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Per4orm,
Absolutely right. I just meant managing the external links in a Link module. You would still use the same content module (News, WFSections, whatever) but at the end of the article...
instead of
http://externalnewssite.com/story?99
you would use
http://mywebsite.com/modules/mylinks/visit.php?lid=12345
Nothing changes in your content module. It's just now you would have the benefit of managed links. This would also let you do things like put the external site in a frame (already an option in the Links module I think) or have a redirect page that alerts the user they are leaving you for an external site. (Personally, I wouldn't do that, but, it's an option).
The big advantage would be managing links, particularly if the module periodically tests links to make sure they aren't dead. It would also let you track the response to a particular item.
Thanks for your post though. It means my first post wasn't clear enough.