But given the current state of things I wouldn’t recommend reciprocal links as the best way to build links. I might then write a new post on reciprocal linking and why it’s not the best tactic today. Within that post I might still reference the original post. Maybe something like “back in 2004 I was advising everyone to trade as many links as possible” and link to the old post.

I think something like that helps show your evolution as a blogger and seo. I don’t think there’s anything wrong in letting people know the situation has changed or simply that you made a mistake.

After having written the new post I could then go back into the old post and write a new lead paragraph to the effect that the post was written many years in the past and while the information in it was good at the time I now have an updated post on the topic and then link to the new post. That would ensure that my current ideas were the ones people were reading. It would help people who stumbled onto the old post to get better information and it could take advantage of any inbound links the old post was receiving and funnel some of the link juice to the new post.

Matt I tend to do the same. I’d sooner write a new post about a subject and link back to the older one. There are a few posts I have through of updating though like the SEO Tutorial series I wrote. I probably wouldn’t rewrite those from scratch, but instead update the older posts and republish them.

I feel the same way about grammar and punctuation on blogs. I do proof and edit the posts here before publishing, but I know I still leave misspellings in there all the time.

As for correct writing, I think it’s important to make it as easy to read as possible, But it shouldn’t be too rigid, It should contain some personality, If that means missing out a few bits of punctuation then sobeit.

And, about articles, I think the degree of perfection is obviously and definitely better than blog posts. Articles aren’t always right, but they’re mostly right from the blogger’s point of view at that particular time frame.

And, I think you’re blogs haven’t gone much wrong as far as I know. From every post that you write, I can truly feel the spirit of hardwork echoing in it. You research a lot and thats the reason I read your blog because I trust you’re stuff.

I absolutely agree with the idea that perfection is impossible, though I still strive to more towards it as best I can.

I know what you mean about going through the archives. I try not to for fear of what I might find, though I have to say I do enjoy going back through some of my favorite blogs and seeing how the thought has changed over the years.

For ex, I think what I said above is right. But, you may think its wrong. It depends. Perfection is impossible. But a pursuit towards is possible. And, blog posts are never finished. In my case, when I started my blog, I didn’t know much about stuff and when I read my archives, it sometimes really makes me embarrassed because they may not be “that” good or I may have changed my concepts. As Steve Pavlina describes it, its your context which dictates all this. Context is your ideas and beliefs about the nature of reality.

About the grammer, I don’t expect perfect grammer from bloggers because they’re like diary entries. Casual writing. But, grammer like “i wnt 2 go 4 da party 2nite” is beyond my levels of toleration. I think this comment is getting too long. So, winding it up !!