Blog linking etiquette

[Greg the dogsitter]

I found a blog with some info I modified and used; I would like to post the result on my own blog, with acknowledgment of the source. What's the etiquette for doing this?

GtDS

[MGS_forgot_password]

Don't the guys at engadget do this all the time? Copy what they do, I don't know if it's proper, but they made a lot of money doing it.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

It depends on the blog. Some sites have automatically generated links called trackback, which I see as an unoffical invitation to use content if you link to it. A slight step down is if the blogger has a title that is a URL at the start of an entry. The lowest level, though I still see it as an invitation to use content, is if the bloger at least has a heading in the HTML that identifies an entry (such as www.blog.com/gtds/18-05-2006.html#linking-etiquette). You might also post a link to their blog if you read it often. You could also email them and ask...

[Seacrest]

Paraphrased content.

1. Source of Paraphrased content.As if anyone is reading your blog anyway. ;-)

[Greg the dogsitter]

[quote Seacrest]As if anyone is reading your blog anyway. ;-)
According to my server logs, someone is! Oh, wait...that's just me.