Excerpting for a lot of news sites is required. It's the blogs that post one sentence and then expect you to go there to read the rest. I don't. If a blogger doesn't have enough respect for what he's written to post the whole thing then I don't bother giving them hits.
Amen and ditto. Too many blog pimpers around here.
You don’t bother giving them hits anyway, it seems, if they post the entire thing.
I am not talking about posting one sentence. Of course, enough should be posted to tell the reader whether or not they want to continue the piece. That’s just good manners and net etiquette. Even so, no one is making the reader go to any link unless he wants to read further; that is his decision, regardless how large the excerpt is.
I think it’s just rude (if not worse) to take someone’s entire piece and post it on another website, especially without their permission.
Plus, providing content is a service to the entire internet community, one that often is dependent upon ad revenues. We expect FReepers to kick in some each for this site to keep going. I don’t see a difference in supporting any other site, even just with clicks, if we use that content.
What would we read and talk about here if people didn’t provide content? For those not on the MSM payroll, especially, hits are important and page loads determine ad revenues. Even within the more MSM, hits are important — they tell authors and editors which stories have legs.