Linking to other sites

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Originally Posted by AndyS

If i want to link to site X from a blog or on my LL because i like the site and think it will be a useful for my surfers is it considered best to email the owner of the site and ask first?

Most people would love for you to link to them and this would be uneccessary. But if you want, an email or ICQ after doing it probably would not hurt. They may decide to just go ahead and link back to you as well without you asking if they like you site (or otherwise believe in reciprocity). Long ago this was how things often worked when things were not as commercial in the business (when people often had sites primarily because they were interested in the subject, with money as a secondary concern).