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It's been a long long time since Arseweb had a links section worthy of the name. When the site started, we didn't need one, because there were no other Arsenal sites and precious few football sites (Wolves had one, I think that was it).
It got to the point where suddenly it became a hell of a lot of work to maintain such a section, and I figured that other sources' lists and the rise of the search engines meant that our readers would be able to find what they needed.
But it's always felt like there's an Arseweb-shaped hole in the Arsenal links list world, and basically, I've been waiting till the site could do justice to the job.
So anyway, we're very pleased to announce the launch of our new links section, ArseLinks.
In keeping with the NewsReel concept, the database is categorised and searchable. You can help us keep it up to date by signing up, after which you'll be able to use web forms to suggest sites for inclusion. This process should make it much much easier to keep the whole thing up to date.
Please note that it's not a free-for-all. You're welcome to submit suggestions for the description section, and I'm sure that in most cases we'll go along with our reader's views. But tthe bottom line is: Arseweb is responsible for the descriptions and the ordering of entries in the lists. We want the database to be as useful as possible and that means rewarding quality and being brutally honest about the sites. Don't submit your own site with a ridiculously glowing tribute, and expect it to sneak through, not even temporarily (all entries will be checked before being added to the database).
I've made a bit of a start anyway, with 48 categories and 200 sites listed so far. Please have a look , and use the 'email us' link at the bottom of the ArseLinks pages to send any comments or suggestions. But please do sign up if you want to submit URLs because it makes the process sooooo much easier. Simple emails with URL suggestions will probably be ignored.
Speaking of which, apologies to anyone who's sent their URL to us over the last few years - apart from a few extremely worthy exceptions, we've not been acting on them. But I have trawled through my old emails and added all the sites that were suggested and which haven't already disappeared. If you told Arseweb about your site, but it's not in ArseLinks, it's because I've lost the email and not because I'm ignoring it. If that's the case, I apologise again, and would ask you please to sign up and submit it now.
ArseLinks uses the LinkIndexer engine, with my own extensive modifications.
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