Thanks for the comment!

When it comes to the web, links increase the AP’s credibility and no doubt its pagerank too, I can accept that. But the reason why bloggers link to the AP is precisely because it is so credible already.

This credibility is because the AP have spent money and time getting stories researched and written and the bloggers are benefiting from their efforts for free by be able to link to this credible and trustworthy resource whose voice can be relied upon.

When you look at it from that perspective, any “favour” is flowing more from the AP to bloggers than to the AP from bloggers.

Blathnaid

Some of this is fair enough, but saying that the AP should consider being linked to by blogs a favour…he can’t actually be serious!

Sure it’s a favor. When bloggers could just as easily link to uncountable other sources with the exact same content, how is it not a favor to choose one over another?

I particularly like the fact that Alexander Wolfe’s post is built on blogging software yet he is calling bloggers out!

Shows that established media are embracing the tools if not the ideals of bloggers!

Eoin