I don’t pay to host my blog so I probably shouldn’t complain. But WordPress has started adding “possibly related posts (automatically generated)” to the ends of my entries and presumably across all its hosted blogs.
This is undoubtedly a move to expose more of its content and boost SEO and site visits within the network. There may also be an indirect monetization angle here. Not sure.
I have been very happy with WordPress until this point. However this should be regarded as spam and immediately discontinued. That would be my request.
May 16, 2008 at 7:08 pm |
You can disable that “feature” by clicking on the “Design” tab in your dashboard, then going to “Extras.” You’ll see an option to “Hide related posts on this blog.”
May 16, 2008 at 7:12 pm |
Thank you!
May 16, 2008 at 7:53 pm |
I don’t have a problem with linking to other WordPress blogs. But they should:
– come up with the roster of candidates as part of a two-step publish process
– allow me to review the links and toggle which, if any, I want
– then go with my revisions
Their stock implementation basically eliminates my editorial control, and their suggestion system might cause me to link to things that I wouldn’t ever want to link to.
In other words: nice concept, weak implementation
May 16, 2008 at 8:04 pm |
Reasonable compromise. I’ve eliminated them per David’s instructions above.
May 16, 2008 at 8:50 pm |
Particularly since all of the links are running commando ie., not nofollowed…
May 17, 2008 at 4:30 pm |
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May 19, 2008 at 11:23 pm |
its not the worst idea in the world…. but i wouldn’t want it on my blog