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    When you read something that interests you and that you adopt in your own content, you need to attribute it to the original author. Different ways exist to attribute and different reason. We attribute to gain credibility and to give credit to the author, to gain credibility; out of respect to the author, to our readers and to ourselves.

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    When you read something that interests you and that you adopt in your own content, you need to attribute it to the original author. Different ways exist to attribute and different reason. We attribute to gain credibility and to give credit to the author, to gain credibility; out of respect to the author, to our readers and to ourselves.

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    The Web Is Attribution: How To Make Friends and Influence People On The Internet

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    THE WEB IS ATTRIBUTION

    How to make friends and influence people on the Internet


    What is attribution?
    What is attribution?
    What is attribution?

    I made this.
    What is attribution?

    He, she, or they


    made this.
    How do we attribute on the web?
    How do we attribute on the web?

    http://
    How do we attribute on the web?

    http://
    every link is essentially an
    attribution
    Why attribute on the web?
    Why attribute on the web?

    It is ethical.

    It encourages accuracy.

    It aids research and builds on existing knowledge.

    It helps you build trust among your readers.

    It helps you build credibility among your peers.

    It can enhance your search-engine ranking.


    WAYS TO ATTRIBUTE ON THE WEB
    journalism: direct quotation
    journalism: partial quotation
    journalism: indirect quotation
    blogs
    blockquotes
    aggregating posts
    blog
    aggregators
    hat tip, via:
    quoting yourself
    to shorten or not
    quoting visuals
    embedding
    <object width="425"
    height="344"><param name="movie"
    value="http://www.youtube.com/v/
    bkjDrt2davA&hl=en&fs=1&"></
    param><param
    name="allowFullScreen"
    value="true"></param><param
    name="allowscriptaccess"
    value="always"></param><embed
    src="http://www.youtube.com/v/
    bkjDrt2davA&hl=en&fs=1&"
    type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
    allowscriptaccess="always"
    allowfullscreen="true" width="425"
    height="344"></embed></object>
    charts
    wikipedia
    wikipedia: footnotes
    trackbacks
    retweeting on twitter
    retweeting on twitter
    sharing from any website
    facebook: attribution or referral?
    facebook: attribution or referral?
    EXTRA!

    http://commons.wikimedia.org

    http://search.creativecommons.org

    http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies

    http://www.archive.org/index.php
    COPY-PASTE KILLS CREATIVITY
    If the license allows, remix, reuse, recycle. But don’t forget to attribute.
    The SMEX Citizen Media Training of Trainers was
    made possible with the generous assistance of
    the American people through USAID.

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