My other blog, Difficult Seasons, addresses those times of life that we all go through that are hard — death of a loved one, caregiving for a family member, loss of a job, broken relationships, and severe illness. I hope you’ll give it a look and recommend it to those you know that are going through these seasons.
There are many blogs that address these concerns, and recently some of these agreed to participate in a WebRing that leads readers from one blog to another. It’s a great idea, and initially I also agreed to participate.
The problem that popped up was the website that provides the linkage: Webring. You’ll notice that I didn’t hyperlink their web address. That’s because when you go to their site you’re bombarded with a loud message and flashing graphics from a very annoying ad. Unfortunately, the way the webring works is by sending people from your site to the webring site with the annoying ad — where you can then find the links to the other blogs.
I hated being subjected to the ad. And I certainly don’t want to send my readers there to be annoyed. Because then they’d be annoyed with me.
Lesson learned? Be careful what you agree to until you see the implementation. You could lose a lot of readers fast.
by Jim Hughes
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