Re: Webring now totally useless?

by "N. Whittley" <nwhittley(at)cinci.rr.com>

Date:	Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:33:35 -0500
To:	<mkear(at)afpwebworks.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
References:	afpwebworks
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Yes I also think it is now a total waste of time.   I have a couple of
clients who have webrings
and I may tell them to just get rid of them because they are no longer a
true ring.  I just feel like it was another nice feature, that was
ascimilated by a borg, and is now no longer. :-D

Nancy

> Have other webmasters found this or is it just me ....
>
> Since the ownership of the webring organization changed from Yahoo,  it's
> become totally worthless.  Users can no longer move from one site to
another
> on a ring, they have to log into webring.org and then fill out forms etc
to
> get registered, then find the ring you're on (if they still remember) and
> then find your site, and then click on the next site in the list.
>
> Is it just me or do others also think this is a total waste of time and
> there's no point in supporting it?    Does anyone use the webring thing
any
> more?
> ( Examples:   http://bluegrass.org.au   http://modelwarship.com   See the
> webring box at the bottom of the home page on each site.)
>

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