When you think of Link Whisper, you likely think of internal links.
However, as simple as building internal links sounds there’s actually quite a bit of complexity when it comes to natural language processing and helping you create effective links that drive results.
Sometimes we are quiet over here at Link Whisper headquarters and we just silently release new updates each month.
But the reality is that each and every month we are making major innovations and updates to Link Whisper.
Today, I just wanted to share 3 innovations we’ve recently made…that you may not be aware of it up and live already within your Link Whisper plugin.
Related Posts
First, is related posts widgets.
Earlier this year, we released the ability for Link Whisper to build related posts functionality on your site.
No more need for a related posts plugin…Link Whisper does it for you!
Here’s an example of what the related posts widget looks like on NichePursuits.com (my blog).
Link Whisper was smart enough to know that the blog post people were reading was about WordPress plugin, so it recommended 5 other articles related to WordPress plugins…automatically!
Once turned on in the Link Whisper settings, Link Whisper will power Related Posts across your site.
Not only does this provide additional internal links that Google can crawl and use to index your site faster, but it will also lead to more pageviews as users click and read related posts.
If you are a Link Whisper user, just head over to Link Whisper in your sidebar, click settings, and then Related Post Settings as shown here:
If you aren’t a Link Whisper premium user yet, go ahead and get your copy of Link Whisper right here.
​Accessible Links
Second, is accessible links.
Making your website useful and accessible to all users, including those with disabilities, is an important concern.
Some users may use screen readers or other ways to browse the web due to visual disabilities.
And in fact, there are laws on the books in the US and other countries that require governments and contractors to make their website “accessible” to all users.
Link Whisper can help make links accessible to all users with the flip of a switch. (We created this innovation of Link Whisper in the last few months).
Link Whisper can mark your links with a visual icon and create preview text that indicates a link goes to an external website (for example).
Here’s what an accessible link looks like using Link Whisper:
If you are already a Link Whisper user, you have full control over how these icons look so they can match the styling of your website.
To turn it on, just head over to Link Whisper > Settings > Advanced Settings Tab
If you don’t currently have Link Whisper, you can get the accessibility links feature up and running today when you check out Link Whisper right here.
​Broken YouTube Links
Finally, the next innovation I’d like to highlight is fixing broken YouTube links.
In particular, is broken YouTube embeds! This is a particular difficult issue to solve for some websites.
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Because technically when a video is taken down or a YouTube video is changed from public to private by an owner, the link isn’t “broken”.
So, most broken link checkers will not detect that the video is no longer there.
But Link Whisper is smarter than most tools!
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Link Whisper will now indicate if your YouTube links or video embeds are no longer working.
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Then you can simply remove the video or find a relevant replacement and save your readers the annoying experience of seeing a “Video No Longer Available” screen.
To use the Link Whisper YouTube links feature, you simply navigate to the broken links page: Reports > Broken Links Report.
And you can quickly fix or change the broken URLs directly in the Link Whisper report!
If you don’t currently own Link Whisper, you can quickly start finding and fixing your Broken YouTube embeds with Link Whisper right here.
Honestly, this just scratches the surface for all the features we’ve added in the last 12 months.
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And we have several more BIG features coming out in the coming month or so.
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We are always innovating to make your website easier to optimize and manage.
Thanks again,
Spencer
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PS – Be sure to pick up a copy of Link Whisper right here.
