It often happens that a blog author gets invited to join a blog directory, or a portal leading to specific blogs, and this is somewhat a win-win scenario since both the blog author and the directory would benefit from the probable exchage of traffic, should the author consent to linking back to that website.

But that’s not always the case.

Since odd things tend to occur in cyberspace, a blog author might also receive fishy invitations that could, as an example, ask for a phone number or detailed and obviously unncessary data in return for linking to the blog. I have received such an invitation and, to tell no lies, I was uneasy about sharing my information with an anonymous body that, despite having a website, also put me under an obligation to respond in 48 hours.

Anonymity has been a big issue in the blogging world, and it will probably always pose the same questions and theories, the same arguments and counter-arguments. But in the case of an invitation, from an unfamiliar body, requesting critical information like a phone number, a blog author ought to be cautious.

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