open web
The link controllers arenât dead â yet
In the year of our Lord 2024, some websites are still trying to control who links to them.
internal linking
Internal linking: free traffic
From one of Kath Vinerâs first memos as editor-in-chief of The Guardian, as leaked to Guido [http://order-order.com/2015/07/09/new-guardian-editor-names-and-shames-traffic-de-link-quent-hacks/#:SEvvW8ul7gOqVA] : > One of the easiest things everyone can do is link to other Guardian stories when writing a Guardian story. Internal linking: easy and free
aggregation
The role of blogs in the age of media overload
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/02/blogger-at-work.jpg] Fascinating read in the wake of Andrew Sullivanâs closure of The Dish [http://time.com/3693638/no-blogs-are-not-dead/], in which Ira Stoll explores the present and future of blogging [http://time.com/3693638/no-blogs-are-not-dead/]: > And while
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What curation says about you
Last week, the student journalists on the MA courses at City University heard from Paul Bradshaw [http://onlinejournalismblog.com] about curation in the journalist sense. Since then, Iâve been working in the online âlabsâ with them on the idea. This post from Euan Semple neatly sums up one of
linking
Do you publish press releases? You need to know this…
Do you publish press releases on a section of your site? If so â you need to nofollow those links [http://searchengineland.com/google-links-in-a-press-release-should-be-nofollowed-like-advertisements-168339] : > Throughout the video, John Mueller equated press releases to advertisements. It was specifically asked if all links in press releases need to be nofollowed or just
Blogs
The existential dilemma of paywalls
Are you familiar with the expression âtl;drâ? Classic âinternet speakâ for âtoo long; didnât readâ. Itâs often used in a mocking, trolling sense. Well, now thereâs a new variation on it: bp;dr [http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/a-human-right-to-science-bpdr] âbehind paywall; didnât readâ In the context
You don't own your PageRank, so you can't sell it
My, my. Itâs been an interesting few days for web publishers, hasnât it? Interfloraâs Search Death First of all, Google wiped Interflora [http://martinmacdonald.net/interflora-seo-penalty/] from the search rankings: > Searching for the terms [Flowers], [florist], [flower delivery], [flowers online] and hundreds of other related search
aggregation
The link between photography and curation
Natalie Lloyd [http://www.natalielloyd.co.uk/2012/11/21/our-want-of-curiousities/]: > Seeing through anotherâs eyes is one of the perennial wonders of photography. Between the frames of an image, we are invited to consider a constructed reality offered by the photographer; what they chose to include, exclude and
Blogging
On guest blogging and Google
Matt Cutts weighs in: So, the basic message is âif youâre going to do this write/accept, good, rich original content, donât just churn out shoddy content to multiple sourcesâ. Put some genuine effort in â get the reward. This is a simple idea, and yet so many people
attribution
Linking to paywalled content
I had a brief discussion with Jon Slattery over the weekend about why his â quotes of the week [http://jonslattery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/media-quotes-of-week-from-clive-james.html] â posts donât link to their sources. His response [http://jonslattery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/media-quotes-of-week-from-clive-james.html?showComment=1341044014728] : > The reason
Johann Hari
News websites - a bit like the web, but with fewer links
Martin Belam on journalistsâ reaction to Johann Hari being âforcedâ to link [http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2012/06/hari-link-footnotes.php]: > Only people in an industry that has habitually avoided linking out to the rest of the web could possibly see adding links and footnotes as a cruel
ethics
Journalists: Link To Win
People have, on occasion, described TechCrunch (and ex-TechCrunch) writers are âbrattyâ in their writing style. MG Siegler does a pretty good job of proving the point in his complaints last week about the lack of credit he got from the Wall Street Journal [http://parislemon.com/post/18182094905/the-wall-street-journal-is-fucking-bullshit] : >