a technical question

So, I keep reading about something called permalinks. But my anti-analytical brain doesn't want to grasp the concept.

Can anyone (Becky??) explain? I think we've tried this before, but I need a remedial course.

And second, how do I use permalinks to link search engine hits to specifc posts, rather than linking back to the current post? I've rumbled around Blogger Help looking for advice, but everyone is speaking a foreign lanaguage and apparently I need this expressed in small, manageable words. . .

In one piece of help, the blogger said that she uses this code in her template headers:
<$BlogPageTitle$>.
Can I say "huh"? and hope that someone out there can unpack this for me? Unpack is academic speak for huh, by the way.
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FairyGodKnitter said…
"Blogging for Dummies" defines permalink as: A blog entry's permalink is the "index page" link to it's permanent page in a blog. Putting the permalink below each blog entry on the index page makes it easy for visitors to copy the permalink's URL and cite the entry in another blog.
So, when I make your Cucumber and Orange Salad (once I find someone to do the cutting for one handed me)and proclaim it my new best favorite thing, I will refer back to you at your blog address and the recipe at the post's index entry.
As far as linking back to search engine posts, I know how to do this between Google and Typepad (where I blog). I just go into my stat page and hit on any google search referrers and see what they were looking for. With Fairy and God in my blog name, I get some interesting search hits.
10/22/2006 11:18 PM
Anonymous said…
...what she said. Very good explanation.
10/23/2006 12:17 AM
Janet said…
makes sense so far. my problem is that when I see a hit on a search engine, say for the Shetland Triangle Shawl on my blog, and I click on that hit, I get taken to the most recent post on Pegotty and not to the post on the shawl.
same for your blog: if I enter Fairy Godknitter on the search part of Google, it takes me to a page that quotes your post on South Haven. But when I click on that, I go to your most recent post, not the South Haven post. Does that make sense?
also, not sure where or what a stat page is. . .I was an English major. . .
10/23/2006 9:51 AM
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