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Why?!
I
have been collecting "Bahamas links" for some
years now, in the beginning mostly to satisfy my own curiosity but then
also to help others who are searching the internet for (background
rather
than tourist) information about the Bahamas. This
website is not fancy!? Well, I'm not a web designer - I consider
content
more important than presentation.
http://www.bahamaslinks.ch
/ Johanna
at bahamaslinks.ch
/ http://www.geocities.com/bahamaslinks/
- bahamaslinks
at
yahoo.co.uk
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Statement
- Copyright Information
Links
to third party websites: Most
of
the links within my website will let you leave www.bahamaslinks.ch. You
acknowledge that the linked sites are not under my control and that I
am
not responsible for the contents or operation of such linked sites or
any
link contained in such linked site, or any changes or updates to such
sites.
I am not responsible for web casting or any other form of transmission
received from any linked site. I am providing these links to you only
as
a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement
by me of the linked site or any association with their operators.
Privacy
statement: I respect your
privacy:
No data is collected and no email addresses will be sold or shared with
any other organization or person(s).
Copyright:
This website is not copyright
protected but please give credit if you copy anything from here.
Thanks & Credits:
Thanks
to all who refer people to my website!
Nigel, Jeff, Tamara..
11.03.04
Thanks to all the reviewers! http://bahamascommunity.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=131
18.03.04
Thanks to Ben Jamieson of thyme online
for his updates, corrections and links
The "search my website" function is a
free
gadget
from atomz.
Some
problems (challenges!) could be solved with
the help of the wise old man
the
sysiphus.gif original source might be "the
Indiana University Department of Philosophy Home Page" which doesn't
exist
anymore
Advertising:
SCC
= websites with commercial character
I
don't want to advertise for companies'
websites.
Nevertheless, I will list a company website if it contains some
interesting
information about the Bahamas. AND Sometimes people are asking for
links
to lawyers, real estate agents etc. One could just refer them to "the
complete
list". But, so far, I have also listed a few lawyers etc. which have
been
mentioned/recommended (not by themselves) in forums. But I'm picky and
wary about adding new ones.
"Private"
abbreviations used on this website
(XenuErr)
= see here
SCC
= websites with commercial character, see here
XX
= something is in progress here (e.g. temporarily broken link)
+++Articles
= quick references to news articles
(+local
save) = as one never knows how long a
link is valid I sometimes store articles on my local computer
++Discussions
= links to discussions on message
boards etc. (instead of copying the whole discussion)
+Book
= quick reference to books
Dey
comin = Bahamian for "under
construction"
;)
Some forum regulars
Name | Mail (if given) | Remark |
Ann | (hotmail broken) | Arawak Inn |
beachbum | beachbum957 a hotmail com | |
Brian | Website | |
Cal | calm a lilly com | |
canuck4 | hchkd a hotmail com | |
Carrie | carriek5 a hotmail com | |
Cheri | cheri a bahamasvg com | Website |
conchman | website | |
Danny | ditson a comcast net | Website with forum, especially GB |
Dianne | dianne.patterson a comcast net | website |
Gini | Llondry a aol com | San Salvador |
hootchman | msayler5 a codetel net do | |
Janice | janice a bahamasvacationguide com | Website |
John Bennett | Webseite = great Eleuthera Message Board | |
M.Roberts | seaweed a oii.net | Regular on the Abaco board |
Michelle | m3hale a direcway com | Eleuthera |
Nigel | ||
Renee O'Brien | Website | |
Scubagirl | scubagirrl a yahoo com | Website (Michelle) |
Tamara Zoo | tamarazoo a hotmail com |
Major steps
Start.
approx. April 1999, location: geocities
free website services
April
2004
-
moved to new location: bahamas.ch because of
Geocities limited bandwidth
-
structure of website changed from one loooong
page to several pages to comply with Google search mechanism (doesn't
cache
more than 101K/page)
-
some small changes to layout and colours, new
navigation bar
- all
internal links updated
- autumn 2004 - start with Mozilla Composer, then with NVU (composer)
instead of old Netscape Composer Version
- Feb 2004 - correction of all internal links (spaces in anchors/links
had been changed to %20 and those links were recognizes under Mozilla
(Firefox, Netscape) but not under IExplorer - compatibility problem) -
Test with latest (last) Netscape version 7.2 because nvu still has some
"oddities".
Still under construction:
.......
Title background: h'blau aus oberster
Reihe, 130/240/175/117/221/255,
Zeilenabstand 0
/
Mozilla
background colour: #75ddff
XXX |
When I started this website in 1999 I only knew Netscape Composer and I have been using the same version ever since (part of Navigator 4.5). "Never change a winning team" - but the version was getting more and more "antique" *sob*. I tried Frontpage and didn't like it. Then I tried Mozilla Composer and moved on to NVU-engl/deutsch shortly afterwards. NVU does not have all those easy to handle Netscape Composer functions, yet, but it seems to get closer day by day.
