Does a link to another article count as 'self serving' on EZA?

Ben Roy · 09-24-2008, 08:29 PM

You're only supposed to have two self-serving links in an article. If you linked directly to another article on EZA, would that count as self serving?

Takuya Hikichi · 09-24-2008, 09:03 PM

One time I simply linked to www: OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite within an article and was delayed because they said it's a violation of the editorial guide to contain a link "above the fold".

Another thing you can do when you have questions, just post a comment on their blog and someone will respond to you.

Justin Jordan · 09-24-2008, 09:04 PM

You could probably link to other relevant articles in the body, but I'd bet they'd consider them self serving if they were articles you'd written.

Ben Roy · 09-24-2008, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takuya Hikichi

One time I simply linked to www: OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite within an article and was delayed because they said it's a violation of the editorial guide to contain a link "above the fold".

Another thing you can do when you have questions, just post a comment on their blog and someone will respond to you.

Yeah, I know you can't have any links whatsoever in the first 3 paragraphs or so - which is 'above the fold' if you imagined the article on a sheet of paper.

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Takuya Hikichi The Samurai Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 687 Thanks: 93 Thanked 57 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Does a link to another article count as 'self serving' on EZA? One time I simply linked to www: OpenOffice.org - The Free and Open Productivity Suite within an article and was delayed because they said it's a violation of the editorial guide to contain a link "above the fold". Another thing you can do when you have questions, just post a comment on their blog and someone will respond to you.

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