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'''Credibility is created through external links and support.''' | '''Credibility is created through external links and support.''' | ||
Support for an argument is the most important element when establishing credibility. Support is created within a site with internal links to other pages. Credibility and external support are found by linking to information on external sites. One must be careful to make sure external and internal links are working. Otherwise, credibility is dealt a major blow. | Support for an argument is the most important element when establishing credibility. [[Relevance_and_Support|Support]] is created within a site with internal links to other pages. Credibility and external support are found by linking to information on external sites. One must be careful to make sure external and internal links are working. Otherwise, credibility is dealt a major blow. | ||
Jason Fry's article, [http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/maximizing-the-values-of-the-link-credibility-readability-connectivity/ "Maximizing the values of the link: Credibility, readability, connectivity"] has a quote from Matthew Ingram: "I think not including links (which a surprising number of web writers still don't) is in many cases a sign of intellectual cowardice. What it says is the writer is unprepared to have his or her ideas tested..." He was responding to another contemporary's article that suggested too much linking within the body of a text is taking place online and contributing to online ADD. Ingram's argument suggests that by linking to other sites, credibility is assured through intellectual comparison and conversation. | Jason Fry's article, [http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/06/maximizing-the-values-of-the-link-credibility-readability-connectivity/ "Maximizing the values of the link: Credibility, readability, connectivity"] has a quote from Matthew Ingram: "I think not including links (which a surprising number of web writers still don't) is in many cases a sign of intellectual cowardice. What it says is the writer is unprepared to have his or her ideas tested..." He was responding to another contemporary's article that suggested too much linking within the body of a text is taking place online and contributing to online ADD. Ingram's argument suggests that by linking to other sites, credibility is assured through intellectual comparison and conversation. | ||