Probleme mit Anker und Sprünge auf Anker / Probleme mit Absatzformatierungen (Zeilenabstände....)Meta Tags (only on the two
initial/entry
pages)
Bahamas,
tourism, official, government,
transport, living, working, schools, business, finance, culture,
history,
slavery, pirates, society, marine, biology, archaeology, geography,
weather,
environment, protection, science, diving, boating, sailing, message
boards,
trip reports, books, newspapers, German, Deutsch, French,
Français,
Francais, New Providence, Nassau, Grand Bahama, Freeport, Abaco,
Abacos,
Andros, Bimini, Berry, Eleuthera, Cat, San Salvador, Exuma, Exumas,
Long,
Acklins, Crooked, Inagua, Mayaguana, FAQ, frequently asked questions
LEO Dictionary English/German http://dict.leo.org/ (+great forums!) new 2004: French/German Dictionary: http://dico.leo.org/
Merriam Webster, Dictionary & Thesaurus http://www.m-w.com/
Wikipedia, Encyclopedia (XenuErr) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, try also google > enter "searchword wikipedia". Wikipedia gibt es auch in deutsch, Eingabe in google z.B. "piraten wikipedia".
Other helpers
http://www.anonymization.net/
- http://www.metacrawler.de/
>
"anonym oeffnen"
Identify
IP addresses http://ipnr.rehbein.net/
Definitions:
use google, enter "define word", e.g. [define maroon] or [define "bay
street
boys"]
Google and other Robots
do
not index: http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/exclusion.html#meta
- The Robots META tag / deutsch: http://www.webplain.de/web/robotstxt.php
Results
30.9.03: ok 1076 URLs 95.31% skip type 25 URLs 2.21% timeout 7 URLs 0.62% no such host 7 URLs 0.62% not found 5 URLs 0.44% forbidden request 6 URLs 0.53% no connection 1 URLs 0.09% temporarily overloaded 2 URLs 0.18% Total 1129 URLs 100.00% |
Results
05.03.04: ok 1661 URLs 95.02% skip type 21 URLs 1.20% not found 31 URLs 1.77% forbidden request 20 URLs 1.14% timeout 4 URLs 0.23% busy 1 URLs 0.06% no such host 10 URLs 0.57% Total 1748 URLs 100.00% |
Results:
16.4.04 ok 1743 URLs 96.73% skip type 7 URLs 0.39% user skip 16 URLs 0.89% no such host 13 URLs 0.72% timeout 9 URLs 0.50% forbidden request 2 URLs 0.11% not found 6 URLs 0.33% server error 5 URLs 0.28% no connection 1 URLs 0.06% Total 1802 URLs 100.00% |
Results:
22.7.04 ok 2336 URLs 93.78% skip type 8 URLs 0.32% user skip 25 URLs 1.00% not found 75 URLs 3.01% forbidden request 17 URLs 0.68% temporarily overloaded 2 URLs 0.08% no such host 19 URLs 0.76% timeout 6 URLs 0.24% the resource is no longer available 1 URLs 0.04% no connection 2 URLs 0.08% Total 2491 URLs 100.00% |
Results: |
(XenuErr):
link
works
but Xenu signals Error ("forbidden request", broken etc.).
http://www.wikipedia.org
http://de.wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org
http://en2.wikipedia.org
http://www.google.com
http://groups.google.com
http://images.google.com
http://news.google.com
http://www.google.com
http://bahamascommunity.com
http://www.bahamasb2b.com
http://www.google.ch
My "broken links policy":
If
a broken link cannot be corrected right away & if the linked
website
was about a topic which I consider interesting & which is not
covered
by another link & if I see a chance that the link might work
again
at a later date I will mark it [XX Date
broken]
and check later if it works again.
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Active submit
Yahoo
(Geocities) members http://pages.yahoo.com/nhp/regional/countries/bahamas
13.2.04
DaBahamianTing
http://www.bahamacompanies.com/
(geocities) - June 04: thanks Yorick for placing my link "in the
sun"
B-)
In
April 04: Google & Yahoo, to be indexed
> Google has crawled the website approx. 26.4.04..., Yahoo, too
but
strange
ranking
16.4.04
http://www.worldwidewebawards.net
- one can always try...
29.4.04
http://www.dmoz.com
- approx. 4.5.04: bahamaslinks is listed: http://www.dmoz.com/Regional/Caribbean/Bahamas/
- and through dmoz on many more
with
thumbshot http://open.thumbshots.org/Regional/Caribbean/Bahamas/
"directory
websites" (find more with search for
"bahamaslinks dmoz" or "bahamaslinks directory"). Disadvantage: Since
then,
amount of scam mails etc. has increased dramatically...
09.06.04
http://www.islandhop.com/search/Bahamas/
09.06.04
http://www.webliste.ch
> Lifestyle & Mode > Homepages oder direkt
- Sortierung beachten!
18.06.04
http://www.carilat.de
18.06.04
http://www.alexa.com,
uses dmoz listing, powered by Google, result
07.07.04
Yahoo directory http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Bahamas/
- not listed yet...
