Why I Believe in the Link Economy
Reuters, August 7, 2009
By Chris Ahearn
Blaming emerging news leaders or aggregators for disrupting the business of the old leaders, or saber-rattling and threatening to sue, are not business strategies -- they are personal therapy sessions. If you don't want search engines linking to you, insert code to ban them. The link economy should be encouraged -- no one should be the self-appointed Internet police.
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