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Tag Archives: Links
Paginate Links in WordPress Link Manager
Links are not a first-class citizens in WordPress
In developing the a website for professional genealogists, I was tasked with creating link directory functionality in WordPress. I didn’t want to install some big plugins; I wanted to use the Links Manager that’s built in to every WP install out of the box. There were two problems, however:
- Link categories are not hierarchical, and;
- There is no pagination in the Links Manager: all links are displayed on one page by default.
My client’s website will have over 20,000 links; having them all on one page was simply not an option.
I didn’t want to create a new Post Type or Taxonomy; Links are already the right tool for the job. I moved forward creating the custom solution, and am sharing the results of that development here. The result of the project was a successful deployment of a crazy amount of links (see an example on their Iowa genealogy resources page).
Posted in Code, WordPress
Tagged Link Categories, Link Manager, Links, Pagination, Wordpress Customization
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Hierarchical Link Categories for WordPress
Download the plugin on WordPress.org
If you’ve ever tried to use WordPress’ built-in bookmarks / links manager, you know that its limits can be frustrating. One of the biggest issues I’ve encountered is that the link categories are not hierarchical.
Let’s say you have a tech blog and you link to a lot of pages about TV’s. You may want to categorize the links under TV > Plasma or TV > LCD. With the existing system, you cannot.
Enter the Hierarchical Link Categories plugin
Posted in Plugins, Uncategorized, WordPress
Tagged Blogroll, Link Categories, Links, WordPress, WordPress Plugins
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Want some valuable .gov links? Get a FDA warning letter!
I recently discovered that FDA Warnings have been unwittingly adding value to the very websites and products they are trying to warn about. What does this mean in the context of Google’s new negative review algorithm?
Google has been working on de-valuing bad reviews…
There has been lots of press over the NY Times article exposing an ability to get ranked through negative press online. Google has since updated their search algorithm to take into account the reputation of the company being reviewed. Now, in theory, Google will no longer add value reviews if the reviews are extremely negative:
…in the last few days we developed an algorithmic solution which detects the merchant from the Times article along with hundreds of other merchants that, in our opinion, provide an extremely poor user experience. The algorithm we incorporated into our search rankings represents an initial solution to this issue, and Google users are now getting a better experience as a result.
Official Google Blog
The key here is that Google’s focus is on user experience; they want to provide the best search results so that users are satisfied with Google’s search result ranking system.
SEO Google Profiles – Google Adds NoFollow to Links
Just a quick post to show that Google has started to nofollow all links on new Google Profiles. This is too bad for a quick SEO shot in the arm, but also makes sense, since most of the people who knew about Google Profiles were SEO’s anyway 
- Here’s my do-follow Google profile: Zachary Katz – Google Profile.
- Here’s a no-followed profile: John Sileo – Google Profile.
Oh well, on to greener pastures!
As an user on BlogCatalog notes,
The links on your Google profile will be nofollow, but the links on your Google Reader shared items page (as of the time I write this) are NOT nofollow.
Posted in Google, SEO
Tagged Google, Google Profiles, Link Building, Links, Nofollow, Nofollow SEO, Personal SEO, Profiles, SEO Link
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Standards-Compliant Shopping Cart with XHTML & CSS!
I’ve been looking for a shopping cart like this for a long time
One of my clients is looking to move from osCommerce to a more user-friendly solution, and I really want to use a shopping cart that is XHTML and standards-compliant…Something that validates and looks pretty with stylesheets off, has a full feature set, and a great admin panel.
I was quite pleasantly surprised when I discovered Tradingeye. They have a well-coded shopping cart solution as well as a CMS. Very, very interesting. Looks like a pleasure to develop for; like WordPress for eCommerce. Check out their Shopping cart demo.
Posted in Web Development
Tagged Cart, CSS, eCommerce, Links, osCommerce, Shopify, Shopping Cart, Standards, Web Design, XHTML
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Finally, a music website that knows how people think
I was browsing using StumbleUpon, and I came across a brilliant website: it lets you play music according to a grid : energetic/calm and positive/dark and so many different ways. It’s really hard to explain, but you just need to check it out yourself!Musicovery.com
Denver Democratic Convention Vendor List & Link Exchange
The Democrats are doing something no one has ever done before. It’s revolutionary. It’s amazing. It’s a cost-saving measure. For the first time in the convention’s history, there will be no printed vendor list. Instead, it’s all being featured online.
Are you a business in Denver that wants additional exposure? If so, you too can be in the Vendor Directory. It’s as simple as filling out the application.
But don’t stop there! Now that you’ve started building your site’s link network, give you site a shot in the arm with the steps below:
