Daily Grumble

I’ve just been reading Robert Scoble’s brief post refering to Louis Gray and this practice of bloggers linking to themselves.

It’s not what Scoble himself says that bothers me, but more some of the comments that have appeared with the post.

David Morris writes,

If you need to refer to a previous blog post then you just need to state things like the name of it and when you posted it. Then people can go through the blog’s archive if they actually want to check the source.

Whilst I agree it’s definitely a bad idea to link to one of your own posts when you’re trying to us it as a source to back up your argument, there’s nothing wrong with linking to a previous post when you’re merely referencing it (eg. About a month ago I talked about…).

Surely it’s poorer idea to expect your readers to search for the post themselves?

For example, I wrote a post called, ‘Apple iPhone? Yes, yes, yes!’ last January. Go find it. Alternatively, you can click here. I know what I’d find easier.