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Why the new plugin on the blog?

By Mike | April 9, 2008

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Today’s question is:

Hi Mike, I have noticed the ‘Bookmark’ button appearing on a few blogs recently. Yours was the first and as the undoubted expert on plug-ins does this replace the ‘Sociable’ plug-in?. It seems much better in that all the sites can be included as opposed to having to select.

The bookmark plugin does replace Sociable. The biggest advantage is a single link out but at this point it is just a test.

See the problem is that I now have one link out but until the testing is done the key will be how many bookmark links am I losing because of it. I track those things so that shortly I can tell.

The decrease in outgoing links is great but…

If no one uses it because it is now a 2 step process then I lose all the new incoming links. So at this point the jury is out until the stats come in.

If you are not tracking what is going on then you can’t tell which changes helped you and which didn’t.

Will definitely talk more about it though as the results become quantifiable.

As always your questions and comments are welcomed. The more interaction the more often this blog will be posted.

Anyone interested in more videos on WordPress 2.5? Let me know.

Mike Paetzold

 
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5 Responses to “Why the new plugin on the blog?”

  1. Find Hot Markets Blog Says:
    April 9th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    Hi Mike,
    I’d be interested in your comments as to whether
    there are too many tag displays at my blog. The
    reason I ask is that you dont appear to use tags
    at all - and there must be a reason for that.

    Here’s a recent post, for example. You will see
    the tags in 2 places…
    http://findhotmarkets.com/blog/your-seo-wrong-wordpress-blog

    Thanks
    Gary
    http://FindHotMarkets.com

  2. Wm. Says:
    April 9th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    Could you do a video showing the exact steps to take to upgrade to the new WordPress 2.5 version?

    I know WordPress has the basic instructions, but you could show us any tips or tricks to watch for.

  3. Herschel Lawhorn Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Hi Mike,

    I was wondering if you have used the wp-automatic-upgrade plugin. I have it to be great and saves a lot to time when upgrading to a new version such as 2.5.

  4. Mike Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    There is a difference between the plugin upgrade and upgrading to a new version.

    I have used the plugin upgrader and it worked well except for one time. As it hasn’t duplicated the problem was a server glitch on either mine or where the download was coming from.

  5. Mike Says:
    April 15th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    Sorry Wm missed your question the first time through. I have a video on upgrading on You Tube. It hasn’t changed and the big thing is to always back everything up first.

    My user name on You Tube is mikepaetzold.

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