QUOTE (Doug @ 18 Dec 2005, 09:10)What is it?
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It's a thing that's been going on in the States for decades but seems to have gained new impetus with the advent of the internet and seems to be spreading from their shores.
Basically, you design a pseudo "season ticket" or rail ticket, typically 550x300 pixels, for your layout. On it you put a design of your choosing - mine is a blue background to reflect the same colour scheme as my website with a picture of a class 60 added and then made slightly transparent - and then you add some detail to it. I've put the name of my website, the URL, some terms and conditions and then I add the name of the person I'm issuing it to,an issue date, pass number and the website details of anyone who requests a pass from me.
I always request a pass in return. After that I then add any pass I'm issued to the section of my website devoted to this with a link back to the website of the person issuing me with a pass. They should be doing the same for me.
It's a way of improving your website's ranking, should increase the visitor numbers to your website - my traffic has gone up 8-fold since I started taking part - is a more colourful and interesting way of adding links to websites and gives you a degree of control over how any link to your website looks.
You can find a sample of the pass I issue plus all the passes I've received so far at:-
http://www.shaunsmodelrailway.net/e-Rail-Pass.htm
I might also put up a description of how I designed my pass if anyone's interested.
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It's a thing that's been going on in the States for decades but seems to have gained new impetus with the advent of the internet and seems to be spreading from their shores.
Basically, you design a pseudo "season ticket" or rail ticket, typically 550x300 pixels, for your layout. On it you put a design of your choosing - mine is a blue background to reflect the same colour scheme as my website with a picture of a class 60 added and then made slightly transparent - and then you add some detail to it. I've put the name of my website, the URL, some terms and conditions and then I add the name of the person I'm issuing it to,an issue date, pass number and the website details of anyone who requests a pass from me.
I always request a pass in return. After that I then add any pass I'm issued to the section of my website devoted to this with a link back to the website of the person issuing me with a pass. They should be doing the same for me.
It's a way of improving your website's ranking, should increase the visitor numbers to your website - my traffic has gone up 8-fold since I started taking part - is a more colourful and interesting way of adding links to websites and gives you a degree of control over how any link to your website looks.
You can find a sample of the pass I issue plus all the passes I've received so far at:-
http://www.shaunsmodelrailway.net/e-Rail-Pass.htm
I might also put up a description of how I designed my pass if anyone's interested.
