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Permalinks is the abbreviated form of “permanent links.” These are critical for blogs which are susceptible to change too often. The blog entries are published using websites which are database driven and are dynamic in nature because of which permalinks are needed to access them.
Permalinks are the links which will be used by other bloggers to refer to your blog post or establish a link to it. When a particular blog entry is posted on to your blog, the link for it should be permanent and should not vary even when it moves from being on the home page to the archives. This is where these links play a critical role. Permalinks ensure that the link for a particular entry does not change even when it gets archived. If this is absent, then it will be tough to access one of your older blogs.
The concept of permalinks is relatively new and did not exist until recently. With the advent of dynamic web pages, the need for this type of link arose in order to overcome the “link rot” problem. A lot of software for content syndication and web blog support for permalinks then followed.
These links come in handy in case of blogs where visitors can post their views. When a visitor posts his views, it can be viewed in the front page of the blog. However, with the passage of time and addition of new content, this post will move into the background and the next time he visits the blog, he will not be able to view it on the home page. However, thanks to these links, the entry will not be lost. It can be easily accessed even after a long span of time.
Most permalinks constitute various characters that denote the time and date when the blog was created. While there are pre-set options, you can also customize these links to suit your convenience and help in search engine optimization. The name of the author also is shown in this link. Irrespective of whether the entry is altered, moved or renamed, permalinks can easily help retrieve it. It is this feature of these links which help in backtracking links and link tracing.
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