Let‘s say I mention in my
write-up an
avant-garde jazz pianist. How this should be
hardlinked?
1.
avant-garde jazz pianist – that is, one link
2.
avant-garde jazz pianist or
avant-garde jazz pianist – two links
3.
avant-garde jazz pianist – three independent links
The third option is most generic – the
reader is invited to see what do people over
E2 think about each of these terms:
avant-garde,
jazz and
pianist. Yet, it is perhaps too generic. It‘s advantage is that it presupposes least of
reader‘s
knowledge.
The second option is more interesting. Yet, the decision must be made – what is more important,
avant-garde jazz or
jazz pianist? That is, does the reader
knows (or better yet, is
interested in) what
jazz pianist is, and thus would rather read about
avant-garde jazz, or has some notion of
avant-garde jazz and is more interested in
jazz pianists?
The first option is most
concrete, and leaves little for the reader to
decide.
Assuming that all of those
nodes really
exist, the probability of getting some
useful information is higher for the shorter (one or two word) links than for the
cluster.
But the
decision must be made. In the end, you think about your
ideal reader and choose one option. It affects the way people move around
E2 greatly. Of course, they can
search by themselves – they‘re not limited to the
explicit links, but is their
attention focused enough? After all, we‘re just
surfing...