Linking to other websites?

[Limited]

The first article on the frontpage is Oscar Tan's (rakso) article posted on SCG. I was wondering if this is something we do; i gather that Oscar is a CPA'er but if he wrote the article for SCG, should we be linking to it? Is the CPA a website with its own content or are we aiming to be a sort of guide to other websites?

Maybe outside links could have a different layout?

Any thoughts?

 

[Spiderman]

Basically the first - he was one of the first CPA'er but writes for SCG. As a courtesy, we've always linked to him when he notifies me that an article is up; I don't go to SCG every day and check to see whether he's written that day or not. We've done the same thing for orgg, Isty, and Notepad (off the top of my head) - other CPA'ers who've written for other sites. Obviously we're not linking to other sites when non-CPA'ers write.

Why the concern?

 

[Limited]

When I was looking for websites about casual magic i found a couple off sites that were just linking to other pages and not really having "their own stuff".. and I moved right along. Seeing how it is the top link for quite a while, i wander how many other casual players are going to skip the CPA..
Maybe this is just me..
Moveover, I usually read the sites I want to read and guess the others CPA'ers read SCG too.. seems like they would notice the article anyway.

 

[Spiderman]

Well, it was the top link until your article came along. But that's part of the problem here - it was the top link for almost two weeks because nothing else was in the pipeline.

 

[Killer Joe]

HEY! I'm working on it!

 

[DarthFerret]

My Question is, When you do a search and find the CPA, what is the opening line underneath the title? (This is usually the first sentence on the Home Page, but not always.

 

[Spiderman]

If I do a search through Google, I get "Magic articles for casual players, a message board, chat, and online polls." And then there's a subset of that where it goes to the Mission Statement page. But nothing like the first sentence of the Home Page.

 

[DarthFerret]

Who puts the opening line on the search? Maybe there is a way to make it sound more appealing?

 

[Spiderman]

I think Ed does. Not sure how to change it from a normal "admin" point of view, but I'll poke around.

 

[DarthFerret]

okeyday, if nothing else, maybe you should make a posting contest or something for the best opening statement, and take the most appealing one to Ed and see what he thinks.