External Links Policy

The purpose of this policy is to identify the criteria and conditions by which this website provides links to external websites. Consistent with the overall Website Use Policy, the primary purpose for linking to external websites is to provide information to the public regarding information and services available to the visitors of this site. Thus, this site is not establishing a forum for others to provide information. Rather, this site is providing information to direct website users to resources outside the site which provide services to the general public which maybe complementary to and in support of the services provided by this site.

This policy governs the creation of implied or explicit links to external websites from images, notices, and other communications on the website.

EssanteLife.com web site contains links to many other various web sites. These links are set up to open in a new window. EssanteLife.com cannot guarantee the accuracy of information found at any linked site. Providing links to non-EssanteLife.com sites does not constitute an endorsement by EssanteLife.com, any other link partners, sponsors, friends, or employees of these sites or the products or information presented there.

The Basics Of Our Link Policy

• We absolutely love external exchange linking.
• We link to just about any site except explicit and adult content.
• We do check sites before linking.
• We have no control over where external links lead.
• Most often we do not know whether the content of other sites are reliable.
• There is no implicit recommendation in our linking to sites.
• All sites must be content worthy and are worth taking a look at.
• That about it!
• Oh, one thing no political view websites.

Links to include:

• Hyperlinks activated by clicking on an image or text, leading to a web page that does not reside on the website;
• Mention of a URL address providing users with the address of a web page that does not reside on the website (implied), or;
• Any other explicit or implied facilitation of movement from website to another web page that does not reside on the website.

Linking Principles

We prefer low-bandwidth pages. When we link to anything that will load more than a few kB before your browser comes back to life, we try to warn you. In particular, any link to a PDF should be labelled that it is a PDF, and how big the PDF is. Broadband users may have no idea why we do this, and that's fine, but we try to cater for all users.

The linked sites are not under the control of this website and this website is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites. The website is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the website or any association with their operators.

All links to external sites will open in a new browser window. All links to external sites must be approved by the website webmaster.

External Links to the Website

A site that links to the website:

• Should not misrepresent its relationship with the website or their owners.
  • This to include:
    • Do not create a browser or border environment around the website content.
    • Do not use the website logo without permission from the webmaster.
• Should not imply that the website is endorsing it or its products.

• Should not present false information about the website services.

The website is not obligated to link to an external site that provides a link to the website.

Most links, external or internal, show the target, but not all of them. It's an author's judgement as to what's most helpful.

• In the External links section, the link is almost always best just the whole URL, that way, everyone can see exactly where they are going. The main exception is if the URL is too long to fit onto one line, in which case the link text may be edited so that it does, or we may use TinyURL.

• In running text, often the link is edited so the text and target don't match at all, to provide a good hypertext which both reads well and links well.

Any page which has provided information reproduced here should be linked to, either from the relevant information or from the links section of our site, or both. But that's not the only reason for linking. Any website that seems of interest is a possible target.

We do not have any regular program of checking these links once they're established. If you find a bad link, please contact us and let us know.

Bad Links may have several causes:

• The page may have been changed or deleted by the author. They may not let us know. They probably do not even remember we exist.
• The website may have changed ownership or designer. There have even been a couple of cases where sites with impressive Google page rankings have been sold to porno merchants, but there's nothing to stop that from happening until we catch it
• Maybe we got the wrong link in the first place, this is very rare

And even if the link hasn't changed, it's not the purpose of this site to check the accuracy of others, or to comment either way, except in the case of sites that are so good that we don't bother repeating their stuff here. And we'll make those recommendations pretty explicit.

As plainly stated, w e review our website periodically for broken or out-of-date links. Any and all links may be posted, altered, or removed at any time. To report problems with links on our website, please send an e-mail via our contact form.