Anyone can sign up for membership to HumorLinks. It's always free, and once you're logged in you can
experience the full features of our site, including writing reviews, adding websites to our directory, and building your own private list. You'll also be able to connect with other members and HumorLinks visitors
by publishing your favorite collection of humor resources via your own special Public Category, which you can build and add to day by day.
You also have the option of sharing information and resources by linking up with other members. You will then be able to communicate with them and let them see your Shared Sites via your Profile Page -- and they will be able to let you browse their shared sites too. "Shared Sites" is a new feature - starting on 29 August 2012.
Site Display Order & Special Labels
How is the ordering of sites decided? .PRIORITY..SCORE.
By default, sites are displayed in order of .PRIORITY. (Bid per Click Listings)
followed by users' score .SCORE.
Users' Score is calculated by: -
5000
+ Number of Likes × 100
+ Monthly Hits (outward plus inward) × 10
+ (Rating - 8.000) × 2500 × (Traffic Index)2
where Traffic Index = (Traffic - Votes) (Traffic)
and where Traffic = Total Accumulated Hits (outward plus inward)
and where Votes = Total Number of times people have voted for the site
How does a site become labelled as a Premier Listing? .PRIORITY STATUS.
Sites with a .PRIORITY STATUS. label
are those which have Bid per Click Credits and have their Bid level set to 1 or
more. The top 10 Bid per Click Listings also get listed on the main index page of HumorLinks. Click here for more details.
How long will a site be labelled as New?
Sites are listed as
for eight days
How does a site get a Highly Rated label and red stars? .HIGHLY RATED.
A site must have a rating of at least 8.0500 before it can begin to receive any red stars. The higher a site's rating, the more stars it will get (maximum 5).
The 350 sites with the highest rating are labelled .HIGHLY RATED..
Any site's rating in excess of 6.0000 is multiplied by 2,500 and this number of points is added to the site's overall score. Bottom line: - The higher the rating, the higher the site's overall score and ranking in the categories and search results.
How does a site become labelled Very Popular? .VERY POPULAR.
The 350 listed sites which are receiving traffic at the highest speed from HumorLinks are listed as .VERY POPULAR..
Each hit per month scores 1 point. The higher the traffic, the higher the site's overall score and ranking in the categories and search results.
How does a site get a Hot or Link Partner label? .HOT..LINK PARTNER.
Sites which link to our site and provide us with inward traffic of at least 1 hit per month are listed as .HOT. and the top 350 appear on the .HOT SITES. page. A site labelled as .HOT. is far less likely to be deleted from the listings, as the mere fact that it is providing some inward traffic clearly indicates it is not defunct.
Each hit per month scores 10 points. The higher the traffic, the higher the site's overall score and ranking in the categories and search results.
How does a site get a .LINK PARTNER. label?
Sites which link to our site and provide us with inward traffic of at least 10 hits per month are given a .LINK PARTNER. label. The .LINK PARTNER. label in itself does not alter the site's rankings in the categories and search results, but is there for our visitors' reference.
For details on how to link to HumorLinks click here
How does a site become labelled First Class? .FIRST CLASS.
If a site is labelled as .VERY POPULAR. and .HIGHLY RATED. and has also achieved a rating higher than 8.6000 - then it is also labelled as
a .FIRST CLASS. site -
meaning it's in the "cream of the crop." The .FIRST CLASS. label in itself does not alter the site's rankings in the categories and search results, but is there for our visitors' reference.
How does a site become labelled Established? .ESTABLISHED.
Once a site has received 8,000 hits via HumorLinks, it is
deemed to be .ESTABLISHED..
This means it has been around for a while and a lot of people have seen it. The .ESTABLISHED. label in itself does not alter the site's rankings in the categories and search results, but is there for our visitors' reference.
Why is a site's listing labelled as Mature? .MATURE.
Sites with vulgar or profane language are usually labelled as .MATURE.
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Generally, a site will have this label if it is suitable for those aged 12 and above.
Why is a site's listing labelled as Adult? .ADULT.
Sites with violent or overtly sexual themes are usually labelled as .ADULT.
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Generally, a site will have this label if it is suitable for those aged 15 and above.
Why is a site's listing labelled as X-Rated? .X-RATED.
Sites with scenes of graphic violence or explicit sexual images are usually labelled as .X-RATED.
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Generally, a site will have this label if it is suitable for those aged 18 and above.
Voting, Ratings & Statistics
How does a visitor decide what rating to give a site?
Voting is conducted by our visitors according to the following scale: -
10 = Excellent
9 = Good
8 = Fair
7 = Below standard
6 = Bad
5 = Very Bad
What are the voting rules and procedures?
Each visitor must log in before voting and is allowed to vote for each site once only.
All newly-listed sites are given an initial
default rating of 8.0000 (on a scale from 5 to 10).
The rating is treated as being the average of
300 votes. This average will change over
time as visitors submit their votes for the site.
Rate scores (from 5 to 10), if less than average,
are first added to (2 x current rating) and divided by 3.
