Comments on: Bad online practices from the New York Times http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/ Online musings from the newsroom and beyond . . . by Yoni Greenbaum Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Why RSS and mobile internet matter to newspapers : Eat Sleep Publish http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Why RSS and mobile internet matter to newspapers : Eat Sleep Publish Thu, 01 May 2008 17:59:19 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/#comment-402 [...] about the Madison, WI based paper The Capital Times (and, I’m happy to say, the NYT actually linked out in their [...] [...] about the Madison, WI based paper The Capital Times (and, I’m happy to say, the NYT actually linked out in their [...]

]]> By: JohnofScribbleSheet http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-359 JohnofScribbleSheet Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:13:03 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/#comment-359 Newspapers have always been stingy with there links, its very bad etiquette. Newspapers have always been stingy with there links, its very bad etiquette.

]]> By: Sean Polay http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Sean Polay Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:12:05 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/#comment-357 Amen, Yoni. NYT's lack of linking is a chronic problem -- and not just at the NYT. If only the folks at nytimes.com had read my earlier rants on the subject... witness <a href="http://ottaway.blogspot.com/2006/03/fixing-hole-new-york-times.html" rel="nofollow">March 2006</a>. Amen, Yoni. NYT’s lack of linking is a chronic problem — and not just at the NYT.

If only the folks at nytimes.com had read my earlier rants on the subject… witness March 2006.

]]> By: Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » Bad linking practices http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » Bad linking practices Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:43:14 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/#comment-356 [...] Greenbaum (editor on the verge) highlights an example of poor linking practices from the New York Times. The Times mentions YouTube videos that are viral efforts to promote the [...] [...] Greenbaum (editor on the verge) highlights an example of poor linking practices from the New York Times. The Times mentions YouTube videos that are viral efforts to promote the [...]

]]> By: shawn smith http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/comment-page-1/#comment-354 shawn smith Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:42:45 +0000 http://www.yonigreenbaum.com/index.php/20080311/bad-online-practices-from-the-new-york-times/#comment-354 Here here! Agreed with you there. I found the same problem when ESPN was talking about Rudy Gay of the NBA who was asking fans to send in dunk ideas for him in the Dunk contest. What didn't ESPN do? Link to the video! News orgs need to understand that they are indeed guides to the internet. If they mention anything that can be referenced on the web, especially video or a website URL (how can they miss linking these) that these items need to be linked! Thanks for the vids! Here here! Agreed with you there. I found the same problem when ESPN was talking about Rudy Gay of the NBA who was asking fans to send in dunk ideas for him in the Dunk contest. What didn’t ESPN do? Link to the video! News orgs need to understand that they are indeed guides to the internet. If they mention anything that can be referenced on the web, especially video or a website URL (how can they miss linking these) that these items need to be linked! Thanks for the vids!

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