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I'm trying Technorati's new "Link Count Widget" on my blog -- it's a bit of Javascript that adds the number of other sites linking to each post. It's a nice way if reinforcing the notion that blog posts don't exist in isolation, but are often part of a larger conversation.
Tantek describes the feature in more detail here and you can get the code here.
This entry was written by Jeffrey Veen and posted 19 November 2006 at 9:14 PM. It was filed under Technology. | View blog reactions
Unfortunately, as I found out when I added the widget, it's also a way of reinforcing the hard truth that blog posts often DO exist in isolation.
1. On 20 November 2006 at 6:38 AM Eric Meyer wrote:
Heh. True enough, Eric.
It would be nice if the widget were more customizable; I'd prefer not to show the link if there were no results. A little CSS control would be nice too.
2. On 20 November 2006 at 8:40 AM veen wrote:
There's a similar problem when it comes to counting Google (or Yahoo) backlinks. Maybe you can look into that, Jeff, now that you're 'inside'. *smile*
3. On 20 November 2006 at 10:53 AM Roy Schestowitz wrote:
What's the use of a goddamn widget if these guys don't even answer your tech troubles. Not only the stats come up wrong most of the time...no one at Technorati even bothers about it.
4. On 20 November 2006 at 10:55 AM Golbguru wrote:
Technorati's instructions for adding the Link Count Widget to a TypePad blog aren't very helpful.
"Click 'entry-list' at the bottom, and paste the following code where you want the widget to appear"
Entry list???
5. On 20 November 2006 at 1:08 PM Roger B. wrote:
Thanks for pointing us to Technorati's Link Count Widget, I am going to try this out!!
6. On 21 November 2006 at 12:19 AM Balakumar Muthu wrote:
So it's like TrackBack/PingBack without the spam? Brilliant.
7. On 22 November 2006 at 12:57 AM Joshua Kaufman wrote:
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