Posting personal URLs

Can I post a link to relavent content on my personal site?

[Slade]

For the last few weeks, I've been working on my personal domain. I'm building a blog, plus a few content sections.

One of the content sections is PHP related, the other is anything goes. Can I post a deeplink to content on my site, if it's relavent?

Again, this is a personal site, that I'm putting together not-for-profit.

If I found a link to relavent content for a thread on someone else's site, I'd not hesitate to post it...

[brotherhood of LAN]

Hello Slade,

I guess part of the problem with "endorsing" links to particular sites is that there will most likely be another 100 members here with similar sites who "wouldn't mind" having a link from WebmasterWorld to their site. This can create a problem.

It's a good idea to keep a theme of equality with these sort of things IMO.....it makes it easier to call what is plain spam and what's legitimate. Since it's your site, and you are a member, I guess that would cloud up the problem a bit ;)

[Slade]

Picture, also, this scenario:

Someone posts a question/problem. It intrigues me, so I whip up some code or an example. I test this either locally or on my site. When I'm finished, I post a link to the work I've done.

The code stays on my site(where I can find it in the future), and it's easier than then copying/pasting it back to a forum.

Or:
What about a non-active link? I say look at http://mysite.tld/your/problem/solved.html, rather than saying go to my site, and look here/there/everywhere for the answer.

Note: I'm not trying to buck authority, or break rules. I collect info thats useful. I'm in the process of posting a lot of that onto my personal site. Yeah, I'd like some recognition, but what I'm really after is to just be able to find that info again myself.

[WebGuerrilla]

From a board management perspective, it just doesn't work. Although your site might be non-profit and your intentions good, having a policy that allowed the posting of personal links ends up doing more harm than good.

[Filipe]

Anyone see this (erm, my) post?

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[Brett_Tabke]

For every rule we could think up regarding urls - being the good batch of seos we are - there would be someone to post a legitimate way around it in a few hours.

We are focusing on being an industry related board instead of a "help me" site. That lends itself to few urls being posted and fewer problems as a result.

[volatilegx]

I would think Stickymail covers the link posting dilemma quite well. Whenever I want to post a link, instead of doing it, I just post something like "I won't link to that here... just stickymail me".

I see that a lot by other posters, too.

[lorax]

We are focusing on being an industry related board instead of a "help me" site.

I may have read this wrong but just to be sure - my take on WebmasterWorld is that we are willing to help you help yourself by providing a nudge in the right direction. Doing the legwork on your own is the best way to learn and is encouraged. And WebmasterWorld has a ton of excellent on-target info - it's why we're here. A policy that supports posting code whenever someone asks doesn't necessarily help them. Part of what helps us learn is going through the motions of research and trial & error. I agree that to break the policy, however well-intentioned, could open the flood gates.

That being said, I think it's true that if you've spun your wheels and are still pounding your head against the wall - then someone usually relents and posts the missing piece. It's just not encouraged. We are professionals bent on being our best but we're also human and recognize the need for encouragement and a helpful hand.

Respectfully,
Gregg