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What In The World Is Zemanta?
By TheAntiHype | April 22, 2008
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Image via WikipediaWhere do these names come from? Zemanta? I have no idea but it looks like a cool idea.
This post is trying out the service from this new site. It’s a Firefox and Flock plugin that automatically finds links and images to spice up your blog posts.
Does it work? We’ll find out when I’ve finished this post I guess.
I won’t add any links (apart from the link to their site) so anything added is via the Zemanta service. The link I added is in bold - everything else is a link added automatically.
As I’ve been writing this, images and articles have suddenly appeared to the right of my text box (in WordPress admin). Now to be totally honest I don’t know what I’m supposed to do - or if images and links are added automatically.
Ah-ha. Various links, images from Wikipedia and articles (blog posts I guess) are suggested and you just click on the ones you want. Here goes, let’s add a few and see.
We’ll see when I publish - if nothing turns up I’ll come back in to edit and post another article explaining.
The Anti Hype
Topics: Free Resources, Keywords, The Anti Hype, WordPress |
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Thanks for giving Zemanta a try. I’d just like to mention that our suggestions work best when writing about concrete topics and that your suggestions should improve over time while you blog.
Otherwise, we’d love to hear more of what you think about the product, either at our forum getsatisfaction.com/zemanta or just drop me a mail - jure@zemanta.com
Jure Cuhalev, Zemanta
Jure Cuhalev’s last blog post..Black / Dark Google for Earth Hour
Thanks Jure, I was just testing so when I blog properly I expect to see improvements. It’s really easy to use - so much better than searching for images & links. Great tool. Thanks, Mark
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:27 am
Great find, I will definitely use this, thanks again Mark for coming up with some very powerful tools for blogging and making life easier for us.
Teri’s last blog post..Doggy Tug Toys and A Contest
Hi Teri, Glad you like it. I found it so useful firdt time I used it and when the posts are more interesting I’m sure the content offered will also improve. I can imagine your blog being offered all sorts of images of various breeds of dogs. Mark
April 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
Thanks Mark.
This is another very useful plugin for helping bloggers create more visually pleasing content for their readers.
On first inspection (haven’t used it yet), it looks pretty straightforward to use, so I would feel confident in recommending that anyone blogging should seriously consider add this tool to their arsenal.
Mark’s last blog post..Potato Salad Par Excellence
Yes, very simple to use, plus it helps with traffic because of the links to other articles and reciprocal visits that generates. Mark