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LinkBack Module

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A simple module that automatically shows the most popular incoming links to the page it is displayed at. This is great for building deep links as you can always tell people that all they have to do is send one visitor to your (unlinked) page to get a link back. Features: * Automatic lookup of linking page's title (first time only) * Show title or URL * Option to show how many visitors came from each link (Good for competition) * Easy to install - nothing to configure unless you need to * Free and Open Source * Language independent * Produces valid XHTML * Does not require LinX or any other component * Use file_get_contents() or the cURL library * Now you can filter out unwanted URLs as well

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2009-08-03
Reviews: 2
First I was excited, but
1) it seems that the domain filter does not work
2) spam robots visiting my forum left their referrer also in the link list
3) direct reciprocal links have less value than an open-jaw link (fork link)
4) the existence of the links are not re-checked. So it is easy to fool the tool.

I will continue to use it, but it needs more manual work than expected. I am still satisfied, but nio more excited.
2009-04-04
Reviews: 2
The idea is excellent, the reality of the extension is very deceiving. I had to desinstall it because of links big problems
And also there is a major functionnality that does not work at all : domain filtering
So don't loose your time with it.
2009-03-14
Reviews: 9
This module is amazing! Sure I have heavily modified it, added _blank and nofollow tags and so on, even remove the UL and resyled it, but the mainframe and core design is still intact and it is for that specific script which I am most grateful for. My thanks to the author(s) and keep up the good work. I was sceptical about this working, but it works like a dream. Very easily customized and a nice, logical code. Thank you so much!
2009-03-07
Reviews: 9
Took about 10 seconds to install and get a link page working. What a great module.

Could use some additional features - like checking back to make sure your link is still there, etc.

You can easily style the page with CSS to look however you want. And it's as simple as that, install the module, and whenever someone links to the page with the module, a link is added, brilliant.

Great for link building.

The mods need to update this to 1.5 NATIVE, as it does not require legacy mode.
2008-05-18
Reviews: 7
Installed perfectly on J! 1.5.2. It does what it says. This has become an integral part of my site marketing: "Say Mr. Webmaster put a link to (this exact page of) my site and you will automatically be given a link back." What's not to like?
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
2007-09-27
Reviews: 9
Instant gratification for people adding links and driving traffic *towards* your site ... with no maintenance.

I changed mine to open a new window when the displayed links are clicked. This could be an option.

I'm sure others will think of improvements, but this is an excellent start.

It seems such a good idea, I'm wondering why I haven't seen a module like this before, but I can't think of a downside.