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Qualifications to
Join the
Underwater Photo Ring
Typical Member Sites
 | Amateur or Professional underwater photographers (photo
galleries, stock photo, or sales sites). |
| Sites offering hints, tips, tricks, or instruction on
underwater photography and video |
| Manufacturers or dealers of underwater cameras, housing,
and accessories. |
| Underwater photo tour operators, guides, etc. |
| Underwater photographic societies or clubs. |
| Underwater photographic and video competitions. |
| Other sites deemed of interest to underwater
photographers. |
| Sites must have significant content
related to underwater photography Sites that have some
quality underwater photography, but not significant may be approved if the
navigation banner brings the user directly to the UW photo content.
(Scuba sites with only a few
photos or link lists should join a Scuba Ring, under construction sites
will not be added until content is added.) |
| Family Oriented content only - All
sites must be suitable for the entire family. No adult content or
language. |
- Why should my site join?
- The purpose of joining is to increase your traffic by getting
links from related sites targeted at the same interest group. In effect, you are trading
links with a managed group of related sites. You will be able to see how many people enter
your site from the ring, as well as how many people your site sends to other sites. You
can control the link to other sites so that they open in a new window leaving your window
open, using the HTML target tag.
- Who can join?
- This is a managed list, and only sites deemed appropriate by the
"Ringmaster" or "Ring Manager" will be added. The Ring Manager for
this site is Mark Beatty. Sites unrelated to underwater photography or video, or sites not
primarily devoted to the subject will be declined membership. Sites not appropriate for a
family audience will be denied (X or R rated, violent, etc.) The ultimate decision will be
up to the Ringmaster. If your site is more related to Scuba than Underwater Photography, I
suggest you join the Scuba Ring. Click
here to see current ring members.
- What does it cost?
- NOTHING!...except a little time to set up and a space on your web
page. This home page space is provided Diveflag.com and rings are hosted by
RingSurf.com. At this time there is
no cost AND no advertising, except a banner if you pull up the certain ring
site listings. The ring domain name is a donation by UWPhotographer.net.
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- Where do I have to place the ring
navigation?
- If your site is totally about underwater
photography, you can place in on any page and anywhere on that page. Some
sites place it on the home page, some place it on a links or rings page. You
will probably want to place a link to your home page nearby if not on the
home page. See the information on Frames pages
if your site uses frames.
If your site is not totally related to underwater photography, then the ring
navigation banner MUST be on a page that is. The whole idea of a ring of
related sites is for the ring surfer to go from site to site on the subject
of underwater photography.
- How do I Join?
- There are several steps as listed below. The speed of the
process depends upon how quickly you can get your site ready after submission, if the
links and HTML fragment are correct, and how quickly the Ringmaster can approve it
(usually within a week, but occasionally I'm off on dive trips, so it could take a couple
weeks on occasion). Follow these links to submit your site:
Underwater Photo Ring (RingSurf.com)
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