Comments on: Interlinking! Is it YOUR idea of fun? http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:08:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3009 Sue Waters Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:41:53 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-3009 But I would also ask how often do readers take time to read through a bloggers old posts? It isn't that common. Not because they don't want to but because of time limitations. I'm fortunate that both my blogs people do go back to the older posts. Edublogs is slightly different from WordPress.com. We allow almost any embed code. However I've never been a fan of Technorati tags because I believe your aim should be to keep readers on your site. Technorati tags encourage them to go to other blogs. Technorati, touch wood since not working well, picks up key words in posts so even in you don't use their tags your posts will be found. But I would also ask how often do readers take time to read through a bloggers old posts? It isn’t that common. Not because they don’t want to but because of time limitations. I’m fortunate that both my blogs people do go back to the older posts.

Edublogs is slightly different from WordPress.com. We allow almost any embed code. However I’ve never been a fan of Technorati tags because I believe your aim should be to keep readers on your site. Technorati tags encourage them to go to other blogs.

Technorati, touch wood since not working well, picks up key words in posts so even in you don’t use their tags your posts will be found.

]]> By: emapey http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3003 emapey Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:11:47 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-3003 I agree with Problogger, but the worse you can do is to do nothing: no interlinking at all, no best posts. Just all your old best posts buried into your blog. This is what if found on most blogs. A post from <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/10/14/a-tagging-bookmarklet-for-wordpress-and-wordpresscom-users/" rel="nofollow"> Lorelle </a> about tagging and related posts for Wordpress.com users. As far as I know blogs hosted by Edublogs.org have the same limitations Note that my Bests Posts and Popular posts are manually selected. No automatic widget I do use tags in my posts. They link to Wordpress.com tag directory. It's a great source of traffic!! If I post frequently it is easy to find my blog on Wordpress.com directory on my most important tags. I come from a self hosted Worldpress.org blog. I was used to the Related Posts plugin. Sadly that blog was hacked. My first reaction was to move my posts to a Worpress.com hosted blog. I dot't miss the plugings and javascript code and hacking my own files. I am happy with my Wordpress.com CLEAN blogs I am sure that people will also appreciate the edublogs.org hosting I agree with Problogger, but the worse you can do is to do nothing: no interlinking at all, no best posts. Just all your old best posts buried into your blog. This is what if found on most blogs.

A post from Lorelle about tagging and related posts for Wordpress.com users. As far as I know blogs hosted by Edublogs.org have the same limitations

Note that my Bests Posts and Popular posts are manually selected. No automatic widget

I do use tags in my posts. They link to Wordpress.com tag directory. It’s a great source of traffic!! If I post frequently it is easy to find my blog on Wordpress.com directory on my most important tags.

I come from a self hosted Worldpress.org blog. I was used to the Related Posts plugin. Sadly that blog was hacked. My first reaction was to move my posts to a Worpress.com hosted blog.
I dot’t miss the plugings and javascript code and hacking my own files. I am happy with my Wordpress.com CLEAN blogs I am sure that people will also appreciate the edublogs.org hosting

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-3000 Sue Waters Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:42:26 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-3000 That is definitely an easy way of ensuring the interlinking. The main reason why I haven't ever done this method is because Problogger said that links within posts are more effectively than having a category at the bottom that says Related posts. One aspect I wonder when I look at your blog is would it be worth you using tags as well as categories on your post? This might help with the whole issue of topics like delicious? That is definitely an easy way of ensuring the interlinking. The main reason why I haven’t ever done this method is because Problogger said that links within posts are more effectively than having a category at the bottom that says Related posts.

One aspect I wonder when I look at your blog is would it be worth you using tags as well as categories on your post? This might help with the whole issue of topics like delicious?

]]> By: emapey http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 emapey Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:55:34 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-2995 1- I also write posts containing links to Related Posts on important topics that don't deserve it's own category. 2- Each post included on one of the Related Posts that I wrote will include a link to the post on Related Posts in the same topic. This is an easy way I found to interlink posts that are related. As an example: I wrote many posts about Delicious. While Delicious is my favorite tool, it is not an important topic for my blog, so it doesn't deserve its own category. I wrote a post with all the links to my posts about Delicious, <a href="http://onlinesapiens.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/related-posts-using-delicious-in-education/" rel="nofollow">Related Posts: Using Del.icio.us in Education </a> If you visit any of my posts about Delicious, such as <a href="http://onlinesapiens.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/delicious-networking-features/" rel="nofollow">Del.icio.us Networking Features « Onlinesapiens Blog</a> you will fin a link back to my post Related Posts: Using Del.icio.us in Education Finally I added a page on my blog with the links to all the related posts I wrote 1- I also write posts containing links to Related Posts on important topics that don’t deserve it’s own category.

2- Each post included on one of the Related Posts that I wrote will include a link to the post on Related Posts in the same topic.
This is an easy way I found to interlink posts that are related.

As an example: I wrote many posts about Delicious. While Delicious is my favorite tool, it is not an important topic for my blog, so it doesn’t deserve its own category.
I wrote a post with all the links to my posts about Delicious, Related Posts: Using Del.icio.us in Education

If you visit any of my posts about Delicious, such as Del.icio.us Networking Features « Onlinesapiens Blog you will fin a link back to my post Related Posts: Using Del.icio.us in Education

Finally I added a page on my blog with the links to all the related posts I wrote

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2673 Sue Waters Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:44:28 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-2673 Interested Howard - Are we talking about the related plugin that only shows content on their website or the one that shows content on the blog platform e.g. as WordPress.com does? Interested Howard – Are we talking about the related plugin that only shows content on their website or the one that shows content on the blog platform e.g. as WordPress.com does?

]]> By: Gail P http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2670 Gail P Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:44:28 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-2670 Allow me to give it a try. attempt #1 <a href="http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/" rel="nofollow">writing links in comments</a> here goes! Allow me to give it a try. attempt #1
writing links in comments
here goes!

]]> By: matthewlodahl http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2669 matthewlodahl Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:53:15 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-2669 matthewlodahl.edublogs.org matthewlodahl.edublogs.org

]]> By: Howard http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2668 Howard Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:36:47 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-2668 Good thoughts on interlinking. I actually have enjoyed the related posts plugin I see on blogs because it helps me browse the content on their website. Good thoughts on interlinking. I actually have enjoyed the related posts plugin I see on blogs because it helps me browse the content on their website.

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 Sue Waters Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:51:55 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-2666 Theresa, The way I did it was using Google Reader to create the blog rolls, inserting it into a page and then linking to the page. Would you like me to explain how to do this? Theresa, The way I did it was using Google Reader to create the blog rolls, inserting it into a page and then linking to the page. Would you like me to explain how to do this?

]]> By: Natasa http://suewaters.com/2009/02/08/interlinking-is-it-your-idea-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-2665 Natasa Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:15:55 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/?p=1077#comment-2665 Thank you, Sue. You are right. We are all lifetime beginners. If you could write that post, it would be great. Thank you, Sue. You are right. We are all lifetime beginners.
If you could write that post, it would be great.

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