Sometimes technical, sometimes not, never a kitty

(I apologize in advance for anyone I'm citing below.  Your intentions were good, but IMHO, your technique leaves soemthing to be desired.)

Almost as annoying as bad-question-askers-in-forums are the click-here people.  That was bad enough on web pages, but it's gotten worse with the explosion of blogging.

First example comes to us from John Cilli's Commerce Connect.  John found an article that he'd like to share:

Before I "click here", I'd like to know what the article is about.  Maybe it's something I already read this morning.  Maybe it's something he thinks is useful, but not necessarily something Id find so.  No indication.  John's blog is reputable, but whatif this is a random blog--could "here" be a trojan waiting to infect my system?  And since my Internet usage at work is monitored, I can't just click willy-nilly.  Chances are I'll forget when I get home, and any benefit from the article is lost.  The article title and maybe a snippet or short abstract would be really great (see me pat myself on the back below for an example).

John Papa brings us our next example, but it's more of a "Where's Waldo: Hyperlink Edition" style of linking.  Can you see the download link below?  It's that little tiny one labelled "Attachment(s)", below the Google ads and Published information.  This isn't so much John's fault as it is the skin designer's.  Unless John designed the skin.

So who does links well?  Mike Gunderloy does a good job, with a title and short description.  Scott Hanselman as well.  I think I do article links prett well; see http://www.rjdudley.com/blog/First+Ultra+Mobile+PC+Comes+To+US.aspx for an example.

I'm sure both everyone of you reading this article has seen more than enough examples.  Share some below.  But don't be a bad linker; not in the comments, nor in your posts.

<update 2006-05-19>

Jesse Ezell adds one to the list.  Hey Jesse, what is 'this'?