If your site is paid through advertising or page views, it can be agonizing to use external links because it feels like if you link off your site your readers will never come back. In this article, I'll explain why linking to other sites than just your own can have extended benefits to your site, your readers, and your bottom line.

Creating Better Links

• Why and How to Use External Links
• How Do You Feel About External Links?
• Linking Strategies - Plan How You Will Link to Other Sites (and Your Own)
• Links: Creating Links, Using Links, Styling Links, Anchors, Hyperlinks and Hrefs
• How to Add Links to Web Pages

External Links are a Good Idea originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Monday, June 28th, 2010 at 17:21:47.

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