description: A backlink reference showing everywhere a page is linked from.

tags: glossary

Linked mentions (also known as backlinks) show all pages that contain a Link|link to the current page. They appear as a "Linked Mentions" section at the bottom of every page that has incoming links.

How?

SilverBullet's Object Index tracks all links between pages. The Linked Mentions widget queries this index to find pages that link to the page you're currently viewing, then displays them with a snippet of the surrounding context.

This allows for easy navigation and helps you discover connections between concepts through these bi-directional links.

Why?

In a traditional notes app, links are one-directional: page A links to page B, but page B has no idea. With linked mentions, every link becomes bi-directional. This means:

• You can give a person, project, or concept its own page, and the linked mentions section will automatically collect every reference to it
• You discover unexpected connections between ideas
• Your knowledge graph builds itself as you write

Configuration

You can enable or disable the Linked Mentions widget in CONFIG:

-- Disable linked mentions widget
config.set("std.widgets.linkedMentions.enabled", false)

Programmatic access

You can query linked mentions directly using Space Lua/Lua Integrated Query:

query[
  from l = tags.link
  where l.toPage == "Some Page"
  order by l.pageLastModified desc
](
  from l = tags.link
  where l.toPage == "Some Page"
  order by l.pageLastModified desc
)

See also: Link, Linked Tasks, Object/link