[WEB4LIB] Re: Libweb and the Seven Year Itch

[Thomas M G Bennett]

I think Thomas has enough to do (and does a great job) without having to
chase down a website every time it moves.  A responsible webmaster should
inform people and sites before moving if possible.  After moving use the
free tools on the web to submit your new URL to the search engines.  If you
are a webmaster on this list then you should be familiar with Libweb and
think to send Mr. Dowling a note that your URL has changed and the new URL.
IMHO any list like this is for mutual support and should be used as such,
you don't have to be just a listener.

Thanks Thomas, Roy, Karen, and Bernie, the W4L Advisory Board and list
owner, for your continued support and work.

Thomas


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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Nancy Sosna Bohm
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 6:05 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Libweb and the Seven Year Itch


<snip>
>... However, I have the
> time and inclination to do only a very little poking: sites that turn out
> to be unfindable get deleted from the directory.  This is especially
> likely to happen with public libraries whose pages live at commercial
> ISPs.  When you move from there, there's usually no pointer to where
> you've gone, and no obvious parent web site that might provide the new
> link.  I've actually deleted more sites than I've added over the last few
> weeks - a good reason to get a reasonable domain name and stick with it.

You don't just do a Google search for the missing Library page by titles?