Hello,
Do we oftently surf through someone else blog? commonly, we do. I could figure it out, because I did it also, he he he. Then, what wrong with blog walking? nothing wrong, it is our right to read article that posted. But, sometimes, we had to appreciate what did the owner think about. Also we might caught that we had read their article. Obviously, it is not a joke.
how do they know we’ve been there? I just browse it,
Yeah, you and I just the same, we like to read. Here a simple explanation, assume, that the blog or their article is a museum. Of course we don’t need to pay the ticket, but, we might identify ourself as a member of the museum, or just a visitor. For a member, we have a kind of member card, that we called a login. Then, during login session, we might walking through the museum and see around, take some picture, etc. Basic feature of its member card is, we automatically recorded for each item we saw/observe. You might reject it, but this is a basic feature, and you couldn’t remove it, as a consequence being a member. Don’t worry, there no criminal act here, 
The record[s], unofficially, guide the blog owner to classify which article/section attract audience/blog viewer more. By indentifying it hits, owner will be granted to post related topic, otherwise, it detemines what blog owner consider on.
Ethically, there are no written rules-it just an understanding, that we may leave a comment addressed to its article. But, what if I don’t want to leave any comment? No prob, relax,… it is your right to leave a comment or not, Your presence at their post are appreciated more, I assume you login, and leave a record as visitor.
But, it will be a more appreciation if you leave a comment. At least, you may say, “a great post”, or “nice post”, “thx for share”, etc.
Think about how we courage the blog owner, to post some thing more. Even if its article is bad, you may criticize it. But, I hope you didn’t mean to destroy blog owner, make it a better solution. Courage the blog owner to make a better post,..
See you,..
regards,
tolahtoleh
June 20, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Hello. I have read this post and I must agree with you. I often go “blog walking”. I’m a photographer in training and I really like to see what others are doing or thinking. I use my blog, pilphoto.wordpress.com, as a kind of diary. A place to write down some thoughts.
I’m also trying a photo of the day thing just to get me out taking pictures.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that I appreciate what you have written here and agree with you.
PS. Great Post.
Chris.
June 21, 2008 at 4:52 am
@chris,
thx for coming, I just saw your blog, nice,..
You have a great gear, Rebel XTi, I wish I could have one,
PS. sorry it might lot of mistake in English grammar, its not even my second language hope this post could increase my English.
see you soon,.
agus a.k.a tolahtoleh.com ,