Hi, I figured out a really smart way to create an automatic link submitter using your BlogSpot.com comment atom feed and Feedburner. Nothing to buy. No scripts to download. I'll outline the steps below for anyone interested. And, if you want to see a working example, PM me for a link to my site. Note: This will be a very basic explanation...You can add whatever details you want to make it easier for your link partners. Don't be scared of all the steps. They are really simple to follow steps. This was done in Blogger and I don't know if it would work in WordPress. Step 1: Create a new post in Blogger and grab any of the free email form codes available online. I used FoxyForm.com. Step 2: Create your contact form and paste the code for it into the post. This is the form your link exchange partners will submit the page url they put your link on so you can check it later and confirm they added your site link to their page. Step 3: In the post, ask your potential link exchange partners to leave a comment exactly like the example in blue below: http://yoursite.com Note: Make clear in the post they are only to use the comment feature under that post for adding links. Nothing else. Also make clear any extra words or comments will just mess up the feed later and will be deleted. Step 4: Click "Publish Post" Step 5: View the post and scroll down to the bottom where it says "Subscribe to post comments (Atom)". Click on that and copy the comments atom feed url. Step 6: Go to FeedBurner.com and create a new feed. Step 7: Enter your feed and click "Next". Then "Next" again. It will say "Congrats....Your feed is now live...". Scroll down and click on "Skip directly to feed management". Step 8: Then click on "Publicize". Step 9: Then scroll down and look for "BuzzBoost". Click on that. Step 10: You will see "Feed Settings". Set the "number of items to display" to "All". Step 11: If it's already checked, uncheck the "Display feed title" box. Step 12: Uncheck everything else as well.. (You can check date if you want to display a record of the date each link was submitted.) Step 13: Click "Save". Step 14: Grab (copy) the feed code. Step 15: Now go back to Blogger and create a new page. (NOT a new post. A new PAGE). I entitled mine "Friends" but you can call it "Links", "Partners" whatever you want. Step 16: Now paste the feed code into the text editor and click "Publish Page". For the time being, click "No Gadget" on the next page. Step 17: Now go to the post you created in step 2 and leave a text comment exactly like this: http://yoursite.com You do not have to use html link code. Your link with automatically be clickable on your links page in 5 to 10 minutes. Check your links page after 5 to 10 minutes and your link will be there if you followed the directions correctly. PM me for a working example. And that's how you create your own automatic link exchanger in Blogger with no downloading of scripts and no messy software.
UPDATE: I just discovered, ahem, this doesn't work at all. Apparently, the links take you back to the comment page and not the partner site...LOL...I can't believe I didn't check the links before I posted this. Sorry, if I wasted anyone's time.
I figured out a temporary work-around while I try to find a better feed. The problem with the Buzzboost-Feedburner feed javascript was it displays the html code in the title link and also the title link links to the comment page...I read online there is a way to customize the css but I haven't figured that out yet. So, in the meantime, I'm taking the feedburner url and putting it through RssInclude.com and that gives me a script I can work with a little easier. But RssInclude.com only allows 10 items per feed. So when I reach more that ten link exchanges, older links will start dropping from the link list. You have to pay to get unlimited items in the feed. But I might be able to customize the BuzzBoost feed the way I want when I figure out the css for it.