Citebite Helps With Citing Quotes But Messes With Inbound Links

Posted on February 9, 2007

Citebite is a useful deep linking tool. It allows you link directly to a quote within a webpage. You just input the quote and the link in the form at Citebite and it returns a citebite url that takes you directly to the quote. F

There is one big problem with Citebite. Since it creates a new Citebite URL it could mess up inbound links tracking on blog search engines like Technorati and Google Blog Search (if you are using citebite for link to a quote found in a lengthy blog entry). The best bet if you are going to citebite a quote from a blog is to be sure to also include the actual link to the blog post containing the quote as well as the Citebite quote link. This way it won't interfere with inbound links or trackbacks.

Citebite also has a Bookmarklet for Internet Explorer and a Firefox Extension. They also recently launched a blog. Lifehacker says it could come "in handy especially when you're writing something with lots of internal links."