Hi Friends! Lately there has been a lot of debate in the blogging world about link parties and whether or not they are still necessary for blog growth or if they have just lost popularity in general. Today I am discussing why I still believe in link parties or weekly blog hops as they are sometimes called. Some of the larger blogs have stopped hosting link parties. Many of those parties have been around for over a decade, and as a blog link party host myself, I can understand the professional reasons why bloggers may choose not to host parties after such a lengthy period of time. I know that it is a huge commitment and responsibility and the decision to stop hosting was surely not taken lightly. Still for many of us, link parties are a super fun way to showcase our own creativity or for readers to catch up on their favorite bloggers’ latest posts or find new blogs to explore. At the end of this post I have listed all of my favorite link parties as a resource. Read more