Links to products appearing in my recent post - why has this happened ?

[chris murphy]

"Hello All",

I noticed tonight that a couple of Links to products appeared in a message that I posted - How / Why would this be happening ?

For example I wrote `28mm Diamond Core bit` and `bathroom Vent Axia` in a message earlier to Member gnselectrical about Diamond Core bits - this produced a Link to display an onscreen Box with 3 examples of these Diamond Core bits - I assume clicking onto any of them would take you to the website where they are advertised.

I assume that similar Links will now appear in that paragraph ?

Thinking about the content of my message I am surprised that there were not more Links created within the text - here is a Link to that thread - my message is number 10:

http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk/electrical-tools-products/104056-dressing-diamond-bits.html


I did not see the extract fan link until it was too late to edit the message - it was not showing when I originally edited my message with a P.S. about the Core bit.

I edited my message earlier by putting a P.S. comment regarding this but when I reposted the message the Link was not showing so I re-edited it again removing my P.S. comment - but I noticed that the Link was back again so I wrote another message below explaining that I had not created the Links instead of Editing again.


I cannot imagine that this is beneficial to the Forum in general terms - Unless I have missed something recently regarding the Sponsorship of the Forum and that these Links are to products sold by the Sponsors - ?

If this is the case I can imagine that there will be a lot of these Links within Members messages in future.

Has anyone got any thoughts on this - I know that it is not the most interesting of Topics but I would like to know what has caused this to occur - I don`t recall having these Links appear within my messages before [?].

Regards,

Chris

EDIT: I notice that Links have NOT appeared above on this message where I wrote about the Diamond Core bit or the bathroom Vent Axia - perhaps it was the use of the punctuation marks [above] that prevented that ?

RE-EDIT: The Links have now appeared - disappeared and reappeared randomly on this message.

 

[Harni]

Its just a plugin a lot of forums use. It picks out a certain key word or phrase and gives you a google search or product search of it.

Personally not a fan but a lot of forums use similar things.

 

[chris murphy]

Its just a plugin a lot of forums use. It picks out a certain key word or phrase and gives you a google search or product search of it.

Personally not a fan but a lot of forums use similar things.

"Hello Harni",

Thanks for your reply.

I guessed that it was something like that but I wonder why I have not experienced this on here before - I have been a Member of the Forum for quite a while now [almost 4 Years] and I don`t recall ever having these Links appearing within any of my 545 messages.

Regards,

Chris

 

[Hellmooth]

546.......

 

[chris murphy]

546.......

"Hello Hellmooth",

It was 545 when I was writing that message.

Regards,

Chris

 

[Hellmooth]

I know lol was just kidding :tounge_smile:

 

[chris murphy]

I know lol was just kidding :tounge_smile:

"Hello again Hellmooth",

Do You know a Builder from Livingston called John Black ?

Regards,

Chris

 

[Paul.M]

Chris they are called Skimlinks. I've got these pop up links as well, dont worry about it. You have done nothing wrong, it's a "forum system thing". Marvo can explain a lot better lol.

 

[chris murphy]

Chris they are called Skimlinks. I've got these pop up links as well, dont worry about it. You have done nothing wrong, it's a "forum system thing". Marvo can explain a lot better lol.

"Hello Paul",

Thanks for the name of these Links - `Skimlinks` - my main point is that I cannot remember ever seeing these on any of my other posts over the Years [?].

Regards,

Chris

 

[Hellmooth]

"Hello again Hellmooth",

Do You know a Builder from Livingston called John Black ?

Regards,

Chris

Hi Chris,

No I can't say I do?

Had a quick google search and couldn't find anything either!