Almighty Link

These are links to select web pages recently bookmarked by members of my delicious.com network — and some opportunities inspired by those pages. Read the posts and then share them on Twitter by clicking on the “tweet” links:

• Nationwide classroom No. 1: Writing for the Web (from suzanneyada) - News writing for the web is a challenge…Hyperlinks are your best friend…more importantly, linking builds credibility. Opportunity: Build your credibility by consistently linking to sources. [read and tweet]
• How much is too much? Defining the grey areas in attribution and linking (from slouch) – Judith Townend documents the trouble that arose from one news organization’s failure to link to another. Opportunity: Avoid questions of credibilty by always linking to sources. [read and tweet]
• Who’s Doing Good Work in Online News? (Part 2) (from slouch) - Big story, obscure topic? Wikipedia likely to aggregate “as good as, or better, than…traditional media”. Opportunity: Make sure your content is linked to from corresponding Wikipedia entries. [read and tweet]
• WSJ Editor Claims Google Devalues Everything (from richardk) - Mike Masnick says ”The value of the web and Google is that it lets people look at many sources and compare and contrast them qualitatively.” Opportunity: Find and reach out to sources then compare and contrant them before Google does. [read and tweet]