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Does anyone else find it odd that the majority of links in his articles are to his own articles?
by vitd 13y ago
Does anyone else find it odd that the majority of links in his articles are to his own articles?
- ben336 13y agoNope. He's written a lot within a clearly defined scope "the human side of software development", so his articles are often related. Beyond that, self-linking is a great form of self-promotion and getting readers engaged in a blog.
- Helianthus 13y agoMaybe. That was the style of the day, and Atwood's blog can easily be read sequentially (such that the self-references aren't necessarily self-promotion so much as they are helpful reminders of previous concepts). At least, I spent a summer in 2008 reading through his blog.