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March 14, 2003
Kevin Marks proposed to the emergent democracy list yesterday a way to flag that just because we're linking to something doesn't mean we agree with it. Among the benefits, this would give Google and other apps that count links a way to judge whether the link should count as a recommendation. After we kicked it around for a while — wondering, for example, whether it should take a binary value or a range and whether we should call it "whuffie" — Kevin formulated the proposal. We're calling it "vote links" (not my favorite since voting is just one application) and it's simplicity itself: you optionally add "vote=X" to any link, where X can be "1", "-1" or "0". To take Kevin's example: <a href="http://ragingcow.com" vote="-" title="nasty corn syrup drink">Raging Cow</a> The best place for info is Kevin's site where he has a discussion and links to other list members' blog entries. Posted
by D. Weinberger at March 14, 2003 08:30 AM
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Comments
I like this idea a lot. Please see http://w-uh.com/index.cgi/articles/030216-weighting_links.html for my thoughts on this...
Ole
Posted by: Ole Eichhorn | March 15, 2003 02:16 AM
Alan Wexelblat implemented something along these lines using a proxy server a few years back. The system kept track of aggregate browsing behavior and colored links based on frequently former browsers had clicked there, analogous to a trail being worn in by repeated use. Here's a paper:
http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/wexelblat99footprints.html
Posted by: cameron | March 24, 2003 05:03 PM
Cool, Ole. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: dweinberger | March 24, 2003 06:39 PM
looking seriously into "blog links" and find things like "links with value" immensely helpful thanks
Posted by: Brian Somers | November 18, 2003 06:54 PM
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- I enjoy the process of writing.
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- Sometimes I need to get stuff off my chest... either wonderful exciting stuff
that's making me bounce around, or contrastingly depressing stuff that's weighting me down.
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hence revenueability :D
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Posted by: chris wright | January 19, 2005 02:12 PM
I found a very relative information on this topic which worth mentioning here.
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The 5 minute Link Value Test - 6 Link Quality Indicators
http://www.stuntdubl.com/2006/05/10/link-test/
Posted by: dsoft | April 12, 2007 08:41 AM