Comments on: Disabling Possibly Related Links on WordPress.com http://leekelleher.com/2008/04/28/disabling-possibly-related-links-on-wordpresscom/ Umbraco Specialist Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:40:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gabriel... http://leekelleher.com/2008/04/28/disabling-possibly-related-links-on-wordpresscom/comment-page-1/#comment-8891 Gabriel... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:45:04 +0000 http://leekelleher.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-8891 Maybe not a button... maybe when we've selected the tags and categories we want for a post Sphere.com could then automatically generate a top ten list of both other blogs and our own which we could choose from Before we post. That allows us to find other people with similar interests, and keeps the control in the bloggers hands while giving us the option of not having any links at all... Maybe not a button… maybe when we’ve selected the tags and categories we want for a post Sphere.com could then automatically generate a top ten list of both other blogs and our own which we could choose from Before we post. That allows us to find other people with similar interests, and keeps the control in the bloggers hands while giving us the option of not having any links at all…

]]> By: Lee Kelleher http://leekelleher.com/2008/04/28/disabling-possibly-related-links-on-wordpresscom/comment-page-1/#comment-8890 Lee Kelleher Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:33:09 +0000 http://leekelleher.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-8890 @tigtog: Can't remember where I read it, but there was a mention of tying this in with the WP.com <a href="http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/what-is-the-friend-surfer/" rel="nofollow">Blog/Friend Surfer</a>. Then you could white-list the blogs that you'd like to appear in the Possibly Related Links. @tigtog: Can’t remember where I read it, but there was a mention of tying this in with the WP.com Blog/Friend Surfer. Then you could white-list the blogs that you’d like to appear in the Possibly Related Links.

]]> By: Gabriel... http://leekelleher.com/2008/04/28/disabling-possibly-related-links-on-wordpresscom/comment-page-1/#comment-8889 Gabriel... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:22:25 +0000 http://leekelleher.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-8889 Or have the links assembled before you post so you can choose through a selection... sort of a "random selection generator" button on the "Write Post" page. Then we just click on the ones we feel comfortable with. Or have the links assembled before you post so you can choose through a selection… sort of a “random selection generator” button on the “Write Post” page. Then we just click on the ones we feel comfortable with.

]]> By: tigtog http://leekelleher.com/2008/04/28/disabling-possibly-related-links-on-wordpresscom/comment-page-1/#comment-8888 tigtog Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:16:45 +0000 http://leekelleher.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-8888 Between your option #2 and #3 there needs to be another option: 2A. Possibly Related Posts from your own blogroll - even if this feature was limited only to WP.com blogs on your own blogroll it would still spread the link-live around within WP.com Between your option #2 and #3 there needs to be another option:

2A. Possibly Related Posts from your own blogroll – even if this feature was limited only to WP.com blogs on your own blogroll it would still spread the link-live around within WP.com

]]> By: Lee Kelleher http://leekelleher.com/2008/04/28/disabling-possibly-related-links-on-wordpresscom/comment-page-1/#comment-8887 Lee Kelleher Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:26:09 +0000 http://leekelleher.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-8887 Thanks for taking the time to reply Matt. It's much appreciated. I agree that the Possibly Related Links is a great feature to discover similar content on WP.com ... I guess some of us were slightly taken by surprise by it being it being an opt-out, rather than an opt-in. (a difference of opinion) There is a way to keep everyone happy... have 3 options: 1. Disable Possibly Related Links 2. Possibly Related Links from your own blog (local) 3. Possibly Related Links from WP.com (global) Apart from that, keep up the good work on WordPress! :-D Thanks for taking the time to reply Matt. It’s much appreciated.

I agree that the Possibly Related Links is a great feature to discover similar content on WP.com … I guess some of us were slightly taken by surprise by it being it being an opt-out, rather than an opt-in. (a difference of opinion)

There is a way to keep everyone happy… have 3 options:

1. Disable Possibly Related Links
2. Possibly Related Links from your own blog (local)
3. Possibly Related Links from WP.com (global)

Apart from that, keep up the good work on WordPress! :-D

]]> By: Matt http://leekelleher.com/2008/04/28/disabling-possibly-related-links-on-wordpresscom/comment-page-1/#comment-8886 Matt Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:40:07 +0000 http://leekelleher.wordpress.com/?p=31#comment-8886 If you see any splogs in the related links, report them! We'll axe them straight away, and suspend their blogs. We turned the feature on by default because it seemed like the vast majority of WP users would enjoy the discovery aspects and the additional traffic and links, thus far they have but we don't want to force it on anybody which is why we made it an option and allowed you to turn it off if you wish. If you see any splogs in the related links, report them! We’ll axe them straight away, and suspend their blogs. We turned the feature on by default because it seemed like the vast majority of WP users would enjoy the discovery aspects and the additional traffic and links, thus far they have but we don’t want to force it on anybody which is why we made it an option and allowed you to turn it off if you wish.

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