Lazy Linking

[coolmiester]

Just a pet peeve of mine that i thought i'd get off my chest before the new year :D

I've noticed recently that many people (not just on this forum but all over the net) post links for a product for example with just the URL and expect people to click the link when in reality a lot of time could be saved if the poster substituted the URL with the product name.

Is this just laziness on the posters behalf and / or is it to much to expect from the readers point of view???

For example............same link but at least it could save time by not clicking as i know already what an EK Supreme looks like

http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=21_30&products_id=211

or

EK-Supreme - Acetal (universal socket) (http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=21_30&products_id=211)

[smee]

Haha, i hear ya..

i'm more intrigued to click the one with the name in it...

good idea, ill have to start doing this. :up:


Also, I've found that, when you post something, say in a worklog... about 50% of the time people aren't even reading what you type, just looking at the pictures... so if I try and explain something by typing it and putting it underneath a picture, most of the time people will post asking "so how are you going to do _____?" even though I just explained it... xD

so i try to explain things in pictures... much easier :D

[Baleful]

I feel the same way man. Every now and then i'll do a lazy post, but 9 times out of 10 I add the URL to the product name. Looks much better IMO.

[Fitseries3]

im trying, im trying. i'll get better over time. sorry :o

[lloyd_mcse]

Yeah I'm with ya coolmiester :up:
When i used to admin a forum about 5 years ago when u posted a URL, after pressing the url button you could add text above (to replace the URL) in the same box and I'm sure that forum was vbulettin, i could be wrong?
I never wanted to seem like a noob so never asked how to do it Ashamed now i now know u can highlight the txt u want to replace and click the URL button :up:
But that's not hard to do - is it :shrug:

EDIT: other forum brands are different and have the option to add text when u add the url. I'm not sure why vbulletin doesn't have that

[Xilikon]

On HWC, all links posted by users is always replaced by the page title via a vBulletin mod.

[ND40oz]

On HWC, all links posted by users is always replaced by the page title via a vBulletin mod.

Lot of forums are like that, definitely makes it easier on everyone.