Psolenoid

Psolenoid's Dynamic Linking Architecture

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:19:00 -0800

Over the past few days we’ve received an overwhelming amount of interest and feedback on Psolenoid. Thank you to everyone who has activated Psolenoid and given us such great feedback. Your feedback is very important to us in the development of Psolenoid so keep it coming!

I would like to take this opportunity to talk a little more about Psolenoid’s unique architecture and why it matters. Unlike existing blog communication methods that provide ways for bloggers to leave *static* links back to their posts on other bloggers’ posts, Psolenoid facilitates an embedding of *dynamic* links. This means that, instead of directly embedding actual links, Psolenoid—through its interface—displays links pulled dynamically from the Psolenoid server. This fundamental difference in architecture allows us to do many cool things. For example, it provides an option to wipe out all existing wires from spammer accounts in one fell swoop. And while we aren’t currently monitoring for spammers, our centralized architecture will make it very easy for us to remove them should it be brought to our attention. Moreover, as a user you have more control over all the connections you have made. Unlike static link-backs, which cannot be removed once established, you can always easily delete your wired connection with other blog posts. There are a lot more features that we plan to come up with on this, so please stay tuned.

That said, we are still in the process of implementing the features that can bring out the full potential of our architecture. We are just getting started and are very excited to have you with us on our journey. The blogosphere as a universe of valuable distributed entities definitely has an unimaginable potential to change the world. We want to help by providing the communications method that can bring you improved connectivity and much higher visibility.

Activate Psolenoid Here

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:08:00 -0800

Psolenoid is an intuitive, easy-to-use linking tool that allows bloggers to connect their posts to other, related posts. When activated on a blog, Psolenoid allows bloggers to create a two-way, reciprocal link exchange between their blog post and another relevant post, connecting the related posts on both blogs.

Want to get Psolenoid on your blog? Follow these simple directions:

Activating Psolenoid on Your Blog
Estimated activation time: 1 minute

Scroll down to the bottom of this post and click on the link that says “Click to add your post here.”
The Psolenoid interface will then ask you for a blog URL. Enter the URL of the blog you wish to activate Psolenoid on.
The Psolenoid interface will then fetch a list of posts from your blog. Select any one of these posts and enter a short comment introducing your blog post (e.g. “I can’t wait to get Psolenoid on my blog!”)
Psolenoid will then walk you through a routine and one time registration process during which you will create a login, select a profile picture, authenticate your blog and finally optimize Psolenoid on your blog.

All of this should take only a minute. if you run into any problems, please let us know by clicking here.

Not sure what Psolenoid is or why you should get it? Check out this 2 minute demo video.

Introducing Psolenoid

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:57:00 -0800

Blogging has become a pervasive part of the Internet and our daily lives, yet in the ten years that blogging has been in existence, few tools have been developed to facilitate the interconnectivity between this massive and nebulous community of bloggers, pundits, commenters and readers across the many disparate blog platforms.

Visibility into a blogger’s readership drops off quickly past one degree, which is unacceptable for an idea that has made millions and inspired more. The popularity of blogging today has clearly outpaced the technology that originally sprouted the phenomenon. Bloggers can interact with their readers via comments, but they continue to remain siloed from each other. This is why we developed Psolenoid, the world’s first ever easy-to-use linking tool that allows bloggers to connect their posts to other related posts through an automatic, richly interfaced two-way link exchange.

What is Psolenoid?

Psolenoid is an intuitive, easy-to-use linking tool that allows bloggers to connect their posts to other, related posts. When activated on a blog, Psolenoid allows bloggers to create a two-way, reciprocal link exchange between their blog post and another relevant post, connecting the related posts on both blogs. We call this process “wiring” and it automatically creates a “rabbit hole” or two-way link for audiences of both blogs to visit the other blog post.

Visually, Psolenoid appears at the bottom of a blog post and looks similar to a comment, but is richer in appearance. It includes a preview of the wired blog post, a short note introducing the other site, and a user profile image.

Psolenoid operates across blogging platforms and aims to manifest connections between related blog posts that would not otherwise be connected.

Why should I activate Psolenoid?

Psolenoid helps bloggers stay informed, connected and visible by interweaving and connecting topics in the blogosphere. Psolenoid also provides better visibility into the community and readership around your blog and allows users to create new memes and engage with pre-existing memes. As a hosted platform, Psolenoid by design is architected to prevent spammers from wiring posts to your blog.

How does it work?

Psolenoid is designed to be easily and quickly activated on most blog platforms. We designed Psolenoid to be intuitive, and self-propagate, so there is no central activation page. Users activate Psolenoid by simply attempting to wire their blog post to a Psolenoid-enabled blog post. Psolenoid does the rest, guiding bloggers through the process of wiring a post and authentication and even fetching a profile picture from the web. After authentication, Psolenoid automatically inserts itself into your blog’s template. Bloggers can also chose to activate Psolenoid by manually copying and pasting the Psolenoid script into their blog template.

We hope you enjoy using Psolenoid and look forward to hearing your feedback! Write us at support@psolenoid.com.