What is Speedlinking? What is the Playlist?

First, what is Speedlinking and why would I do it? Speedlinking is nothing new in blogging, it’s collecting and creating a list of links to other sites/blog posts that you have been reading, that your readers might find interesting or useful. The name “speedlinking” was invented several years ago by Problogger’s Darren Rowse.

Here are a couple of examples of speedlinking:
- What is Speedlinking? - by Webmaster-Source
- How Speedlinking can help you – by David Airey
- Speedlinking - Discount Deal, Jobs, Blogger Group, Free Reports and Interview – by Problogger

Speedlinking is a great way to show your readers either what you are reading or give them some useful links to visit. I would describe it a lot like retweeting on twitter. I retweet some articles that I like or retweet what another twitter user is saying about a particular subject a lot. It’s a useful way for your follows to reader what you are reading. Speedlinking is the same way.

Here at RaceDriven, I have been doing “speedlinking” since I started blogging back in 2005, but it wasn’t until today that I started using the name “speedlinking” in the post title. If you read through my archives, you will notice that I have updated those types of posts with the name speedlinking, but why would I do that?

I realize that some bloggers don’t like the idea of updating old posts, however while I understand that way of thinking and for the most part, I agree with it, I also believe that if a post is not working or is so out of date that the blogger should update it. It’s the bloggers job to make the post/article popular and if means making fresh again, but keeping the original meaning of the post, the point you were trying to make in the first place.

Please note that if you are going to update your old posts including the title, don’t change the url or your visitors may not find article especially if the search engine has already listed that posting/article. For me, RaceDriven.com’s archives are like a journal to me, it reminds me of what I was thinking back on that day that inspired me to write that article or posting.

Second, what is the Playlist and why would I do it? The playlist follows the same lines as speedlinking, but for music. The playlist is a new article/posting that I’m writing here on RaceDriven in recent weeks.

I got the idea for this posting/article after reading an interesting posting over at the CMT Blog called “Top 10 Tracks I'm Digging Right Now” about what one blogger is listening too right now. So I decided to use that same theme and detail what I’m listening too right now. Now I’m sure some of my readers are wondering why?

Music is part of my life. In a world filled with everyday drama, excitement and nightmares and in search of happiness, there are very few things in life that in one way or another relaxes me or gets me going. Writing acts as good therapy for everyday life for me and so does taking a few minutes listening to music. So going with the same principles of speedlinking from above, I have listed my favorite music tracks which are mostly country music to share with my readers.

Here is an example of Playlist:
- Top 10 Tracks I'm Digging Right Now – from the CMT Blog.

Keeping with the same principles, today I have started using the name “speedlinking” in the post title. If you read through my archives, you will notice that I have updated those types of posts with the name playlist, but why would I do that?

So today, I challenge all of my readers (if they have a blog) to create either a speedlinking or playlist post/article and have fun with it.