http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2006/10/08/philipp-lenssens-tips-for-crafting-a-linkable-blog-post/ Startups, Entrepreneurs, and Consultants Wed, 3 Dec 2008 22:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2006/10/08/philipp-lenssens-tips-for-crafting-a-linkable-blog-post/#comment-64195 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:22:59 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2006/10/08/philipp-lenssens-tips-for-crafting-a-linkable-blog-post/#comment-64195 [...] Phillip Lenssen (author of the “How Linkable is Your Blog” tool, reviewed back in 2006 by us with “Philipp Lenssen’s Tips For Crafting a Linkable Blog Post” ) wrote “11 Link Usability Tips” in October of 2007, here are my picks–retaining his original numbering scheme–for the top 4: 1. Make sure there’s enough space to click on for a given link. Do you know those A-Z link lists? They’re a common navigation element on top of some directory-style pages, going like this: “A | B | C | D | …” etc., where each letter is linked. In this case, some letters – especially the “I” – become much too small to comfortably click on. Use a non-breaking space around each letter (”… I …”) to increase the clickable area, allowing for easier navigation. You might also want to use this approach for link text like numbers (e.g. “1”) or symbols (e.g. “#”). [...] […] Phillip Lenssen (author of the “How Linkable is Your Blog” tool, reviewed back in 2006 by us with “Philipp Lenssen’s Tips For Crafting a Linkable Blog Post” ) wrote “11 Link Usability Tips” in October of 2007, here are my picks–retaining his original numbering scheme–for the top 4: 1. Make sure there’s enough space to click on for a given link. Do you know those A-Z link lists? They’re a common navigation element on top of some directory-style pages, going like this: “A | B | C | D | …” etc., where each letter is linked. In this case, some letters – especially the “I” – become much too small to comfortably click on. Use a non-breaking space around each letter (”… I …”) to increase the clickable area, allowing for easier navigation. You might also want to use this approach for link text like numbers (e.g. “1”) or symbols (e.g. “#”). […]

]]> http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2006/10/08/philipp-lenssens-tips-for-crafting-a-linkable-blog-post/#comment-23757 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:36:05 +0000 http://www.skmurphy.com/blog/2006/10/08/philipp-lenssens-tips-for-crafting-a-linkable-blog-post/#comment-23757 [...] Also see an earlier post Philipp Lenssen’s Tips For Crafting a Linkable Blog Post. [...] […] Also see an earlier post Philipp Lenssen’s Tips For Crafting a Linkable Blog Post. […]

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