Those pages were built automatically and used whatever they person had as their index.htm page title (between <title> and </title>). If you look at this page - http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TX/Lamar/ - you will see that it is listed as Lamar Co. TXGenWeb as that was my title at the time. If you want to ask that the title of your project be changed, then I would suggest posting a request on the HelpDesk - http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi - and they will get the request to the proper person. (Even if you've done it before, you need to do it again if it wasn't updated.) There is no way for staff (or an automated script) to know what county account belongs to what project. The only way it could be done was by using the title of the page as the link. So, just in case the pages are ever re-indexed, you need to make sure your main page title reflects whatever you want to appear as the link on an index page. Betsy On 06:12 PM 5/18/2003 -0500, Connie Snyder said: >I can only find the Research Templates with all the search engines and >then the >State Resources which gets you to the Roots-L locality pages that have always >been around. I did notice the templates still do not give proper credit to the >xxgenweb sites. They state "xxxxxx county genealogy" instead of xxgenweb >county >site. Is there anyway to get the proper name/credit for our usgenweb >county sites >on those pages? > >For instance, the Dawson County, Nebraska page shows "Dawson Co. NE Genealogy" >instead of the proper name, Dawson County NEGenWeb Project. It's been that way >since those pages were put up a few years ago and although we've asked for the >link to credit the correct name, it's never been changed. > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/ > >Connie > >Betsy Mills wrote: > > > Pat, > > > > RootsWeb doesn't have "state and county pages". They have a listing of > > accounts for states and counties that are on RootsWeb and there is one > > place where people can add links to states/counties that are or are not on > > RootsWeb. They are added by the visitor, not by us. So, I'm not certain > > what you mean. > > > > Betsy > > > > On 08:40 AM 5/18/2003 -0700, Patricia Scott said: > > >seek and ye shall find. > > > > > >Go to Rootsweb. > > > > > >Pat > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > > >To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 4:57 AM > > >Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Bylaws Revision - News > > > > > > > > > > At 08:06 AM 5/15/03 -0700, Patricia Scott wrote: > > > > >I have been watching Rootsweb and the creation and growth of their > state > > >and > > > > >county pages. I truly believe this is just the next step in doing away > > >with > > > > >us all. > > > > > > > > What state and county pages? > > > > > > > > Tim > > > >

Thank you, Betsy, I think I've had the proper title in there for a long time, but it may not have been that way when those pages were created. I do remember that there were a lot of complaints from people at the time. At least you've given us a way to request a change. At the time we were told that they couldn't be changed. The only thing offered to us was to submit another link to be added. That results in two links to the same site. I think this was pre-Helpdesk, so we didn't have that option. Connie Betsy Mills wrote: > Those pages were built automatically and used whatever they person had as > their index.htm page title (between <title> and </title>). If you look at > this page - http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/TX/Lamar/ - you will see that > it is listed as Lamar Co. TXGenWeb as that was my title at the time. If > you want to ask that the title of your project be changed, then I would > suggest posting a request on the HelpDesk - > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/help.cgi - and they will get the request to > the proper person. (Even if you've done it before, you need to do it again > if it wasn't updated.) > > There is no way for staff (or an automated script) to know what county > account belongs to what project. The only way it could be done was by > using the title of the page as the link. So, just in case the pages are > ever re-indexed, you need to make sure your main page title reflects > whatever you want to appear as the link on an index page. > > Betsy > > On 06:12 PM 5/18/2003 -0500, Connie Snyder said: > >I can only find the Research Templates with all the search engines and > >then the > >State Resources which gets you to the Roots-L locality pages that have always > >been around. I did notice the templates still do not give proper credit to the > >xxgenweb sites. They state "xxxxxx county genealogy" instead of xxgenweb > >county > >site. Is there anyway to get the proper name/credit for our usgenweb > >county sites > >on those pages? > > > >For instance, the Dawson County, Nebraska page shows "Dawson Co. NE Genealogy" > >instead of the proper name, Dawson County NEGenWeb Project. It's been that way > >since those pages were put up a few years ago and although we've asked for the > >link to credit the correct name, it's never been changed. > > > >http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/ > > > >Connie > > > >Betsy Mills wrote: > > > > > Pat, > > > > > > RootsWeb doesn't have "state and county pages". They have a listing of > > > accounts for states and counties that are on RootsWeb and there is one > > > place where people can add links to states/counties that are or are not on > > > RootsWeb. They are added by the visitor, not by us. So, I'm not certain > > > what you mean. > > > > > > Betsy > > > > > > On 08:40 AM 5/18/2003 -0700, Patricia Scott said: > > > >seek and ye shall find. > > > > > > > >Go to Rootsweb. > > > > > > > >Pat > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Tim Stowell" <tstowell@chattanooga.net> > > > >To: <STATE-COORD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > >Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 4:57 AM > > > >Subject: Re: [STATE-COORD-L] Bylaws Revision - News > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 08:06 AM 5/15/03 -0700, Patricia Scott wrote: > > > > > >I have been watching Rootsweb and the creation and growth of their > > state > > > >and > > > > > >county pages. I truly believe this is just the next step in doing away > > > >with > > > > > >us all. > > > > > > > > > > What state and county pages? > > > > > > > > > > Tim > > > > >