SP link not allowed on DG site!!

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SP link not allowed on DG site!!

Post by Tracey » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:51 pm

I, just as we all do who use other genealogy sites often mention SP for anyone searching for Scottish family (deceased of course !) have had a pm from the "owner" of one such site saying they dont like links to pay per view sites on the web sites. Links to paid researchers i can understand but honestly where would we all be if it wasnt for SP and Ancestry and the like ?
All i can say is they have a lot of back editing to do ! :lol:
Scotland - Donaldson / Moggach / Shaw / Geddes / Sim / Gray / Mackie / Richards / Joel / Coull / Mckimmie / Panton / McGregor
Ireland and Scotland - Casey / McDade / Phillips / McCandle / Dinely / Comaskey + various spellings
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Post by Tracey » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:06 pm

Apparently they can be named you just cant put the www in front of it or the . whatever after it :? ho hum.......................
Scotland - Donaldson / Moggach / Shaw / Geddes / Sim / Gray / Mackie / Richards / Joel / Coull / Mckimmie / Panton / McGregor
Ireland and Scotland - Casey / McDade / Phillips / McCandle / Dinely / Comaskey + various spellings
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Post by emanday » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:49 pm

The phrase "nit-picking" comes to mind :roll:
[b]Mary[/b]
A cat leaves pawprints on your heart
McDonald or MacDonald (some couldn't make up their mind!), Bonner, Crichton, McKillop, Campbell, Cameron, Gitrig (+other spellings), Clark, Sloan, Stewart, McCutcheon, Ireland (the surname)
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Post by Currie » Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:11 am

It’s a bit weird. Maybe they’re carrying a lot of paid advertising on the site and the only pay site links they want are the ones they are paid for. They might have even been pressured by their advertisers to adopt such a policy. It could be something like that but all they’re really doing is just annoying people.

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