The folks at Stone Temple Consulting did another really nice interview with Google’s Gary Illyes and asked him some interesting questions. One thing Gary Illyes said was at the 51 minute mark where he said he hates it when news publications do not link out, he went as far to call that practice “stupid.”

He said it makes him “angry” that they do not link out and calls it “stupid” because they are likely fearful that the link may hurt them for some reason. The internet is made up of links and not linking out is not how the internet works, he explained.

Here is a piece of the transcript:

Here is the video embed at the start time:

Truth is, it is Google’s fault there is fear in linking out. 🙂

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