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Linking Information

The Way The World Wide Web Works

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Linking To Us

We welcome all links from websites that recognize the value of the resources we offer here. To make things easy we have included some readymade links that you can copy and paste into your pages. We have included two text links of differing sizes, two 'button' links and a banner. Click here to go to our Link Options page.

Linking To You

To have your site featured in our link directory and reap the benefit of the resulting traffic, please read and take note of our Link Acceptance Policy (below), then email the information requested under What We Need From You. Please note that we do not accept all submissions so don't be offended if your request is turned down (we always explain why when this happens).

Special consideration is given to link trade submissions but be sure to actually include our link on your site first. We will want to view it to judge its suitability for inclusion. 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 (item 5 below).

What We Need From You

1. The correct title of the website you are submitting
2. A brief description of what it is about
3. The site address (URL)
4. The category you think it should go in (optional)
5. The URL of our link (in the case of link trade submissions)

To do this, please send an email to the following email address with Link Submission in the Subject line. Please note that we use a protection code to hide the address from spam robots so you will be required to click on the '...' first and answer a question. We apologize for this but really, it only takes a moment.

(*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.

Link Acceptance Policy

We judge the suitability of sites for inclusion in our link directory according to the following criteria:

• Relevance – has information relating to 'content'.
• 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, straight-forward navigation etc.
• Responsibility – does not include extreme views such as race or gender hate, nor a prevalence of foul language, gratuitous 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).

• 101 Internet Answers
• 101 Publishing Answers
• 101 Writing Answers

*Explanation Of Terms

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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