Linking to your own Website

There are a lot of people that will tell you that linking to your own articles in a blog post is a good thing. It will help to garner views for your other posts. But too much of it can be a turn-off to some readers. Here’s why.
A lot of readers look to weblinks in stories as reference citations. It’s like proof of the idea you are talking about. If you constantly link to your website as proof, then you can lose credibility with some readers. We’ve all known people who will give their opinion as fact. If they only cite themselves, then they can possibly lose readership since some will not respond well to that.
We can apply the saying, “everything in moderation” when it comes to linking to your past stories. A little self-promotion is fine but going overboard might send the wrong impression.

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