Posted 3 years ago #
hi all! i have a n00b question: a few days ago everything was fine and dandy, but today i noticed that the incoming links panel on the dashboard stopped displaying links, when it had no problem doing so in the early part of this week. did i do something wrong? if so what can i do to remedy this?
additional FYI, all the settings are default except for the number of posts displayed. and the only customizations i have done was skin the site, add widgets to the sidebar, and add plug-ins.
Posted 3 years ago #
You didn't do anything wrong. WP did. I am clear as to whether it was because they started using Google or what but basically Incomming Links has been nerfed. The feature is absolutely useless now. They might as well just cut it out of the core.
You will get one of two outcomes (this stated happening for some around 2.7).
One, its empty. As you mentioned above.
Two, you get spammed with blogs that have you on their sidebar but none of the posts actually link to your site.
It used to be useful, only listing posts that actually link to my site. Now its just a waste of code.
The nice thing about 2.7 is you can turn it off.
Posted 2 years ago #
Is there any other way to view incoming links?
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