Another day, another Globe hyperlink issue, but it's not the usual complaint.

In a story about how a woman, attempting to renew her license online, was scammed by (what the Registry claims is) a web spoof, The Globe broke its habit of not providing relevant links by helpfully providing a link to the scammer's site. I'm not sure this is progress.

The spoof in question really wasn't a spoof, it was one of zillions of 'buyer beware' scams on the internet. The woman was simply fooled by the scam site's placement on Google.

Now, by providing the link, The Globe insures that the scammer's Google ranking will increase.