Why the Links to Other Sites?

St. Louis Park Patch is more than an online newspaper—we want to be your first look for all the news and information about our community you can find online. That’s why, alongside the content we create ourselves, you’ll occasionally see headlines from stories, blogs and other sources of information created outside of Patch (you can see an example of this with the gas prices post on the home page).

Clicking on these headlines takes you away from Patch and right to the original source. It could be another newspaper, a personal blog, a school district or anyone else producing online information we think would interest our audience. Sometimes, next to the headline, you’ll see a little rectangle with an arrow—this symbol means clicking here will take you away from Patch and onto another Web site. To return to Patch, just click the back button on your Web browser.

We always credit and link to the people who created this outside content. These people benefit because we bring them a wider audience. You benefit by getting quick access to more information you care about. And St. Louis Park Patch has made your time online a little more efficient.

We’d love to hear your thoughts and questions about this. And if you know of a Web site or blogger our local audience should know about, please let us know. Email me at michael.rose@patch.com or call 612-590-5984.