I didn’t need Google’s approval of OptiLink. They never were able to detect it, or even materially impact my sales, but banning my affiliates? That’s not okay. I don't recall exactly when it started, but it wasn't more than a month or six weeks after release and started with just the two … [Read more...]
The Launch – and Repercussions – of OptiLink
It’s hard to explain the stress of that time, but as I write this account, I can feel it all over again. I knew that what I had found would revolutionize SEO, but to profit from it, I had to be first! But I had no idea how much time I had.. Was someone a week away from releasing the same … [Read more...]
The One Sentence That Birthed OptiLink
You almost never know how important something is while it's happening. This was one of the most pivotal moments in my life, then and since, but I would not see that until much later. At the time, I was 46, married, one of two children still at home, and doing contracting in addition to various … [Read more...]
OptiLink: The start of an era, now 20 years ago
On May 22, 2002, at 2PM Pacific time, Michael Campbell announced OptiLink to his newsletter subscribers. This was the first of three ground-breaking tools that “put me on the map” in SEO virtually overnight. About time too! I'd been struggling online since 1995. OptiLink changed everything for … [Read more...]
Release 6.2.8
March 1, 2021 New Feature RF-512 Include an Add Aspect function to document edit dialog This is part of an advanced feature set to documented later. Bug RF-514 Fix bug in processing of facebook-caution-words property Blanks were not getting trimmed from the caution word list which resulted in … [Read more...]
Release 6.2.7
February 15, 2021 Bug RF-373 (remove URL in post content) has several error cases. This fixes one of them RF-508 Wordpress blog/hostitforme credential bug There was a terrible interaction in the Blog Credential UI between RF hosted ("insta") blogs and client hosted blogs. This is now … [Read more...]
Release 6.2.6
December 9, 2020 New Feature RF-496 Add script context library to workflow task freemarker context This internal change supports the new setup wizard Bug RF-499 Fix non-clickable url in facebook funnel setup error dialog When a URL appears in a Facebook funnel setup error … [Read more...]
Release 6.2.5
December 6, 2020 Improvement RF-491 Update copyright and link to Terms of Use page Not much of an 'improvement' really New Feature RF-373 Remove URL from message content posted to Facebook This improves the look of Facebook posts by suppressing the display of the URL in the … [Read more...]
Release 6.2.2
November 7, 2020 Improvement RF-279 - FacebookAds Credential - force non-default page selection before ad account selection Since you must select both page and ad account for the credential to connect, this is now enforced in the UI RF-445 - Control image on LinkedIn posts This *should* … [Read more...]
Release 6.2.1
October 17, 2020 This release contains some small improvements but the primary purposes are to improve server infrastructure and support significant browser extension updates. Improvement RF-279 - FacebookAds Credential - force non-default page selection before ad account selection … [Read more...]
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