It’s probably happened to all of us: you want to link to a really interesting factoid in a really long article, but you’re not sure if the people reading your social network or blog post can find the factoid in all that text. You could just screenshot the factoid, but then you wouldn’t link to the original article, which is both bad internet etiquette and not that effective at showing your source material. Or you can take the screenshot And throw in the link, which is better but inconvenient. Or…
Use the Chrome browser Copy link to mark function.
When you are a writer or editor for a site like The edgeyou do one lot of pairing. That’s because when you write a story, you want to link to your source material, to a Forget article related in some way to what you are writing, or just something really entertaining. But if you’re trying to direct someone to a specific quote or chart or paragraph, you don’t want them to have to search the article until they find it.
Recently I was editing an article where someone described a device they really liked – and had briefly mentioned in another article. I wanted to be able to direct the reader directly to the entry, but didn’t know how to do that. Then another editor explained how.
For example, if I wanted to direct you to information on how much Dyson’s weird Bane headphones weigh, rather than just linking to the article (as this link does) and hoping you’ll find the right sentence, this link will take you directly there. And the nice thing is that they can use the link regardless of which browser they use.
I am going to use this feature a lot from now on.
It’s easy when you know how. In your Chrome browser:
Janice has been with businesskinda for 5 years, writing copy for client websites, blog posts, EDMs and other mediums to engage readers and encourage action. By collaborating with clients, our SEO manager and the wider businesskinda team, Janice seeks to understand an audience before creating memorable, persuasive copy.