Don't forget to use permalinks

Just a friendly reminder about linking to blog posts:  remember to always use the permalink when referring to a specific post.  What's a permalink?  It's a link that goes directly to the specific entry of a blog, instead of the blog's home page.

For instance here are links to:

This blog's home page

• http://just-riding-along.typepad.com

A permalink to a post on this blog

• http://just-riding-along.typepad.com...2005/08/the_interbike_q.html

Why is this important?
The problem with using the home page address is that blogs are frequently updated and content is constantly being pushed down the page.  So, if you use the home page link, your audience will click the link and see a bunch of content that has nothing to do with what they're hoping/expecting to read.  They may not take the time to scroll down and search for what they want...they'll probably just keep on surfing.

Comments

[BikeBlogs.com]

Thanks for the reminder. I need to start doing this more. I get lazy and normally just link to the sites main page.

[gwadzilla]

good point.
at times it is just the one story that I want to share
how do I get just the one story (on blogger) and not the whole archived page

I know if I click on the "recent posts" it will single out the story
but
what about later
with the archives