Put links!
The blogosphere is really a world apart. Once upon a time, when I had a commercial site, I avoided putting competitor’s links on my site: I didn’t want people go to them. That’s obvious!
But today it’s different: not only because I deal with a niche - i.e., blog owners wanting to promote themselves and earning money - but also because certain rules in the blogosphere are not valid anymore.
I do not see anymore putting a link in a post, or on my blogroll, a possible way of users to go away; and this is because blogs are just reminders, quick notes to other articles, sites, newspapers, blogs.
If you avoid to put a link, you’re getting trouble: first, because the information you’re dealing with typically is not yours. Secondly, because visitors expect links in a blog: if you don’t, people will be tired of reading your voice only and won’t believe your truth.
Are you going to lose visitors if you put links to other sites and blogs on your site? No. If you give people information, people will recall that in the future, and will seek information again on your site.
Blogs are the most democratic expression on the Internet.
