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Sunday, 13 November 2005
Links are the Currency of the Internet
Topic: Web 2.0
Fred gets it, so well in fact that I'm forced to break the MIA rule now the 2nd time and post his thoughts below:

" I have written before that links are the currency of the Internet. That continues to be lost on the major media. As I browse around the New York Times online this afternoon, I find so few links in the stories. They should look like Wikipedia, not a newspaper. This is the Internet after all.

Links are so fundamental on the Internet. Not using links is like not using commas or periods. If you think about Google, the current king (or at least Starbucks) of the Internet, they have built their whole platform on links. The New York Times doesn't link out very much. So how do they expect others to want to link back?

I use the Internet like I follow a conversation, I read something, it contains a link, I follow it, I read more, I learn more, and so on and so forth. "

I couldn't agree more.

Posted by cph19 at 10:54 AM EST
Updated: Sunday, 13 November 2005 10:55 AM EST
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