>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
You can always rename your files and leave them with a lot of busted links? --- Isaiah Harrison <IsaiahH@cox.net> 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
They have the links open up in a new window so that the user will not be mistaken in thinking that it is the same site. I don't see anything wrong with what they are doing. They are helping to promote genealogy. > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaiah Harrison [mailto:IsaiahH@cox.net] > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:43 PM > To: STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [STATE-COORD] Fwd: {not a subscriber} Deep Linking our Websites > > > > >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 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.521 / Virus Database: 319 - Release Date: 9/23/2003
FYI - from another list - BTW, here is where the Wisconsin files are at: http://www.censusfinder.com/wisconsin.htm I don't think anyone can prevent someone from linking to our pages - however, there is a code that we can include which will prevent them from changing the URL from ours to a "virtual one".... Anyone have the code? R/S MAK --- Isaiah Harrison <IsaiahH@cox.net> 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 > ===== MAKTranscriber - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
oops - sending to another list - and didn't change the email - disregard last email from MAK. THanks. R/S MAK --- Isaiah Harrison <IsaiahH@cox.net> wrote: ===== MAKTranscriber - http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com
We can't stop these sites. Censusfinder isn't the only one, there are many, many more that link to inner pages within USGenWeb county sites. More sites are developed and taking advantage of it also. Let's face it, we have something others want, DATA. At least they are coming to the county sites when clicking on the links. So take advantage of it. It is called site stickiness. Censusfinder doesn't have it, but the county sites with data on them do. Enhance what will keep the visitor on the county site and all Censusfinder like sites become is specialized search engines and a collection of links. Use them to let visitors find your site. 1. Make sure each and every page with in the county site is clearly marked as being a XXGenWeb site. This let's people know we are out there and who has the data on the pages. 2. Make sure each and every page has a link back to the index of the county site. So many times I have happened across a page from a search engine or a site such as Censusfinder and bam! there is no link to the county site anywhere on the page. I know enough to copy and paste and cut the end out of the link to that page, but a good many visitors do not know about that. 3. Once you get the visitor to your site find ways to keep them there by letting them know there is more on the county site, that will help them. This goes back to putting site links on each and every page. Using SSL to create headers and footers to attach into each page (if your server space allows it) can help ease the chore of doing this on each page. Includes a mention of Rootsweb and why they have site stickiness. http://ecommerce.about.com/library/weekly/aa030300a.htm Patricia Hamp ASC MIGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ Michigan FGS Project FM http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/fgs/ > >X-From_: statecoordinator@migenweb.com Mon Sep 29 17:17:31 2003 > >From: "State Coordinator" <statecoordinator@migenweb.com> > >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 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.522 / Virus Database: 320 - Release Date: 29 September 2003