Do I have to ask a mod for permission to link to my blog?

'Cuz I have one too and it needs traffic.

It would be safest and easiest and avoid potential hassle. The bottom line is that it sort of depends on the blog – whether anything is being advertised or promoted, f’rinstance.

Nothing is being advertised. Is it OK to link to it?

Email a mod / admin with the link and ask them.

Then there can be no conflict.

is it OK to link to a commercial site in one’s profile?

If it’s your site, a discreet mention in your profile should be okay. Nothing blatant, though.

Begging the Mods’ pardon and posting publicly for comment, but I’d suggest that ‘it needs traffic’ isn’t a particularly good reason. On the other hand, I’d suggest that something like a link to a photo-essay or a political essay or something NSFW might be appropriate.

Yes, I too have a blog. No, I’m not going to link to it here. I think I’ve had less than 5 non-spam comments in 2 years. Add the spam and you’re probably up to less than 10 comments. I don’t really care.

Make it your sig, and post it once a thread. I’ve seen your place and it seems cool enough.

NO, do NOT put it in your sig.

That’s too much like using the SDMB for your advertising and we don’t like that at all.

oops.

Are all links in sigs bad or is it just blogs?

You know, we’ve had threads in the past saying something like “Share your blog address” and lots of people have participated. I don’t see that the mods had any trouble with that particular thing. Maybe you could ask them if that was appropriate?

I don’t see how it’s our business to drive your blog either, but sharing blogs back and forth is a bit different.

You can put a link to your blog in your profile.

We have allowed links to such in the past for good causes – mostly charitable and the like – otherwise the SDMB is not to be used as a means of advertising your pet projects and etc.

I can’t tell if you are answering my question or not. I don’t want to link to a blog. I just want to know if any links are allowed in sigs. Like “look at my birdhouse webcam” etc.

For the most part, no. As a general rule we don’t want you advertising in your signature file; some benign exceptions are okay, though.

Good enough. Thanks.

I’d still like to see your birdhouse web cam.

I’d like to see the birds that installed it! :smiley:

I wish I had one. I do know somebody that does.