I’ve read a few blog posts recently and decided to create a
short entry on an overview of creating and internalizing links.
Simple Steps to create a link:
Begin be creating your blog post, and write
about a particular topic
In a second browser window navigate to the webpage
you want to link to from your blog post
Copy the URL of that page, as this will keep
what’s copied in your clipboard. In my example to a particular post about Pinterest in Education.
Back on your authoring page, type what you want
the readers to associate with as your link.
Highlight those words, and with the words
highlighted find the link button
Paste in the URL appropriately
The words you highlighted should now be linkable
words taking readers to a new online location
Post your blog entry
Below is an example of a blog post creating a link
Somtimes it may be nice to see the entire URL as a link, if the intent is for your audience to learn the URL lingo, like
http://pinterest.com/ . As a rule you want to type in a word for the reader linking them directly to the website, like
Pinterest. Remember readers probably don't want to read
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2012/02/08/pinterest-and-education/ but rather "
Pinterest in Education"
