Comments on: For want of a hat tip: How many blogs give link credit?

By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:48:10 +0000

I get most of my links from google alerts or other blogs, I will try and be more conscientious about double-linking with a hat tip when I do pick up a link from a blog.

My posts are pretty heavily linked up already though, not sure how well I can integrate a second link without interrupting my flow. Guess that’s my problem to solve.

By: Daniel J. Pritchett

Daniel J. Pritchett — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:46:41 +0000

Heck, I pull in so new ideas on a daily basis that by the time I get around to blogging them I forget where I first saw them. Just this morning I was reading over an old blog post and thought “so that’s where I got the idea for my entry two weeks later!”

By: theologien

theologien — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:19:55 +0000

I guess I am one of the .01% that gives credit where credit is due, and try to note where I found a picture or graphic that I use on my blog, esp. if it is from an established artist or on flickr.

I also no longer link a book to Amazon, simply because I see no reason to send business their way as opposed to someone else. I usually try to find a link on Google books, and failing that, Library Thing.

By: Scott Fish

Scott Fish — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:31:21 +0000

I liked the idea of this post! Hat tips are a great way to participate in the blogosphere that your blog relates to. In the celebrity gossip niche, there are daily lists of 10-20 “hat tip” posts that people write, just to get attention of other bloggers.

At the end of the day, if your content is unique and provides value, a hat tip should be given…

By: Sumesh

Sumesh — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:44:47 +0000

The blogosphere is choked to commercialization, and it is no surprise that people don’t link out – so that visitors stay on the site and create more pageviews, more revenue and income.

PS: I’ve been fired from a freelance writing job because I (rightly, with proof that I later wrote on my personal blog) accused my editor of plagiarism. And I’m proud that I was fired for that reason alone

By: Jeff Ballinger

Jeff Ballinger — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:45:41 +0000

I can’t imagine bloggers doing it any other way, but then I’m a former print journalist. I just carried over my practices from there so citing is just the norm. I wish others did it all the time, too.

By: Patrick Hillman

Patrick Hillman — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:53:21 +0000

Somewhat OT, but... A few blogs I read are SO courteous, they even credit sources for the *pictures* they use! I'd say about .01% of bloggers do that. (I rarely do, unless it's an artist or something. But never for stock photos.) Interesting side-note on this topic: I even got busted once (letter from a lawyer & all) for using a picture online w/o permission.