Linking Information
What We Need From You
- The correct title of the website you are submitting
- A brief description of what it is about
- The site address (URL)
- The category you think it should go in
- The URL of the page on your site where our link appears (in the case of link
trade submissions)
(go to the bottom of this page for a further explanation of the
terms used above)
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 (left 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.
Our Other Sites
The following of our sites also have link directories and accept link submissions, subject to
similar criteria relating to relevance and quality. We recommend that you visit the one(s) you
are interested in to submit your request(s).
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.
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