17.09.04
Google lists Bahamaslinks http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Caribbean/Bahamas/
scroll down (took a looong time, found out via the Carligle website: http://www.carigle.com/Bahamas/index.php
which also lists Bahamaslinks and seems to base on Google directory)
This
site has
been listed by (geocities
or new location):
-
12.08.2004 http://www.Bahamasb2b.com
- location
of link on website
- via metacrawler
-
3.10.2003 CUJAS Université Paris, http://biu-cujas.univ-paris1.fr/principal/ri/notice.php?ru=625
mais pourquoi "Type de ressource : site
commercial", parce
que c'est Geocities? mais c'est quand même un grand honneur
:))
-
Madmax, Crooked Isl Website http://www.crookedisland.biz/
XX June 04
broken - Wes Clow, Sailing in the
Bahamas
http://www.clowfamily.com/indexsailing.html
Who links to this website? google:
link:www.geocities.com/bahamaslinks/
- link:www.bahamaslinks.ch
(websites
are only found when complete URL is
mentioned)
Ode to Rumpelstiltskin
(Rumpelstilzchen) ... aka [you
know who], the man with many names and a weird nature. If you don't
know,
what I'm talking about, good for you! But if you hang around in Bahamas
message boards long enough, you will come across this pest and agree
with
me...
Stop now, hear me!
Ample measure Of your treasure We have gotten! Ah, I see it, dear me, dear me. Master's word I have forgotten! . . . . No, no longer Brood of hell, you're not a
mortal! Can I never, Broom, appease
you? He returns, more water
dragging! Woe betide me! |
Stehe! stehe!
Denn wir haben Deiner Gaben Vollgemessen! - Ach, ich merk es! Wehe! wehe! Hab ich doch das Wort vergessen . . . . Nein, nicht länger O, du Ausgeburt der Hölle!
Willst am Ende Seht, da kommt er schleppend wieder!
Wehe! wehe! |
btw:
His
behaviour is typical for a person with
learning
disabilities:
-he
does not use reading to gather information
-he
has problems with comprehension that go
beyond
word recognition
-he
has difficulty with nonliteral or figurative
language such as metaphors, idioms, and sarcasm
etc.
etc. (text borrowed from http://www.floridatechnet.org/inservice/bridges/tables.PDF)
What to do about trolls, in German:
+++ Strenges Futterverbot ! +++
Wie ihr alle wisst, handelt es sich bei den Foren hier um nur eingeschränkt kontrollierte Wildgehege. Immer wieder verirren sich einzelne Trolle hierher. Diese Tiere sind recht niedlich, richten keinen Schaden an und verziehen sich schnell weiter, wenn man sie in Ruhe lässt. Wenn man diese Schädlinge jedoch aus Unkenntnis oder gar (durchaus nachvollziehbarem) Mitleid füttert, bekommen sie schnell Durchfall, kacken alles voll und sorgen dafür dass die Foren unbenutzbar werden. Auch wenn man sich manchmal fragt, wie diese wenig intelligenten Tiere ohne Hilfe in der Realität überleben können, gilt für sie doch, was auch für Kakerlaken, Ratten und Würmer gilt: Wo´s Futter gibt, sind viele davon. Das muss nicht sein. Im Interesse ökologisch gesunder Foren bitte ich daher alle: Auch wenn sie noch so putzig sind und sooo süß sabbern: Füttert keine Trolle! Danke! Quelle: LEO ---- So schwer es vielleicht fällt, wenn sich einmal gezeigt hat, dass Argumente nicht fruchten, hilft nur strikte Nichtbeachtung. Alles was man einem Troll an Aufmerksamkeit schenkt - ob verständnivoll, aggressiv oder ironisch - es gibt ihm neue Nahrung. Bitte verlängert den trollischen Lebenszyklus nicht unnötig durch nutzloses Streiten. Bisher sind alle Trolle wieder verschwunden; am schnellsten, je konsequenter sie ignoriert wurden. Quelle LEO |
P.S. Always look on the bright side of life! (Monty Python, Life of Brian)
Babelish:
Adobe
Acrobat Reader > Ziegelstein Seiltaenzer
Leser > Clay brick rope dancer reader
Microsoft
Window > Kleinweich Fenster > or babelized:
force of the micron of motivatings of the window
More
of Kleinweich: Kleinweich-Buero - bestehend
aus Kleinweich-Wort, Kleinweich-Ausblick, Kleinweich-Zugang,
Kleinweich-Herausrag
und Kleinweich-Kraftpunkt
Zip
Code: Reissverschluss Code > Zipper Code
Quotes:
Lieber
der Rattenfänger von Hameln, als
der Maustreiber von Microsoft!
Prognosen
sind eine schwierige Sache, vor allem,
wenn sie sich auf die Zukunft beziehen. - Unbekannter Futurologe -
The
Teutonic reputation for brutality is
well-founded.
Their operas last three or four days, and they have no word for
'fluffy'.
Captain Blackadder
http://pythonline.com/
http://www.adamanda.org/fun/blackadder/
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