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Symbiosites that only receive from the network and not give anything back

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StefC:
Hi everyone, I think it should be a requirement to link to symbiostock.info if one wants to be included in the global search engine, otherwise those websites will only receive and receive and not give anything back to the community. Or, if they choose to "go solo", they shouldn't be added to the global search engine either.


a quick question: I haven't added Dashphoto.eu to my network, yet it appears both on my network page and in my search results. How come?

Ron:
If any rule or requirement is applied to Symbiostock, I will go solo. No one tells me what to do with my own site. If you want to exclude me for that, so be it.

StefC:
I'm sorry if it sounded harsh, but what I mean is: do you want to be part of the network (hence be included in the global search engine)? Then link to it, too. Collaborations are not 1-way streets.

Does it sound fair to say: "OK I like this network thing, please everyone send me buyers. I won't give you any one, though, I want to fly solo..."

it's like those big link directories that send you lots of visitors and ask for a link back to be included in their index. If I don't want to link to them, I just don't apply (and choose not receive inbound traffic from them)

Ron:
If you want to throw me out of the global search, go ahead. If you want to remove my 1100 high quality images, be my guest. I am sure you dont need me.

Symbiostock was created with a networking option, which I use. I have linked to 5 people.

Someone then created a global search, on his own merit. Its a great feature, but if you want to make it mandatory to link to the global search, and threaten to throw me out if I dont, then I will delete all links in my network and go solo.

No one ever told me it was part of Symbiostock when I joined, and it wasnt actually, it came in a later stage. Changing the terms along the way, I have heard that before...

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--- Quote from: StefC on December 18, 2013, 16:18 ---Hi everyone, I think it should be a requirement to link to symbiostock.info if one wants to be included in the global search engine, otherwise those websites will only receive and receive and not give anything back to the community. Or, if they choose to "go solo", they shouldn't be added to the global search engine either.


a quick question: I haven't added Dashphoto.eu to my network, yet it appears both on my network page and in my search results. How come?


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I think whoever makes site X should be free to run it how they want.
If symbiostock.info wants to run the site in a way that requires people to back-link to them to be listed in the directory, then that is fair and that is their decision.  If they want to just create a directory regardless of backlinks.. that should be OK as well.  Both ways of running the site make sense and neither way is more fair/unfair

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