This site is really cute (read that sarcastically). When you put your mouse over a link, you can't see what it is in the status bar - just a message put there by some Java Script probably. At least they don't use frames to make it look like their own work. Plus, the links often have Ancestry attached, as in http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=5647408&siteid=39580444&bfpage=bfrd&bfurl=http://www.ancestry.com/rd/befree/affprodredirect.asp?key=Uhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/1844prov.html The end result was one of the RIGenWeb pages http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/1844prov.html I don't see that they have done anything wrong. It's just annoying. Susan Isaiah Harrison wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:17:32 -0600 >> X-From_: statecoordinator@migenweb.com Mon Sep 29 17:17:31 2003 >> From: "State Coordinator" <statecoordinator@migenweb.com> >> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> >> Old-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:17:38 -0400 >> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 >> X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list >> Subject: {not a subscriber} Deep Linking our Websites >> X-Envelope-To: STATE-COORD-L >> >> I have just been contacted by one of my County Coordinators who is a bit >> upset over this person deep linking to her webpages. And it appears >> to most >> of the MIGenWeb sites. I see my sites, such as Mackinac and Mecosta have >> been deep linked as well. She has asked this person to stop linking >> to her >> sites as she feels that the site appears to be pushing affiliate >> links, such >> as Ancestry, and we are free genealogy sites. >> >> I hesitate to say much as I'm not sure that we can stop anyone from deep >> linking to our sites. I see her concern, yet, I don't see that we can do >> anything, and particularily because Ancestry is one of the affiliates. >> >> Is anyone able to shed some light on this, give me some advice, >> whatever...... The link is below. >> >> http://www.censusfinder.com/michigan.htm >> >> Jan >> MIGenWeb

Interesting, the links on the Nebraska page are mostly normal links without all the extra garbage. They open in the same window. It doesn't have javascript, since I visited with javascript turned off in my browser. The links still worked. I don't mind people linking straight to a certain sub-page, but they need to give proper credit. Making a statement that's tucked away at the bottom of the page that they are just linking to other sites is not enough to make it right. Connie Susan W Pieroth wrote: > This site is really cute (read that sarcastically). When you put your > mouse over a link, you can't see what it is in the status bar - just a > message put there by some Java Script probably. At least they don't use > frames to make it look like their own work. Plus, the links often have > Ancestry attached, as in > > http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=5647408&siteid=39580444&bfpage=bfrd&bfurl=http://www.ancestry.com/rd/befree/affprodredirect.asp?key=Uhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/1844prov.html > > The end result was one of the RIGenWeb pages > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/1844prov.html > > I don't see that they have done anything wrong. It's just annoying. > > Susan > > Isaiah Harrison wrote: > > > >> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:17:32 -0600 > >> X-From_: statecoordinator@migenweb.com Mon Sep 29 17:17:31 2003 > >> From: "State Coordinator" <statecoordinator@migenweb.com> > >> To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > >> Old-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:17:38 -0400 > >> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 > >> X-Diagnostic: Not on the accept list > >> Subject: {not a subscriber} Deep Linking our Websites > >> X-Envelope-To: STATE-COORD-L > >> > >> I have just been contacted by one of my County Coordinators who is a bit > >> upset over this person deep linking to her webpages. And it appears > >> to most > >> of the MIGenWeb sites. I see my sites, such as Mackinac and Mecosta have > >> been deep linked as well. She has asked this person to stop linking > >> to her > >> sites as she feels that the site appears to be pushing affiliate > >> links, such > >> as Ancestry, and we are free genealogy sites. > >> > >> I hesitate to say much as I'm not sure that we can stop anyone from deep > >> linking to our sites. I see her concern, yet, I don't see that we can do > >> anything, and particularily because Ancestry is one of the affiliates. > >> > >> Is anyone able to shed some light on this, give me some advice, > >> whatever...... The link is below. > >> > >> http://www.censusfinder.com/michigan.htm > >> > >> Jan > >> MIGenWeb