WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Possibly related Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Possibly related Posts en Sun, 19 May 2013 23:18:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 justjennifer on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts/page/2#post-196713 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:13:58 +0000 justjennifer 196713@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Forgot to mention in my above post that I greatly appreciate that we have been given the ability to disable this feature on our blogs.

]]> justjennifer on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts/page/2#post-196700 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:36:17 +0000 justjennifer 196700@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ With all due respect, even if the formatting now shows "(automatically generated)", why not carry it a logical step further and say "(automatically generated by wp.com)"?

I think what bothers me most about this new feature is the intrusive nature of including related links that *appear in your blog posts*. The better approach for related links is the category/tag browser. That at least takes readers off your blog to a listing of other wp.com blog posts using the same category/tag and nullifies any suggestion of endorsement on the part of the blog author.

]]> raincoaster on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts/page/2#post-196682 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:50:24 +0000 raincoaster 196682@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Congrats. I saw only three hits that could possibly have come from this (all listed as "Wordpress Dashboard").

]]> lettershometoyou on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts/page/2#post-196680 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:45:07 +0000 lettershometoyou 196680@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Right on - the VIP blogs we all know about anyway. We've either already subscribed or ignore them for a reason. (ICHC, for example.)

I'll say one thing for this new feature, though. It might just be the novelty factor, but my stats jumped like crazy yesterday - a Sunday - but only on those posts that have the possibly related posts links.

]]> raincoaster on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts/page/2#post-196679 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:40:19 +0000 raincoaster 196679@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Ah, that's a RADICAL improvement. Thanks for letting us know.

I still wish they'd exclude VIP blogs. You don't see them all over the Global tag/category pages now, do you?

]]> philgroom on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts/page/2#post-196676 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:30:45 +0000 philgroom 196676@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Well it's looking better: now separated with a horizontal rule and flagged "(automatically generated)". Nice one Matt: thanks for listening. Cool.

]]> shimworld on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196492 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:50:31 +0000 shimworld 196492@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ POSSIBLY Related ... it is anything but and definitely far from "possibly related". Improvements and enhancements are good but I don't think this is the time to be introducing new features when people are still coming to terms with the Dashboard-related issues.

]]> vivianpaige on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196430 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:44:54 +0000 vivianpaige 196430@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You know, I'm not advocating mutiny here but if we all turn it off....

]]> akhomeschoolfun on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196423 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:30:24 +0000 akhomeschoolfun 196423@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I just found 3 "Possibly related posts" listed on my post. It is a controversial topic and I don't appreciate the suggestions as to what may be related which implies that it is there by my consent which they definitely are not. If I want links to other posts I would like to be the one to put them there! Why were these put on without first e-mailing this was happening? I agree that this feature should be default to off then if someone thinks it is necessary they can decide to turn it on. Especially since there is no way to moderate them to weed out irrelevant or opposing posts.

]]> philgroom on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196420 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:12:06 +0000 philgroom 196420@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've said this on another thread but I'll say it again here: this feature really does need more fine tuning: at the moment it’s all or nothing: there’s no way to moderate the links generated, no way of turning it on or off on a per-post basis; the links are not flagged up as auto-generated; and they only show when the post is viewed as a standalone page, not in the main blog.

C'mon Matt - you guys can do better then this!

I've posted a warning to visitors on my 'About' page stating that no endorsement of auto-generated links is implied. Anyone who wants to is welcome to re-use or adapt my wording:

Possibly Related Posts
Links at the bottom of posts flagged as ‘Possibly related posts’ are automatically generated by WordPress: no endorsement of these links is implied. Please see this definitely related post for more information.

http://christianbookshopsblog.org.uk/about/
http://christianbookshopsblog.org.uk/2008/04/27/possibly-related-posts/

But it really shouldn't be necessary to post warnings or explanations like this!

]]> fromtheleft on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196388 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:02:51 +0000 fromtheleft 196388@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Membracid,

This is a perfect example of WordPress NOT thinking these moronic enhancements through BEFORE they shove them the community's throat.

I have seen some pretty bizarre "matches" when visiting other WP blogs than have absolutely nothing to do with the content of the blogger's thread.

There is an old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The men and women who run WordPress would be well served to embrace it.

]]> membracid on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196314 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:20:39 +0000 membracid 196314@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I was very excited, and then very dissapointed.
I write about racism or LGBT issues occasionally, and now I get a whole bunch of racist or gaybashing posts attached to my stuff.
GREAT.
Or, I write about bogus alternative medicine treatments, and then get links to the treatments inserted to my post, which make it look like I’m endorsing them (and giving them Google juice.)

I like this feature, but I would like it a lot better if there was a way that I could veto some of the links that contain content I find offensive.

I’ve reluctantly turned it off. And I think blackmailing us into the system by saying that you have to allow links on your blog to be included in the links on other blogs is pretty low. Standard reciprocity, I know, but it feels like blackmail.

