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for wwweb site owners: meeting the www standards is critical to accessibility [don't end up like bill] see: http://validator.w3.org/ janet [ONML] At 11:14 AM 2000/04/14 -0400, you wrote: >Providing more links is in itself not sufficient. The link often results in >yet another hit in some of the less-smart search engines. Ditto YAPP (Yet >Another Page on Parkinson). > >My intention is to act as an "ambassador" for the PARKINSN list. I'll visit >some of the other PD message boards and list and make sure people with >questions are aware of the other boards and lists. > >And maybe we can help newbies to spot which books on the floor are "dog-eared" >from being well used. > >Linda J Herman wrote: >>[...] >> - Could our list web site owners provide more links to other >> "PWP-friendly" >> sites, and those that they have visited themselves and know provide >> accurate, up-to-date information. Could you also include links labeled >> something like "Good sites for the newly diagnosed." >> >> - William Parrett offered some hints for increasing the ranking of web >> sites on search engines. William, could people contact you for assistance >> if needed to adjust their meta-tags? >> >> - Volunteers could check the directories and meta-sites that have a PD >> category, and note which of our favorite sites are missing, and ask the >> site owners to submit their pages for inclusion. >> >> - Each of the PD organization sites offers unique and valuable >> information. Could they link to each other? For example, the NPF site >> has some good information on Young Onset PD, and there is additional info >> on the APDA Young Onset I&R site. Why not link to one another? We need >> all the information we can find. I also noticed yesterday on the NPF >> site there is a new Parkinson's Ring link - but only 4 sites are on it so >> far. It doesn't say where this Ring originated - but this could be a good >> tool if there are some guidelines for which links are included. >> Any other ideas? >> Linda > >-- >Frans van Duinen > (416) 652-8580 > Toronto, Ontario > janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0