You're invited to join on WebRing

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Hello!

You have been invited by the RingMaster, heather_leigh_2001, to add your web

site to the WebRing titled " . "

http://H.webring.com/hub?ring=

On WebRing, similar sites are grouped together in Rings and linked to each other

by a simple navigation bar. Rings are created and maintained by the RingMaster,

who determines the look and feel of the Ring, approves sites submitted to the

Ring, and encourages others to join.

To become a member of this Ring, visit this URL and follow the instructions:

http://H.webring.com/wrman?ring= & addsite

RingMaster's comments:

" This Web ring is for the members of the Beingsick group "

If you have no interest in joining this Ring, simply delete this email.

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[Guest guest]

,

There is no subscription fee for the web ring. I do know that

there is a service where a person can give money via pay pal, but that

is up to the owner of the ring when setting up the service.

Re: You're invited to join on WebRing

Hello

I used to think webrings was the greatest thing since slice bread but

ever since they went commercial...

Basically webrings is a portal service just as , Lycos, Infoseek,

or Google are portal services however rather than run spiders that

search the web for web pages based on various algorithms like keywords,

number of links referring to a given site etc., webrings depend on the

various communities producing the content to index themselves.

Essentially web pages that join a ring get a link to the ring's list, to

a random site in the ring, to the next web site in the ring and a link

to the previous web site in the ring making browsing a given topic

relatively easy. The end result is that once you're in an appropriate

ring, you're likely to find sites on the same topic very easily simply

because the individuals creating the websites came together as a

community. Effectively, the content tends to be less prone to

commercial preferences with some rings whereas the rings set up by

commercial interests can be easily avoided.

Unfortunately, I have a problem with a company charging a subscription

for access to the search engine when the content they provide access to

are from amateur individuals as are the work of collecting and indexing

the content; so I've been avoiding webrings altogether for quite some

time. That and I don't want to pay a monthly subscription fee.

Regards,

l harris wrote:

>What is a webring and what is the advantage of joining

>it? Thanks!!

>Lee

>--- handd1@... wrote:

>

>

>>Hello!

>>

>>You have been invited by the RingMaster,

>>heather_leigh_2001, to add your web site to the

>>WebRing titled " . "

>>

>>http://H.webring.com/hub?ring=

>>

>>On WebRing, similar sites are grouped together in

>>Rings and linked to each other by a simple

>>navigation bar. Rings are created and maintained by

>>the RingMaster, who determines the look and feel of

>>the Ring, approves sites submitted to the Ring, and encourages others

>>to join.

>>

>>

>

>...

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hello

I used to think webrings was the greatest thing since slice bread but

ever since they went commercial...

Basically webrings is a portal service just as , Lycos, Infoseek,

or Google are portal services however rather than run spiders that

search the web for web pages based on various algorithms like keywords,

number of links referring to a given site etc., webrings depend on the

various communities producing the content to index themselves.

Essentially web pages that join a ring get a link to the ring's list, to

a random site in the ring, to the next web site in the ring and a link

to the previous web site in the ring making browsing a given topic

relatively easy. The end result is that once you're in an appropriate

ring, you're likely to find sites on the same topic very easily simply

because the individuals creating the websites came together as a

community. Effectively, the content tends to be less prone to

commercial preferences with some rings whereas the rings set up by

commercial interests can be easily avoided.

Unfortunately, I have a problem with a company charging a subscription

for access to the search engine when the content they provide access to

are from amateur individuals as are the work of collecting and indexing

the content; so I've been avoiding webrings altogether for quite some

time. That and I don't want to pay a monthly subscription fee.

Regards,

l harris wrote:

>What is a webring and what is the advantage of joining

>it? Thanks!!

>Lee

>--- handd1@... wrote:

>

>

>>Hello!

>>

>>You have been invited by the RingMaster,

>>heather_leigh_2001, to add your web site to the

>>WebRing titled " . "

>>

>>http://H.webring.com/hub?ring=

>>

>>On WebRing, similar sites are grouped together in

>>Rings and linked to each other by a simple

>>navigation bar. Rings are created and maintained by

>>the RingMaster, who determines the look and feel of

>>the Ring, approves sites submitted to the Ring, and

>>encourages others to join.

>>

>>

>

>...

>

>