And both will create the desired foot-traffic.
And? This is the internet - explicitly designed to be able to link from one resource to another so that you don't have to have duplicate copies of information thither and yon. You place a copy here, I link to it there, and done. As long as you are not required to establish an account, log in, or whatever, I see absolutely no problem with the practice.
Every link generates "foot traffic" (as you put it) for someone. I and many others here link to resources citing law, relevant stories, etc., and no one seems to be bothered.
In fact, it only seems to be a problem for you, and only in this one case - perhaps it is the particular organization that is getting the "foot traffic" that bothers you? If so, may I respectfully suggest that you get over it. You certainly don't have to follow said link and generate "foot traffic" for that organization, but to then carp about the information being stored somewhere you don't like and claim it somehow isn't being shared for informational purposes is disingenuous. It is being shared, freely and publicly, and it serves to inform. You just don't like the organization that is being used to do so. Tough.