more effective than a simple blogroll link.
It was at such a moment, I came across Smallrivers, a blogger’s tool to network content and audiences. Smallrivers allows me to link to other arts contents and enable collective action with other blogs and social media, without having visitors leaving my Blog. It is designed as a portable networking element which could be connected to my arts and musical content, in which my content stays connected when it is copied and also connects other people interested in it just like a river.
I found Smallrivers to be very useful in sharing my information and linking other interesting websites without having visitors to my site leaving their favored Broadway musical news at my blog. I hope it helps out with your blog as well.
