Hey all, just wanted to post a note to let you know that you may be seeing a new feature or two on the HogBlog (and on all SkinnyMoose network sites). The network is experimenting with a new tool that will create links from selected keywords in the blog posts. Supposedly, the links will provide targeted browsing for you, the readers.
Personally, I’m not real thrilled with it so far (if I want links in my post, I’d prefer to put them there myself), but we’re told that the system will take a little time to optimize… sort of like the Google Ads… so I’m hoping you’ll all bear with me as this goes along. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to hear your input. What do you think about the links? Are they useful? A pain in the butt? Misleading? Can you tell the difference between the automated links and the ones I’ve created myself (the auto-links are double-underlined… my links are either not underlined, or single-underlined, depending on your browser and setup)?
It’s not free to run a blog network, and if this helps make the bills then I guess we may be able to live with it. We’ll see.
Jeff Duncan
Personally, this system annoys me. I have seem similar setups on other sites as well, and I just don’t like it. It won’t keep me from reading though, so no worries. I just had to put in my two cents.