The Way The World Wide Web Works
Phew, that's a lot of Ws! Try saying that while looking in the
mirror. Do you look like a goldfish or what? Seriously though,
if you are unsure about the wisdom of linking to other sites
you should read this article about the way the web was conceived:
and the way it really works. If you've ever been frustrated
by conventional searching, or the difficulty of attaining a decent
search engine 'ranking', it should strike a chord—and perhaps
lead to a rethink about how to find, and make things more findable,
on the web. Click here to read the article.
Linking To You
To have your site featured in one of the sections
shown in the menu to the right—and reap the benefit of
the resulting traffic—please read and take note of our Link Acceptance Policy, then
complete the application details below if you agree with our
terms. Note: we view all sites submitted to judge their
suitability for inclusion and we don't accept all submissions.
Please don't be offended therefore, if your request is turned
down. We always explain why when this happens.
Linking To Us
Special consideration is given to link trade submissions,
which have a better chance of inclusion, but be sure to actually
include our link on your site. The procedure for trading links
is the same as outlined above, except that you need to include
the address of the link page on your site that shows a
link to ours. Click here to
look at a variety of pre-made links we have provided to make
things easy for you.
Link Application
Each of the following entry fields has a short explanation immediately
after it to remind you of our Link
Acceptance Policy terms. All the fields marked with an asterisk
are required to be completed.
What You Will Get From Us
Traffic
The number one return for you, of course, is traffic, and hopefully
lots of it. We can't guarantee how much, of course, because that
depends on things like demand for your product or service, the
way your link is worded, and so on, but our
site traffic is certainly increasing in leaps and bounds.
Why not capture some of it?.
Valuable Content
Most website visitors are not aimlessly surfing but actually
looking for specific information. By trading links you get to
add our content to yours, so to speak, without
having to diversify your own efforts. We undertake to display
your Reciprocal Links (those of yours on our site that
are matched by our links on yours) for as long as you do likewise.
This produces results that can be relied on.
Visibility
If you become a Link Partner, special help is given to
make your link more visible. It gets displayed near the top of
the page in its category and listed again amongst the
general entries (with a prominent star indicating that it is
a Link Partner). Instructions on how to become a Link
Partner are included with the confirmation email we send
to to all webmasters displaying Reciprocal Links.
Readymade Link Options
We have a number of links already made up to make it easy for
you to choose an appropriate one. Click
here to go to our Link Options page.
We judge the suitability of sites for inclusion in our directory
according to the following criteria:
- Relevance—has information directly related to one or
more of the categories shown in the main (right margin) menu.
- Transparency—has straight-forward and easily found
navigation links from the home page towards all external links.
- Usefulness—has unique or original data, or a useful
collection of data sourced from elsewhere.
- Professionalism—has reasonable grammar (for easy readability),
correct spelling, sensible layout etc.
- Responsibility—does not include extreme views such
as racial, religious or gender hate, nor a predilection for
foul language, violence, pornography etc.
Title
Preferably, the home page HTML Meta Tag, if done properly (<TITLE>Site
Name</TITLE>). Not a description. For example, if
the title is 'Aunt Kath's Fruit Pies', that is exactly what visitors
will expect to see prominently displayed on the page after clicking
the link. All words in titles are usually capitalized. Avoid
exclamation marks. Maximum characters allowed, including spaces:
75.
Description
Once again, we prefer the Meta Tag, if done properly (<META
NAME="Description"
CONTENT="Blah blah blah">). For example: "Delicious
home-made pies baked the traditional way using all natural ingredients.
Overnight home deliveries a specialty." (but do not include
quotation marks). Capitalize only the first words of sentences
and proper names. No exclamation marks or 'funky' punctuation
allowed. Maximum permissible characters, including spaces: 200.
We will truncate it if it's longer.
Site Address
Preferably, the URL (Internet address) of the default (Home)
page. For example http://www.yoursite.com or perhaps http://www.somehost.com/~auntkath
(some hosts still use the tilde to signify a site). You may indicate
a specific page (such as http://www.yoursite.com/pies) but this
will only be acceptable if there is good reason given. Maximum
number of characters to a URL: 255.
Category
The category on this site, as shown in the left column menu
above, that you think would best fit the general theme of the
site you are submitting. Only one category is allowed and exceptions
to this rule are rare. This is only a guide for us; we will make
the final decision as to which category it should go under or,
indeed, whether it should be included at all.
Our Link
To trade links, you need to put a link on your site
that points to ours. It must be reachable directly from the home
page by means of a pointer such as a menu item ('Links', for
example). You then need to specify the page on your site
where our link appears. We will reciprocate with a link on our
site to yours, if your site is deemed appropriate. Once approved,
we undertake to keep your site listing displayed for as long
as you display ours, and not to remove it without informing you
(provided the site's theme remains the same and your contact
address is current).
This undertaking applies no matter how busy our site might become
(and therefore, how much traffic we might send you). Not only
that but, if we deem your site to be particularly appropriate
in some way, we might elevate it to Site Partner status
as a recommended site.
Another Site
The following website also has a link directory and accepts
link submissions, subject to similar criteria relating to relevance
and quality. We recommend that you visit it if you are interested
in to submit a request.
101 Newsletter Answers
Some Random Links
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