[consulting] Site credit question

[Christian Pearce]

I rarely engage customers directly. Usually site designers hire us to handle all the site building activities. From what I have seen, all of them put their link in the footer. From what I understand, they don't ask they just do it. And if the client doesn't like it they just remove it. I sort of agree with the Honda analogy, but it is more like the dealer who sold you the Honda. They put those stupid license plate borders advertising their business. And I promptly rip them off. But some people don't. But I don't go so far as to remove the Subaru badge from my car, yet I have seem people do this as well. 

So I say just go over it. Consider it part of your design, if they don't like it just remove it. Or better yet it opens the dialog of why you want it there and what can they do to accept it. Versus, asking to do it. I can understand why bigger sites balk at it. 

----- "Sam Cohen" <sam at samcohen.com> wrote: 
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> I can certainly see why a client wouldn't want developer credits on their site, but I'm not sure why a developer wouldn't at least ask for it, as if can only bring in business. I'm also not sure why it would be seen as exploiting a relationship. Does Honda exploit me by putting their logo on my car? I'd like to think the client is happy enough with the work I did that they would want to put my name on their site. 
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> Though I have to acknowledge, it does seem like an old school practice. 
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> I'm interested to hear what others think about this? 
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> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 3:09 PM, David Notik < dave at d202.org > wrote: 
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I think site credits are old school and unprofessional. As you discovered, you won't find many great sites with site credits, certainly not in the footer that appears on every page. The client has paid you to build them a site and so I think it wrong to indefinitely exploit the relationship by in effect advertising on their site. (Hosted products/services are a different matter. Bartering for some advertising via a commercial site's established advertising channels is another story too.) Rather, leverage the success by way of a case study, and share it on drupal.org . And most folks who really want to know who developed a site will contact your client via the site (be sure they like you enough to refer you), which is better than a cold lead anyway. 

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> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Sam Cohen < sam at samcohen.com > wrote: 
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> Hi all, 
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> I recently decided it would be a good idea to ask my clients if it would be ok to add a site credit on their site linking back to my site. Well, most agreed, but one of my bigger clients balked and asked for examples of other sites that give a site credit to the developer. Well, I thought this would be easy to find an example, but I'm having a hard time finding larger sites that give the development shop any credit for the site, at least in the footer (as opposed to buried somewhere) 
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> Just wondering if anyone has any examples of site credits for site developers, either in the footer or somewhere else? This client is willing to do it, just wants to know what the common practice is. 
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> Also, do most of you even ask for a credit on the sites you develop? Is giving a site credit to the developer is a thing of the past or something only done for small sites? And if they don't put it in the footer, where would it go? 
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