DISQUS

Ike Pigott · 1 year ago

"Open Link In New Window".

It works wonders. If I become a consultant to newspapers, how much would that advice be worth?

Vada · 1 year ago

I've been noodling with a "hyperlink" related theme and your post yielded more insights. As the semantic web further empowers the link, the tendrils of influence will spread beyond pages and blogs to further shape consumption of media, goods, and services. "Influence is the new sell."

David Cushman · 1 year ago

Scott, I commented on the orginal Watts article.
Your point re links: We all have the power to point at what we like. That's the disruptor. Mass media can join in and point to if it likes but all it can do is join in - not dominate.

Sion · 1 year ago

I love this! This could save the world.

Foxinni - Wordpress Designer · 1 year ago

The link is indeed very powerful. I mean the link and the click directly translates. I'm a big fan of del.icio.us and same as Google it does nothing but send people away, but it serves a greater purpose that that too. I don't know what the demographics are but if users use "techy" sites they will no doubt use firefox or similar, and they are most likely to use the power of the "new tab". So "clicking away" could merely mean, seeing what is behind door number one, rather than going down a rabbit hole and never coming back.

Michael McGregor · 1 year ago

The power to link is essential in the web 2.0 format that we are currently working in. The editors at TheIssue.com realize this, in fact without even knowing it, they embody it. A blog aggregated newspaper that takes its content from the boisterous blogosphere and re-contextualizes it in familiar newspaper format, linking to the best blog content on the web. The Issue is the happy medium between old world journalism and web 2.0. It's all linked in.

Cheers,

Mike McGregor
Editor
TheIssue.com

freemarket · 1 year ago

Google may have to revise its strategy to give us an unbiased view!