question about posting links to other sites

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Forgive me as I am not the most computer literate of the TM, but I was curious if it was kosher to include a link in a post to another website. Say “ESPN.com” for example. Is there some rule about certain websites ?

Sorry if this is a silly question, I just have a good idea for a thread but I didn’t want to get myself or the SDMB in hot water.

Thanks.

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The only links we’re concerned about are porn and spam. There’s nothing wrong with linking to a commercial enterprise as long as you, yourself are not connected to it financially. ESPN would be fine, assuming you don’t own the American Broadcasting Company.

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Thank you Uncle Beer.

I am your most humble and drunken servant.

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Just as long as you leave a couple cold ones for me.

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Could you clarify a bit? Say a Microsoft employee were to post a link to a relevant technical page at Microsoft’s site in the course of answering a General Question. Would that be OK?

Note: I am not in any way affiliated with Microsoft; it was the first hypothetical I could come up with.

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I think that it’s kosher as long as you do not personally and directly financially benefit from said link.

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That’s my impression, but it never hurts to ask the mods.

8

andygirl’s got it right. It’s OK to link to your employers webpage if it answers a question asked.

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Thanks for the clarification.