Possibly Related Posts

One of the interesting things about a WordPress blog are the automatically generated ‘Possibly Related Posts’.  At the bottom of every post are system-generated links to other blog posts that WordPress think are related to it.  It seems to generate mixed results, sometimes the connection pretty obvious, sometimes it leaves you head scratching.  Sometimes it doesn’t appear at all, but, when it does, it’s always interesting.  So, this has inspired me to take a look at some of the possibly related posts on both my blogs, this one and The World Of Sherby57, and see what is what.  The posts I’ve chosen to look at were picked at random.

1. Blog: PSGOM

Post: Season’s Greeting

Topic:  My apathy towards the new football season, Liverpool’s pre-season, and the title contenders.

Links:

Howard Gets His Feet Wet from Sactown Original Raider Boosters – A look at NFL’s pre-season, a totally different type of football but I can see why it is linked.

Two from Word of Ashi is not here, and yet – It’s a Japanese-style poem, and is about as far removed from football-related whinging as you can get.  It contains the word ‘season’ though, so WordPress has leapt to conclusions.

“Pump it up, Pump it up”…and the right of our community from Blackinformant.com – A post about how Hip-Hop artists mention only non-black brands in their music.  Interesting, but I’m baffled how it can even be possibly related.

Lions Try to Win Back Disgruntled Season Ticketholders from Fanhouse – Another NFL piece! The Detroit Lions have been trying to win back former season ticketholders by inviting 6000 of them to the team’s training camp (I don’t think all 6000 turned up!).  I wonder if any Premier League teams would do similar scheme in order to boost ticket sales? Sadly, it’s not an issue at Liverpool – 10 years on the waiting list and counting.

2. Blog: Sherby57

Post: Stunner\Dog Mystery Finally Solved

Topic: I congratulate Dr. Angel for solving a brainteaser I set a couple of years ago.  The puzzle came back on the radar as it was mentioned in The Sherby57 Project.

Links:

TS57P – Games, Puzzle and Lies from Sherby57 –  This is definitely a related post! This is the post that rekindled interest in the puzzle.

Post From The Past – July 2007 from Sherby57 – It’s another one of my posts, but not directly linked this time. Post From The Past is my shameless monthly feature in which I dredge up posts from the previous year.  Other than it being by me, I’m struggling to see the connection, but if you want to have a taste of the early days of Sherby57, take a look.

The Sherby57 Project from Sherby57 – Me again.  This is an explanation of what the Sherby57 Project is and what it sets out to achieve (it may, or may not, be serious).  It makes sense as a link because it is mentioned in the post.  I would guess that I generate so many links to my own blogs because I’m the only person that would talk about these topics on the whole of WordPress.

What the heck is this? from TV Squad – How aptly named, because what the heck is this? A link that’s not on Sherby57?? The post is a photo of a building called ‘The Wellington’, that is apparently significant to a TV show, and the reader is asked to guess which show and why it is significant.  I had no idea myself, but it’s where Fox Mulder’s apartment was in The X-Files. You learn something new every day.

3. Blog: PSGOM

Post: Bit Of A Twit

Topic: I announce that I’ve joined Twitter, and that I had reservations doing so.

Links:

RCMP’s pink slip from PinkSlipPerks’s Blog – I don’t really know what this is about.. the post is only a line long.  I believe that being ‘pink-slipped’ is the US equivalent of getting your P45, and this is a blog for people who have been pink-slipped. How it relates to my post is anybody’s guess.

A Summer Spell from ‘no longer exists’ – This post no longer exists and the link redirects to a placeholder.  I will be forever intrigued as to what A Summer Spell was about.

Don’t be jealous of my shirt! from Terri Terri Quite Contrary – “Sorry, the page you are looking for does not exist”, however the blog does still exist. Just how contrary was the tale of shirt jealousy? Inquiring minds need to know.

Facebook adds verification procedure for compromised accounts from DownloadSquad – It’s not related to my post but since I’m permanently suspicious of Facebook, then it’s good to know they are increasing their security measures.

4. Blog: Sherby57

Post: Where Is Mindy?

Topic: I wonder why my friend, Mindy Ruson, has never updated her blog on style.

Links:

Mindy Ruson’s Style Emporium from Sherby57 – In an ideal world I wouldn’t have chosen this post, as there is only one link (and that is back to one of my blogs).  The reason I did choose it is because I couldn’t find any other posts that had PRP’s, they had all mysteriously dried up. Which they sometimes do.  Incidentally, Mindy has still not updated her blog. Come on Mindy.

Well that’s it.  I had originally intended to cover the links from 10 different posts, but then this ended up being far longer than I anticipated.  So, what have I learned from the exercise? Well, sometimes the links make sense and sometimes they don’t; which is what I said at the start of the post.  Despite not learning anything new, it was still an interesting poke around the world of WordPress.

I can only imagine that I’ll be doing this again pretty soon.