Fwd: Re: [gutvol-d] Linking to PG policy

Forwarding. ----- Forwarded message from Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> ----- From: Michael Hart <hart@pglaf.org> To: Greg Newby <gbnewby@pglaf.org> Subject: Re: [gutvol-d] Linking to PG policy Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:49:16 -0700 (PDT) Personally, I think that disallowing direct linking to our files will encourage traffice to other sites that do allow for click-throughs to our eBooks. . .such as Google, just to mention one sort of thing. You can forward to the list if you like. Michael ----- End forwarded message -----

Michael Hart wrote:
Personally, I think that disallowing direct linking to our files will encourage traffice to other sites that do allow for click-throughs to our eBooks. . .such as Google, just to mention one sort of thing.
A deep link to an eBook file on ibiblio does not generate any traffic to the PG site. The user gets the file and does not see our site at all. -- Marcello Perathoner webmaster@gutenberg.net
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