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Jure Cuhalev replied on March 25, 2008 09:35 to the question "My first time..." in Zemanta:

> Here is the example: plugin finds some links and I use some of them. But sometimes when I do the update or when post opens again, that (used) links disappear. Is that normal?

Sadly yes. We can not yet save states between "save and continue" or editing in Wordpress, so it has to send the text to server again which might result in different suggestions.

>When the plugin will have support for Slovenian language?

Our initial plan is to make it just right for English language and then start adding support for other languages. No timeframes yet, sorry.

bigk replied on March 25, 2008 07:27 to the question "My first time..." in Zemanta:

I've been testing this plugin for 10 days now. I'm using it with FF and Wordpress, and I write in Slovenian language. In general the plugin looks to be working, but you can see that it is created for English language.

So far I have only 2 questions.

Here is the example: plugin finds some links and I use some of them. But sometimes when I do the update or when post opens again, that (used) links disappear. Is that normal?

When the plugin will have support for Slovenian language?

Otherwise the product is working great.

STASI replied on March 17, 2008 13:55 to the question "My first time..." in Zemanta:

Thx Gandalfar, for I have no more questions.

Jure Cuhalev replied on March 17, 2008 13:50 to the question "My first time..." in Zemanta:

Links are not selected randomly :)

What's happening here is that Zemanta engine is designed to work within a context of a body of text. It's not "a search engine", but more of "contextual engine", and as such it it returns less optimized/expected results when used in such unconventional way (just putting a list of brand names into text field).

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STASI replied on March 17, 2008 13:34 to the question "My first time..." in Zemanta:

But how come that MS link was not selected and Lehman Brothere was? Links are selected randomly or....?

Jure Cuhalev replied on March 17, 2008 11:31 to the question "My first time..." in Zemanta:

>> Second wave of questions. How many pictures can I paste with plug-in?

Just one. Adding support for more pictures is one of our priorities.

>> Only Deutsche Telekom and Lehman brothers was found from next well known brands:

Correct. When entering a short amount of text, we also limit amount of suggestions you receive. When entering these brands in a larger body of text (and relevant context), the recognition is significantly better.

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STASI replied on March 17, 2008 07:58 to the question "My first time..." in Zemanta:

Second wave of questions. How many pictures can I paste with plug-in? One? If one is your anwser I think it should be more than one and more than two. Heck I should paste as many picture as you would like to.
Jure you said that you support also IMDB, but when I wrote about movies and movie stars plug in found me only Wiki links.

>>home-pages (most often when mentioning companies or brand names).
Only Deutsche Telekom and Lehman brothers was found from next well known brands: Nike, Reebok, Amazon, Microsoft, Deutsche Telekom, NYSE, Shell, Unilever, Lehman Brothers.

Jure Cuhalev replied on March 16, 2008 21:54 to the question "My first time..." in Zemanta:

>> Are links limited only to Wikipedia?

No, but they are most often displayed right now. The other links we support right now is IMDB (when you write about movies), Amazon (when you write about popular books), and links to home-pages (most often when mentioning companies or brand names).

>> If i use word more than one time in my blog, only the first word is linked not all of them. Is that a bug or a feature?

This is a feature. General idea being that you want to link something when you introduce a new term, and that it would be redundant afterwards.

STASI asked a question in Zemanta on March 16, 2008 21:50:

My first time...

OK. In general I am pleased with what you offer. But I have two questions. First is for links section. Are links limited only to Wikipedia? Second question is also about links. If i use word more than one time in my blog, only the first word is linked not all of them. Is that a bug or a feature?