to get this back online as soon as possible…<\/a>” but they never seemed to get around to it until now.<\/p>\nI’m not sure what they’ve done to eliminate automated queries, (and in fact to me it looks like they they didn’t do anything), but it appears to be fixed, although it operates just a little bit differently.
\nTthe big difference? You now have to put a “+” sign in front of the link: or linkdomain: command and it’s now working again…<\/p>\n
+linkdomain:domain.com<\/strong><\/em> or +link:domain.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nNice! (or “big deal!” depending on the mood you’re in… \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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