WebWeaver - Why Human Editing?
WebWeaver was created to fill the gap left when so many witchcraft, pagan and occult oriented search engines closed shop. In order to fill this space in good conscience, it became paramount to us that WebWeaver contain valid, useful links that would appeal to the wide range of interests of the community. To create this resource we chose to go about it the hard, manual way, the human edited way, for quite a few reasons:
- Spam Links
Many search engines auto-approve submissions which allows spam links to infiltrate what promised to be a useful search engine. By manually validating submissions to WebWeaver, we avoid listing spam as well as yet-to-be-completed sites.
- The Approval Process
Prior to its inclusion, each site submission is reviewed by human eyes though we do not pass judgment on the actual content of a site. Whether we agree personally with the views of a site is irrelevant as long as the site might be of interest to some in the community. What sites will not be approved?
- More Benefits of Human Eyes
Human editing also allows WebWeaver to avoid the influence of keyword spamming, the practice of placing keywords in a title or repeating them numerous times on a page simply to achieve a higher search engine ranking.
We strive to properly categorize submissions to make browsing the directory more user-friendly. Not all sites fit neatly into one category and so we allow a site to be placed in up to three different categories.
- Cleaning the Web
Every so often, Arachne will go on a cleaning spree to clean out dead links. Nothing is worse than clicking a promising link to get a 404 Error or a parked domain. Dead links waste time and are something that we strive to eliminate in our effort to serve the community.
During a cleaning spree, each listing is re-reviewed to make sure that the link is valid and the site still properly categorized since some sites will change their focus often.
- You Can Help!
You can help by reporting dead links, rating sites and suggesting sites that you love. If you have a listing with WebWeaver, please, please, please keep it up to date. Through your account, you can modify all criteria for your listing as well as delete it.
You can also spread the word about WebWeaver by just talking about us on message boards or by adding one of our banners to your site.
- So, Why Human Editing?
Because of the reasons outlined above as well as some left unmentioned, we think that it produces the best resource for the community. And yes, we are real, live, honest to goodness, human beings.
