Here at AustinOfficialGuide.com we take curation seriously.
The internet is founded on the idea of linking to, sharing, and recommending interesting stories from other sources on the web. To us, curation means finding interesting, well-written, and highly suitable content for our readers.
When we share an article from your website, we are voting to give it our approval. This includes excerpting it and giving it our highest endorsement. We direct readers in all cases to visit the article on your website.
Our goal is to get our readers to read your articles.
We curate and excerpt an article because it is an outstanding example of the type of content we aim to provide for our readers.
If you would like to prevent us from excerpting articles and stories you have published, please contact us and we will do so immediately.
We will comply with your request and put you on a list of sites not to excerpt from. Publishers and authors who are delighted to receive additional exposure and readership for their stories as a result of our curation are the majority of emails we get.
Excerpting Policy
Most online publishers recognize the value of having their stories and articles available on multiple channels.
- quoted
- commented on
- debated
- discussed
- linked to
- new readers encouraged to the articles
Social sharing of online content only extends the reach, impact, and ultimately the effectiveness and profitability of the original publisher’s website.
Articles which are shared on social media place a spotlight on your article and help to promote its value. This is particular useful for publishers who use articles as their main form of monetization because it will extend the lifetime of their content and provide increased exposure to new readers.
We want our readers to discover and visit your website and content.
We Want You To Be Glad That We Excerpted An Article From Your Site
Legal decisions about “fair use” are still evolving online. Our standards are higher than mere legal ones.
We hold ourselves to a much higher standard than what “fair use” permits.
We want “Delighted Use.”
If you are not delighted to be excerpted and linked to by our site, just let us know. We will take action immediately.
We Excerpt Your Stories The Way We Hope Others Will Curate Our Content.
Specifically, if you like a story on our site, we are pleased and gratified.
Please feel free to excerpt it as generously as you wish. In return please just give us clear credit, links back to the article, and some encouragement for interested readers to visit the original article.
Take as much of our content as you think will inform and entertain your readers. Just link, credit, and encourage the reader to visit the original site.
That is what we do.
That is what built the internet.
That is what social sharing is about.
Everyone benefits when sharing is done respectfully and honestly.
Here Is What We Will Never Do.
- We never take your entire article.We never re-publish without full credit, links and sending you readers.
- We never republish an RSS feed verbatim.
- We never excerpt without the intention of sending you more traffic.
- We always change the headline, and add context, meaning, and analysis to your articles.
Our General Guidelines For Excerpts Published On This Site Are…
- Never more than about 30 – 40% of any article
- Never more than one article from any site in any one day
- Never more than what is needed to communicate the essence of the article
Most Importantly…
Sharing and curation and excerpting standards are still evolving online. Our standards of delight may very well differ from yours.
If you want us to be even more generous with links and credit let us know. If you feel your story has had too much excerpted, let us know.
We will fix it to your standards instantly.
