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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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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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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.

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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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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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