zjacob - 9:25 pm on Feb 19, 2005 (gmt 0)

Back in June 7, 2001, Walter S. Mossberg of the New York Times had this to say about Smart Tags:

"It's up to a site's creators to decide how many, and which, terms to turn into links, where those links appear, and where they send users. It's part of the editorial process."

That statement applies to the AutoLink feature as well.