Comments on: Culture of Linking http://www.spacedmonkey.co.uk/2009/09/20/culture-of-linking/ The blog with randomness in mind Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tyepye http://www.spacedmonkey.co.uk/2009/09/20/culture-of-linking/comment-page-1/#comment-384 tyepye Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:48:29 +0000 http://www.spacedmonkey.co.uk/?p=1160#comment-384 With the BBC there are "see also" links that take you back to previous reports on the story. You said on twitter that linking in the main text is simpler, and sometimes this is true, however in this case I believe having the seperate section is better. If for example you put links to the story on every follow up story the newer stories would just end up getting cluttered at the beginning. For those that had been following from the start this could get quite anoying when wanting to read new reports about the story. The seperate section keeps the new stories clutter free and relevant while still making it able to browse past related stories with ease. With the BBC there are “see also” links that take you back to previous reports on the story.

You said on twitter that linking in the main text is simpler, and sometimes this is true, however in this case I believe having the seperate section is better.

If for example you put links to the story on every follow up story the newer stories would just end up getting cluttered at the beginning. For those that had been following from the start this could get quite anoying when wanting to read new reports about the story.

The seperate section keeps the new stories clutter free and relevant while still making it able to browse past related stories with ease.

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