• A "MckLinky" is simply a list of links that you include on your blog or website
  
  
  
  


• A BASIC MckLinky is a list that includes a TITLE and URL (a URL is a the link address to your blog, post or website)
  
  
  
  


• You create ONE NEW MckLinky list for each new list you want to appear on your blog or website even if the list is a repeating feature on your blog. | Watch a demonstration
  
  
  
  


• Each MckLinky list contains all the entries your blog readers enter for that specific list. Those entries can be edited or deleted by you using your User Dashboard.
  
  
  
  


• Be sure to let us know of anything that can be improved, or new ideas for MckLinky. We want this system to be easy, fun and reliable. We listen!
  
  
  
  


• If you need a demonstration created, or think some instructions for something specific would be helpful, just let us know.

All your links will remain on your blog unless you manually delete them, or cancel your account with MckLinky. You can export your lists and most of the information you create using MckLinky. Find the export functions in your User Dashboard.

Do you have to remember a bunch of little tricks and complexities to get MckLinky to work?

No. Unlike other services that have lots of little things you must remember to make things work correctly, MckLinky strives to WORK THE WAY YOU WORK... not force you to remember or learn how WE want you to work.

The tools are simple, easy to use. Where needed, we give instruction and demo's but all the tools are using just, click, click, click and use. Simple, easy, fun.

If you have any suggestions on how we can improve things and make MckLinky even easier, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Wordpress.com (blogs hosted ON Wordpress.com) does not support the technology necessary to include MckLinky directly on your blog page. There is no way around this because of Wordpress security policies.

So, Wordpress.com users are given code that opens a MckLinky page on our website. We host your links, entry form and other information on a separate page from your blog.

This way you can still use MckLinky even with blogs hosted at Wordpress.com or blogs that do not allow javascript, iFrames or scripts.

Common reasons are:

You didn't paste the code in while in HTML view. If you are not in HTML view, then the code can be changed by Blogger and other blog hosts.

You used the Wordpress.com code which takes you to a separate page. Try the first code available on the blog code page.

There is an error in your SCRIPT. Look for the line of code that starts with a "<" then "SCRIPT"... make sure that line of code is EXACTLY like what you received from the blog code page.

Stop date is when people are no longer allowed to enter links. The time is as of midnight the night of the stop date.

As soon as you post, people can add links, so use your blog software to schedule the post. In other words, if your post is for next week, then go ahead and put your MckLinky code in, but use your blogging sofware to schedule when your post will appear on your blog.

For example, let?s say today is July 1st and I want to run a carnival on the 3rd and 4th.

I would create a list, and make the start date 7/3/2009, and the stop date 7/4/2009.

Then I would create my post, put my content and MckLinky code in, and then schedule that post (using my blogging software) to appear on July 3.

On July 4, at midnight, the list would say ?this list is now closed.?

It is important to use Stop Dates so that down the road, spammers cannot enter links and junk information that you constantly must go back and manage.

If you are using Blogger (Blogspot), then the MckLinky list will NOT show up in their PREVIEW mode.

Other blogs may behave the same way. The way to test this, is to publish the blog post for a moment and see if the list shows.

The title you give your lists in your User Dashboard are for your use only.

They are friendly titles that help you identify and manage your lists. They do NOT show up anywhere publicly.

The first week MckLinky was online, the links did NOT open a new window and took readers to the new blog that was clicked.

People emailed by the tons and said they were losing viewers who left the site every time they clicked a link, and readers said it was annoying to have to go back to the blog time after time to follow the next link on the list.

The only minor drawback is that when people leave, and "come back" to your blog, you get some additional "visit" stats. I see the point about getting more visits, but in this case, they are artificial visits anyway because it's the same person returning just to click on another link... not a genuine measure of your traffic.

It was universally praised by MckLinky users when I changed to the "open new window" link configuration because 1) it's more convenient for the reader who wants to go through your list (they open a link, view it, close it, and are back on your blog) and 2) it keeps people from leaving your blog unless they do it on purpose.

Keeping people on your blog until they CHOOSE to leave is always the best strategy. And making it easier for your readers to use your list is always the best strategy.

If your link is not showing on the Blog Hop list, there are two common reasons:

You have not entered your link. You must enter your link on each new Blog Hop.

You entered your link on the wrong Blog Hop.

Find out everything you need to know about Blog Hops here.

You cannot enter your Blog Hop link to the list until the Blog Hop starts.

The THEMED Blog Hop starts Monday night at 10pm CST each week. The Friday Giveaway Blog Hop opens for submissions at 4am on Friday.

Each individually owned Blog Hop starts whenever the owner chooses.

You can publish your Blog Hop post on your blog any time, but users will receive the notice above instead of a form to enter their link.

You can find general information about the Sponsorships here.

Once you purchase a sponsorship, we will contact you to help you with your ads, links and finalize the details.