Comments on: How many links should a blog post have if a blog post must have links? http://iam.peteashton.com/how-many-links-should-a-blog-post-have/ That is who I am Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:07:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Badham http://iam.peteashton.com/how-many-links-should-a-blog-post-have/comment-page-1/#comment-3029 Matt Badham Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:17:56 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=38#comment-3029 Just a note to say that I'm editing an interview to go online and needed to decide when where in the interview to add links (I think I was over-linking if there's such a word). So I popped over here and checked out this post, which has answered my question. Cheers. Just a note to say that I’m editing an interview to go online and needed to decide when where in the interview to add links (I think I was over-linking if there’s such a word). So I popped over here and checked out this post, which has answered my question. Cheers.

]]> By: diamond geezer http://iam.peteashton.com/how-many-links-should-a-blog-post-have/comment-page-1/#comment-3028 diamond geezer Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:38:32 +0000 http://ash10.com/?p=38#comment-3028 That post you remembered is <a href="http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_archive.html#112408507738770070" rel="nofollow">here</a>. It's not as good, or as relevant, as you remembered, sorry. Yes, the links I scatter across my posts often best resemble footnotes, so I don't have to tell readers things they can find out elsewhere. And they're also links to the sort of background information I might want to read more about myself, so I hope my readers will find it just as interesting. But it's still true that the great majority of links (unless heavily flagged) are still woefully underclicked. People have far too much to read these days as it is, without opening up windows more of the stuff. One other great use of linking, of course, is that I notice you've written about me :o) That post you remembered is here. It’s not as good, or as relevant, as you remembered, sorry.

Yes, the links I scatter across my posts often best resemble footnotes, so I don’t have to tell readers things they can find out elsewhere. And they’re also links to the sort of background information I might want to read more about myself, so I hope my readers will find it just as interesting.

But it’s still true that the great majority of links (unless heavily flagged) are still woefully underclicked. People have far too much to read these days as it is, without opening up windows more of the stuff.

One other great use of linking, of course, is that I notice you’ve written about me :o)

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