On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 07:33:12PM -0700, Jim Scolman wrote: : : Hello, in the beginning the Internet promised instant and widespread : publishing to everyman. This was to be the revolution that was to give : voice to anyone who wanted to publish. But now, to mix my metaphors, if a : thought is published on the Internet and no one can find it to read it, does : it make a noise? I know about meta tags and page optimization, and search : bots. I have done searches for topics in my field and copied the meta tags : from the pages that float to the top, into my pages and still my pages do : not appear in search results. I have registered my pages with search : engines, knowing there is no promise of service. In reality and jest : threats are made to "Put that on the internet!!" If there were a leaked : memo from Rumsfeld, a hot picture of Ms Spears, or the notice of a meeting, : how would it be "posted to the Internet". Any of these bit of information : and countless more can and are posted everyday......but who knows about : them, how does one find them, if no one sees them they do not exist! I give : notice of my web pages via eMail to those whom I hope will be : interested.....but this is hardly instant worldwide publication. This is : not sour grapes and I do not have a solution...this is what I think is the : "Myth of the Internet". Sincerely, Jim Scolman
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