Re: CGIs to manage backlink information

On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Arnoud Galactus Engelfriet wrote:

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> In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.961217112124.12367C-100000@ns.viet.net>,
> Benjamin Franz <snowhare@netimages.com> wrote:
> > Ah, no you missed what I meant. You could end up loading 40K of <LINK>s in
> > the head before you loaded 4 or 5K of actual <BODY>. You should have a
> > link to another URL *which contains* the full list.
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> <LINK REL=backlinks HREF="wherever/" TITLE="My backlinks!">

Exactly. That is what I am saying you *should* do. The way the person I
was responding to seemed to be suggesting this instead:

<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever/" TITLE="backlink1">
<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever1/" TITLE="backlink1">
<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever2/" TITLE="backlink2">
<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever3/" TITLE="backlink3">
<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever4/" TITLE="backlink4">
<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever5/" TITLE="backlink5">
<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever6/" TITLE="backlink6">
<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever7/" TITLE="backlink7">
<LINK REL=backlink HREF="wherever8/" TITLE="backlink8">

Which gets nasty fast. I have pages with well over a hundred backlinks.

> Or is this too simple?

Nope.

-- 
Benjamin Franz

Received on Wednesday, 18 December 1996 15:06:31 UTC