Right to publish a link

[Rich]

Hi,

I published a link on the links page on one of my sites, linking to a
page on website A (not my site). I also published it on a social media
site. All positive, as I think the content is great....

(Basically "check out this cool page - www.example.com/coolpage.htm")

I got an email from website B saying "

If you want to use this link you have to state below the link that is
taken from Website B. In any other case it is forbidden to use the link.


To be honest I just took the links down and didn't even reply. (and I
didn't take it from website B, I found it on Google)

I personally am chuffed to bits when someone deeplinks to a page on my
site, it's good for both SEO and proves compeling content IMHO.


But I did then wonder.... Can you stop people linking to pages on your
site? Is there a good reason too?
--
Rich
http://www.rhodes-lardos.co.uk
http://www.rhodes-lindos.co.uk
http://www.rhodes-faliraki.co.uk

[Nick Wedd]

Post by Rich
Hi,
I published a link on the links page on one of my sites, linking to a
page on website A (not my site). I also published it on a social media
site. All positive, as I think the content is great....
(Basically "check out this cool page - www.example.com/coolpage.htm")
I got an email from website B saying "
If you want to use this link you have to state below the link that is
taken from Website B. In any other case it is forbidden to use the link.
To be honest I just took the links down and didn't even reply. (and I
didn't take it from website B, I found it on Google)
I personally am chuffed to bits when someone deeplinks to a page on my
site, it's good for both SEO and proves compeling content IMHO.
But I did then wonder.... Can you stop people linking to pages on your
site? Is there a good reason too?

If you are presenting the page you link to inside a frame of your own,
so as to give the impression that it is your own content, there might
be. But I don't think you were doing that.

Don't worry about it, just delete the link. There are lots of weird
people in the world, life is too short to worry about their motivation.

Nick

Post by Rich
--
Rich
http://www.rhodes-lardos.co.uk
http://www.rhodes-lindos.co.uk
http://www.rhodes-faliraki.co.uk

[mogga]

Post by Nick Wedd

Post by Rich
Hi,
I published a link on the links page on one of my sites, linking to a
page on website A (not my site). I also published it on a social media
site. All positive, as I think the content is great....
(Basically "check out this cool page - www.example.com/coolpage.htm")
I got an email from website B saying "
If you want to use this link you have to state below the link that is
taken from Website B. In any other case it is forbidden to use the link.
To be honest I just took the links down and didn't even reply. (and I
didn't take it from website B, I found it on Google)
I personally am chuffed to bits when someone deeplinks to a page on my
site, it's good for both SEO and proves compeling content IMHO.
But I did then wonder.... Can you stop people linking to pages on your
site? Is there a good reason too?

If you are presenting the page you link to inside a frame of your own,
so as to give the impression that it is your own content, there might
be. But I don't think you were doing that.
Don't worry about it, just delete the link. There are lots of weird
people in the world, life is too short to worry about their motivation.

I had someone ask in quite legal terms for a link to be taken down. It
was a plain text link to their site with no negative comments. It was
very strange imo...

The only other times I'd had link removal requests is when I posted a
link to a knitting pattern someone had made of a tv character>
Apparently the BBC are very strict about people doing craft stuff with
their characters.

[John Bokma]

Post by Rich
Hi,
I published a link on the links page on one of my sites, linking to a
page on website A (not my site). I also published it on a social media
site. All positive, as I think the content is great....
(Basically "check out this cool page - www.example.com/coolpage.htm")
I got an email from website B saying "
If you want to use this link you have to state below the link that is
taken from Website B. In any other case it is forbidden to use the link.

Link? :-D.

[www.1-script.com]

responding to
http://www.1-script.com/forums/Right-to-publish-a-link-article57838--1.htm

Post by Rich
But I did then wonder.... Can you stop people linking to pages on your
site? Is there a good reason too?

I had to re-read your story twice to make sure I understand the situation.
Site B does not want you to link to site A for some BS pretend reason? I
can think of only one reason - B is a competitor of A and wants you to
take the link down by making up a reason that's guaranteed to irk you
enough to actually comply.

You are asking if you can stop people to link to pages on YOUR site. Well,
you can try if they link to a bad page (like creating dupe content or
linking to a page that generates errors) or you can just make sure that
the link eventually lands on a good page anyways. But I have never heard
of a *legitimate* reason to prevent someone from linking to ANOTHER site.

It makes no sense even from the practical stand point. There are hundreds
of google/yahoo/bing scrapers out there that will post the link anyway
(and possibly butcher it in the process) and you will never ever get a
reply from 99% of those sites.

And lastly, if the email from site B looked like it could be created
automatically, I would actually alert site A (assuming it's a good site
otherwise you would not link to it in the first place) about this attack -
this info may come handy for them if they are scratching their heads about
why they are loosing backlinks.

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[Rich]

Post by www.1-script.com
responding to
http://www.1-script.com/forums/Right-to-publish-a-link-article57838--1.htm

Post by Rich
But I did then wonder.... Can you stop people linking to pages on your
site? Is there a good reason too?

I had to re-read your story twice to make sure I understand the situation.
Site B does not want you to link to site A for some BS pretend reason? I
can think of only one reason - B is a competitor of A and wants you to
take the link down by making up a reason that's guaranteed to irk you
enough to actually comply.
You are asking if you can stop people to link to pages on YOUR site. Well,
you can try if they link to a bad page (like creating dupe content or
linking to a page that generates errors) or you can just make sure that
the link eventually lands on a good page anyways. But I have never heard
of a *legitimate* reason to prevent someone from linking to ANOTHER site.
It makes no sense even from the practical stand point. There are hundreds
of google/yahoo/bing scrapers out there that will post the link anyway
(and possibly butcher it in the process) and you will never ever get a
reply from 99% of those sites.
And lastly, if the email from site B looked like it could be created
automatically, I would actually alert site A (assuming it's a good site
otherwise you would not link to it in the first place) about this attack -
this info may come handy for them if they are scratching their heads about
why they are loosing backlinks.
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I never even considered that the email might be malicious and from a
competitor of A. That could be an explanation, and I will email
webmaster@ site A just to confirm the request was received. But thanks
to all who replied, I'm still in the same place; there's no good reason
to stop anyone linking to you. If the content is compelling and
generates link activity it's a good thing.
--
Rich
http://www.rhodes-pefkos.co.uk
http://www.rhodes-lindos.co.uk
http://www.rhodes-kolymbia.co.uk