Links, etc.

[Phil Payne]

I'm doing a bit of site maintenance and I've discovered a number of broken links.  If anyone
has any suggestions for my links page at http://www.isham-research.com/links.html I'll be glad
to incorporate them.

On a related matter, I've discovered a couple of cases where people have copied one or more of
my pages onto their own site.  This is undesirable for a number of reasons:

a) It's pointless duplication, both of data and search results on Google.

b) It doesn't help with Google ranking.  Links increase Google PageRank, copied text may
actually reduce it (by diluting search results).

c) It means I cannot correct any mistakes I find in my text, and so my name is associated with
incorrect information outside my control.

At the end of the day, there's the copyright issue.  I'm hoping it doesn't come to that.

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  Phil Payne
  http://www.isham-research.com
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