I find this kind of thing to be fairly silly - in a discussion about following web references back to something of interest, Scoble says:

One other thing. I didn’t link to Fred Wilson’s blog. Why? Cause if you really cared you’d have read it by now, right? I assume my readers know how to use Google and TechMeme. Cause you’re smarter than me and I can find Fred in both places right now.

Yeah, Steve Gillmor explained to me why NOT linking is better than linking. Tell me Fred, did your traffic from search engines go up today?

Except... a link makes it easier on your readers. Sure, I could find his blog (and the post of interest) via Google. But I have to actually do that, either using the search feature of BottomFeeder, or in a browser. I could have gotten there immediately if there was a link.

It's not that gestures have no value - if I'm not specifically looking, and I stumble across something, I can use tools to find more information. Likewise, I can rely on search feeds for references. But why should I set up a search feed for "Scoble", for instance, if what I really want is to read his blog? It's easier to just subscribe. Likewise, it would have been simpler to just follow a link.

So in the spirit of additional feedback, I didn't find Fred Wilson's blog, because I didn't bother to look in the first place. Had you linked, I would have. Making me plow through a search engine is way too much like work.

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