Not everyone is aware of the body of my work on my site. Over 160 articles, many of which address the questions that come up here.

Great. And so you've decided to use this site to advertise? Note, however, that there are also sure to be 160 sites that answer the OP's question; but he came here.

Hence, it's a useful contribution, with a very large reward-to-effort ratio.

Well, such responses keep your effort to a minimum, at any rate. But you'd have the OP wade through an article where the first 80 percent doesn't address his question at all.

Besides, it's a column. And it's offsite. Offering it as an answer isn't exactly fostering a dialogue. Like hattmoward suggested, you could put a little explanation around your plug.

Also please stop accusing me of taking action because I'm smug. F.U., if you think that.

I'm not accusing you of taking action because you are smug. I just think you act smugly. I think your answer, which starts with the phrase "as usual", is a smug answer. It certainly has an air of self-satisfaction.

I write a lot, but everything I write has to stand on its own, not on some sort of historical reputation that you think I have.

That's right. And I'm calling you on it. Answering, "I've got a column on that" does not, IMO, stand on its own. I think such an answer is little more than a cheap way to increase your link count so google ranks your site higher.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";