]]> secondchancetolive on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196301 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:08:34 +0000 secondchancetolive 196301@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am with you justjennifer as a huge amount of my time and energy would be diverted to police which blogs are empowering and those that are nefarious in nature. In addition, I do not want to confuse my readers or validate -- by association in "possibly related posts" -- web sites that I may never have or take the time to read.

I appreciate the hard work and time that Matt and the others at WordPress have taken to develope this feature / portal, however I am concerned about the potential of opening a unwanted "can of worms" and confusion for my readers.

]]> mxyzplk on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196297 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:57:34 +0000 mxyzplk 196297@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @moneyedpoliticians - You want to check "hide related links" - this will hide the related links.

]]> moneyedpoliticians on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196291 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:53:31 +0000 moneyedpoliticians 196291@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I went to Design/Extras and didn't see such an option.

The only thing I have checked is "Enable Snap Shots on this blog," which I've always had checked.

"Hide related links" is unchecked. Nothing else exists.

What exactly must I look for?

Also, I would hope that future options default to OFF and send me an email telling me when new options are available. Please....

]]> justjennifer on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196205 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:23:49 +0000 justjennifer 196205@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I don't have time in this lifetime or the next to start blocking specific blogs that may show up as a result of this new feature, especially given the huge number of blogs hosted on WP.com Count me in as willing to lose the potential traffic involved. I've just turned this feature off on all my blogs here.

]]> raincoaster on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196203 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:22:46 +0000 raincoaster 196203@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'm hoping that WP.com will impliment that for everyone, though. I'm going to try to remember to send it in as a suggestion on Monday.

]]> 1tess on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196198 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:15:27 +0000 1tess 196198@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ CSS=roof
over my head

]]> raincoaster on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196183 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:50:49 +0000 raincoaster 196183@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Yes, but I haven't disabled it. Matt's threat to drop people from other blogs if they dropped other blogs from theirs was enough to get me to leave it on. But I love Vivian's workaround for people with the CSS upgrade. It just gives a heads-up that the links were selected by WP, not by the individual blogger.
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=27314&replies=13

]]> 1tess on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196178 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:43:04 +0000 1tess 196178@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Oh, you and Mr. Tess are the only ones who have commented on that sweet potato with personality. Maybe the humor is too subtle. not many people look at my blog so steal away.

But I meant do you find the "possibly related posts" on YOUR older posts?

]]> raincoaster on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196160 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:17:30 +0000 raincoaster 196160@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've looked through your archives for December and don't see it on a single post.

Also: that Mr Sweet Potato thing is hysterical! I have to steal that!

]]> 1tess on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196147 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:05:46 +0000 1tess 196147@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ raincoaster,
A few minutes ago, I opened a new tab in Safari and nothing. I opened Firefox new. Clicked on the title of the most recent post in each browser. Nothing. But now I refreshed the pages and can see the possible related posts again. But they are only on the post I did today. I was doing some editing earlier, and not any of my older posts had the "new feature." So do you see it in older posts?

]]> raincoaster on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196137 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:51:53 +0000 raincoaster 196137@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I really, really wish they'd make a sticky post and NOT close it for topics like this. Everyone is asking, and we've got a completely unweildy number of threads.

1tess, it depends on how you get to the post in question. I see nothing when I go from the Stats page, but I can see them on my blog if i"m scrolling down the front page and click the title of a post. But not on all of them.,

]]> 1tess on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196127 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:58:48 +0000 1tess 196127@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ And now there is nothing on my latest post! It was there all day—3 links, 2 sensible, 1 irrelevant— but now I checked in firefox and safari: nothing!!!????

]]> 1tess on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196125 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:51:02 +0000 1tess 196125@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ vivianpaige,
Oh. So far I've only seen it on the post I did today! I even edited some older posts and there was no sign of "possibly related posts" on the older ones. hmmm.... I guess I should go look at my blog again?

]]> dissfunktional on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196118 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:32:48 +0000 dissfunktional 196118@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=27295&replies=6#post-195995

Matt's recent input.

]]> vivianpaige on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196111 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:18:42 +0000 vivianpaige 196111@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ 1tess - not sure where you're getting the idea it only applies to new posts. It's showing up on old posts on my blog and others.

]]> 1tess on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196109 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:12:49 +0000 1tess 196109@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Apparently emotions are running high on the issue of "possibly related" and the announcement was quite sudden and very casual. I think a lot of people don't read the whole story. It is not really clear that people can opt out of it easily.

For myself, I would like to delete blogs from the list that are irrelevant, but essentially the idea is interesting. So far, it only applies to new posts, so I'm lucky that the ones on my blog are sort of applicable, but it would be better for me to get rid of the ones that I don't approve. This is not the same issue as the "mature" content discussed in another thread.

]]> dissfunktional on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196089 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:34:26 +0000 dissfunktional 196089@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ that solution was in the post you read.

]]> secondchancetolive on "Possibly related Posts" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/possibly-related-posts#post-196044 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:44:50 +0000 secondchancetolive 196044@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi Vivian,
You rock. I went to Design>Extras and updated my Extras and whalla. Thank you for providing a solution. Have a simply amazing rest of your weekend my friend and God bless you.

Craig

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