201099 Resource 76096 21 1 1207419164750 1211989593340 Controlled Smart Link Verification Tool Simplifies Posting; Improves Content Quality

New MyST Blogsite "Smart Link" automatically verifies link properties and suggests meaningful link title and synopsis text to enhance content quality and improve SEO effectiveness.

<p>Everyone agrees that relevant, <a title="Don't Cut Corners on Technical or Content Quality" href="item/192402">high-quality</a> links improve the overall value of a blog post.&nbsp; But for a busy business person, it is easy to overlook nitty-gritty &quot;blogging&quot; details such as choosing the most effective title or synopsis text for a link property.&nbsp; In fact, while trying to be diligent about such things in my own blogging, it finally dawned on me that most of the time, the MyST Blogsite editor could automate those details for me.&nbsp; Not only would it save me time, it would often do a better job at it than I would do.</p><p>So, once again, necessity (or laziness) has become the mother of invention.</p><p>The MyST Blogsite editor now includes a &quot;Smart Link Verify&quot; tool that verifies a link URL <i>and</i> suggests meaningful title and synopsis text for that link.&nbsp; To make the workflow even easier, simply hitting ENTER after entering a link URL automatically invokes the Smart Link tool for that link.&nbsp; The short video here shows the tool in action adding the link properties to this post.</p><p>Since its earliest incarnation, MyST Blogsite has supported distinct <i>link properties </i>that allow authors to create an annotated bibliography of links related to each post.&nbsp; These properties are leveraged in a variety of ways by the MyST Blogsite platform, and offer many distinct and unique advantages over personal blogging tools that support only embedded hyperlinks.&nbsp; Now, with the new Smart Link feature, it has become even easier to take full advantage of link properties.</p> 9 application/xml false content quality productivity SEO smart link verify Good PR (public relations, not PageRank) can influence search ranking http://falkow.blogsite.com/public/item/200018 Content quality has a significant impact on search and discoverability of your information - don't risk all your blogging effort with substandard publishing practices. item/192402 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Dosware Team Internet Browser; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 $Admin 76.120.48.245 false true false false true 174050 false false true false false false true 76096 blog blogsite/Blogsite/web