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> On Tue, 4 May 1999, Georgiana VanSyckle wrote:
>
> > I have had a rather hot debate over whether the web is
> linear or nonlinear in its organization.


I wish the web could remain non-linear but recently I've been
caught up in a debate over deep linking. With deep links one can
link to a page that contains relevant information. But lately I'm
running across instances in which (usually for commercial
purposes) owners of sites don't want to allow a specific page to
be linked. They say links must be only to their home page and
that then people must trail through a series of pages to get to
the information. This seems to clumsy to me, to have to provide a
link and then all kinds of text explaining where to go on
arrival, what series of links to follow to get to the
information.

To forbid deep linking seems to me to be a practice that ignores
the essence of the web. Have any of you experienced problems
with deep links?

paula


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                          Paula Edmiston
                   mesoelectronic hunter/gatherer
     edmiston@cs.unca.edu    http://www.cs.unca.edu/~edmiston/
  Specializing in Exploration & Tool Use on the Matrix of the Net
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