Simplified Post Interlinking using Insights WordPress Plugin

If you run a blog, then you’ll know it takes time to interlink to previous posts. This plugin will simplify your search and also increases your resources to include images, maps and videos. One can concentrate on writing and not on searching.

Small Description

Insights WordPress Plugin brings a powerful new way to write your blog posts. It increases productivity and at the same time quality of your posts.

Installation

  1. Upload the whole plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
  2. Go to the ‘Plugins’ page in the menu and activate the plugin.
  3. Use the ‘Options’ page to change your plugin options.
  4. If you want to use Google Maps module then get your free Google Maps key here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
  5. Write a new post. You will notice Insights toolbar. Use it :)

Admin Settings

Once installed, you will then need to navigate to Tools >> Insights. Here you will have a few options to enter and check to adjust the settings when creating/editing a post.

  • My blog
  • Image
  • Video
  • Wikipedia
  • Search by tag
  • Search Flickr images by description
  • Search only non-commercial Flickr images
  • Show results as you type
  • Google Maps
WordPress Plugin - Insights Admin Settings

WordPress Plugin - Insights Admin Settings

One of the coolest features of this WordPress Plugin, is that all is done in real-time. All this using dynamic AJAX interface which loads the relevant information to your post in just a few seconds.

The functions performed are just amazing and I hope to see even more options available in the near future. The functions are:

  • Interlink your posts
  • Insert Flickr images
  • Insert Youtube videos
  • Search Wikipedia
  • Search Google
  • Search Google News
  • Google Blog Search
  • Google Book Search
  • Insert a Google Map

You can view the images below to see some of the functionality.

WordPress Plugin - Insights Search Blog

WordPress Plugin - Insights Search Blog

WordPress Plugin - Insights Search Google Maps

WordPress Plugin - Insights Search Google Maps

WordPress Plugin - Insights Search Images

WordPress Plugin - Insights Search Images

I hope this gives you a better vision of the creative productivity. This plugin can be used by all types of sites, so go ahead and try it. You have so much to gain and nothing to lose.

Final Thought

What do you think of this plugin? Are you already using it and for how long? I’m curious to know as this will surely help you out in finding more information quicker. All comments are welcomed as usaul.

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  • Published Date: 13 January 2010
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  • Categories: Web Tools, WordPress Plugins, Wordpress
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{ 25 comments }

1 Siau Hen January 13, 2010 at 8:07 am

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Thanks. This is totally new for me. I will certainly use it one day but not now, since i still don’t have that many post in my blog to link to each other.

2 George Serradinho January 13, 2010 at 2:42 pm

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@Siau Hen – you don’t just use it for inter-linking posts, you could also use it for images, etc as well.

3 Sire January 13, 2010 at 8:54 am

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Looks pretty good George. At the moment I’m using Zemanta which allows me to insert photos and relevant links but this plugin seems to do a whole lot more. If it works out the way you say I will have to say goodbye to Zemanta.
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4 George Serradinho January 13, 2010 at 2:43 pm

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@Sire – go have a look or try it for a while and then let me know what you think of it. It might just be the plugin that makes the difference for you ;)

5 Eric January 13, 2010 at 10:16 am

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I’ve not been much into adding a lot of plugins to my blog and I might have to start looking at doing so now. The more ways I can provide my loyal readers to share what I’ve written the faster and more efficient I can spread my words across the Internet from those who’ve enjoyed my stuff.

I’m going to check out this plugin and more so thanks for mentioning this.

6 George Serradinho January 13, 2010 at 2:55 pm

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@Eric – there are so many plugins to make life easier and this is one of them. I do understand when trying to keep plugins to a minimum, I do exactly the same. If you use it, let me know what your experience is.

7 SmashinGeeks January 13, 2010 at 1:03 pm

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Nice Plugin George , keep on sharing these cool plugins with us.
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8 George Serradinho January 13, 2010 at 2:56 pm

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@SmashinGeeks – glad you liked it, I will try and post more about other plugins that could help out.

9 Rajesh Kanuri @ TechCats January 13, 2010 at 1:04 pm

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This is one the good SEO linking plugin which I am using at my blog. I really think that insights with SEO smart links will perform well..
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10 George Serradinho January 13, 2010 at 2:57 pm

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@Rajesh – glad to know you already use it, what advice or help can you share with us.

11 Keith January 13, 2010 at 2:53 pm

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George, this looks like an interesting plugin, and since I am addicted to plugins almost as much as I am addicted to gadgets, I will download and test….

Thanks
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12 Karen @ Blazing Minds January 13, 2010 at 2:59 pm

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I’ve been using this plugin on my blog for ages, never really used it as much as I should though, maybe I should utilize it a lot more in future posts! Great review by the way ;)
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13 Léo @ Propulsr January 13, 2010 at 3:48 pm

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I’ve been using it since I started blogging (4 months ago).

It is good but limited, as you still have to remember what post you made and go back to create links once a new post is created – i.e. it only works well going backwards.

Your twitter id in comment is sweet though, I’ll have a read through your article about it.
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14 Gabe | freebloghelp.com January 13, 2010 at 4:57 pm

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I’ve never tried the Insights plugin but I might have to just give it a shot.
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15 Extreme John January 13, 2010 at 5:59 pm

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I wasn’t too sure that I would have a use for this plugin as I have been trying to limit my plugin use a little more this year, but the insert Google Maps is a homerun. Especially for my business blogs with actual store locations.
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16 George Serradinho January 13, 2010 at 8:05 pm

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@Extreme John – glad you liked the Google Maps :) I know what you mean when you say limit your plugin use.

17 izzat aziz January 13, 2010 at 6:19 pm

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that just what most blogger need, I do write about the important of interlinking :)

18 Deepika January 13, 2010 at 11:15 pm

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This is a very interesting plugin.. Definitely i will make a try to this. Updating our previous post and linking that with new post is very nice idea. Regarding this, i think this plugin will do a great job… I like the features of adding google map and flickr images.

Thanks for sharing friend :D
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19 George Serradinho January 14, 2010 at 7:00 am

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@Deepika – glad you liked it. Many are also liking it for the Google Maps and Flickr images.

20 Kok Siong Chen January 14, 2010 at 2:39 am

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This is a good plugin recommendation! Thanks for your sharing! I will try to use that plugin in my blog.~
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21 George Serradinho January 14, 2010 at 7:04 am

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@Kok Siong Chen – glad to be of help, many are using it or will start using it. Let me know what you think.

22 Lee Ka Hoong January 14, 2010 at 3:15 am

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This plugin looks pretty cool! You know when the number of posts increased and sometimes we don’t even know what post we’ve written before, I believe that this plugin could really help.

I like the feature that searches for flickr images as I always insert an image in a blog post, that saves my time. I’m going to use it for my blog.

Best Regards,
Lee

23 George Serradinho January 14, 2010 at 7:01 am

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@Lee Ka Hoong – glad to be of help. When things are simplified, it makes us more productive and that’s the point.

24 Digitivity January 23, 2010 at 8:03 pm

Thanks for posting screenshots of the plugin. It really helps to visualize how it works. I’ve been to prevolac before, but I didn’t know about this plugin.

I like reading posts that have a lot of links because it gives you a lot of directions to go exploring.
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25 George Serradinho January 25, 2010 at 7:08 am

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@Digitivity – I also like it when there are images and links, it makes more sense and better to understand from the word go.

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