Comments on: What is the point of these sites? http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/04/what-is-the-point-of-these-sites/ Pontydysgu - Educational Research Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:43:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stephen Downes http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/04/what-is-the-point-of-these-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-3105 Stephen Downes Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:47:50 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/04/what-is-the-point-of-these-sites/#comment-3105 It's all about SEO. They might get some money from the ads, but that's just a bonus. What they want to do is to propel links to benefit from association. It’s all about SEO. They might get some money from the ads, but that’s just a bonus. What they want to do is to propel links to benefit from association.

]]> By: Emma http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/04/what-is-the-point-of-these-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-3099 Emma Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:13:09 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/2008/04/what-is-the-point-of-these-sites/#comment-3099 Yes, I've had a lot of those too ... and they never know that it's "Emma" who posted the message. I've had that many different names from them. There are some <a>WordPress plugins </a> that let you do that, apparently ... I'd been trying to find such a plugin, not because of an undying urge to spam, but when Eduspaces looked like it was dying ... I'd wanted to know if it was possible to embed one post within another blog as if it was the original - as Elgg lets you. Seems you can in WordPress, but you have to search for "spam" plugins, rather than "Embed RSS feeds" which is what I'd tried. Askimet seems to do a reasonable job of stopping the trackbacks for me. Yes, I’ve had a lot of those too … and they never know that it’s “Emma” who posted the message. I’ve had that many different names from them.

There are some WordPress plugins that let you do that, apparently … I’d been trying to find such a plugin, not because of an undying urge to spam, but when Eduspaces looked like it was dying … I’d wanted to know if it was possible to embed one post within another blog as if it was the original – as Elgg lets you. Seems you can in WordPress, but you have to search for “spam” plugins, rather than “Embed RSS feeds” which is what I’d tried.

Askimet seems to do a reasonable job of stopping the trackbacks for me.

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