MetaFilter posts tagged with linking

Danelope — Wed, 07 Aug 2002 21:21:28 -0800

In the colorful tradition of linking, debates about the etiquette and legality thereof, and moronic corporate policy, comes Don't Link to Us: a weblog documenting corporate sites with painfully stupid linking policies. Perhaps, as the footnote points out, public shaming is the only means by which the tyranny of evil men can be fended off.

jaden — Mon, 22 Jul 2002 08:59:55 -0800

After the outrage about NPR's linking policy, they've written a new one. The ombudsman explains what happened.

cell divide — Wed, 07 Nov 2001 10:33:27 -0800

Want to Link to Auto-Zone? Well make sure you read, fill out, and sign this form, then fax it back to Auto-Zone's legal team. A search on Google reveals that many companies have "Linking Agreements." Mostly large companies looking to protect themselves, presumably in part from being linked from 'the wrong sites'... is this a right that a website owner has, or should have?

prolific — Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:29:18 -0800

We want 'em shorter. Frustrated with links that are too long to 'cut 'n' paste 'n' click'? Makeashorterlink.com makes 'em shorter. Nifty! [ via, and because of the Gorjuss mailing list ]

lagado — Mon, 05 Feb 2001 18:30:44 -0800

Proposed IRS rule could limit the freedom to link. The US Internal Revenue Service is proposing a rule that might make it inadvisable for not-for-profit organizations to provide links on their Web sites to any political site. The IRS is proposing to interpret any link to a political site from the pages of a nonprofit as evidence that the nonprofit is "engaging in political activity" and thus in danger of losing its 503(c) status.

cheesebot — Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:51:21 -0800

$50 charge to link to a story? it just makes me want to spend some money.

elgoose — Fri, 16 Jun 2000 06:55:53 -0800

Is linking illegal? New York Times article about DeCSS linkage fiasco involving 2600. If linking is illegal, the Web is SOL. This is insane.