Etiquette for hyperlinks
 

Hi,
could the powers that be please tell me what the etiquette is for
inserting hyperlinks to external sites supplying answers to problems.

If I see a soultion to a problem on another excel website (totally
unconnected to myself), say

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datearith.htm

is it ok with both the administrators and the website owner to put
hyperlinks in posts.

I just wondered if you should maybe only hyperlink to your own site.

Thanks.


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I'm sure that the people who have web sites like you to do this.


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Hi,
could the powers that be please tell me what the etiquette is for
inserting hyperlinks to external sites supplying answers to problems.

If I see a soultion to a problem on another excel website (totally
unconnected to myself), say

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datearith.htm

is it ok with both the administrators and the website owner to put
hyperlinks in posts.

I just wondered if you should maybe only hyperlink to your own site.

Thanks.

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Dave Peterson

There aren't really any "powers that be", other than the msnews server
administrator(s) that appear to try to limit spam, but otherwise allow a
usenet-like exchange.

Linking to others' sites is perfectly acceptable, and certainly
preferable to posting content from other sites.


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greg7468 wrote:

could the powers that be please tell me what the etiquette is for
inserting hyperlinks to external sites supplying answers to problems.

If I see a soultion to a problem on another excel website (totally
unconnected to myself), say

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datearith.htm

is it ok with both the administrators and the website owner to put
hyperlinks in posts.

I just wondered if you should maybe only hyperlink to your own site.

It is entirely acceptable, and indeed good form, to post links to
other sites, rather than posting material from the site.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


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Hi,
could the powers that be please tell me what the etiquette is
for
inserting hyperlinks to external sites supplying answers to
problems.

If I see a soultion to a problem on another excel website
(totally
unconnected to myself), say

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/datearith.htm

is it ok with both the administrators and the website owner to
put
hyperlinks in posts.

I just wondered if you should maybe only hyperlink to your own
site.

Thanks.


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greg7468


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