Voting

Voting for Aquatic Babble ensures that our Banner is displayed in a prominent position, thus giving us more exposure. It also indicates to others, that this site has something of value to offer.

But to keep our Banner in view, requires regular voting. We've done well to hit #1 on a few occasions (thank you, Clunkster), but letting go of the reins only ensures we drift back into obscurity.



That would be a shame. We've slowly nibbled away at implementing many good suggestions during this year, and the ball is rolling again:
-> Expansion of the Species Profiles;
-> Structuring the Photo of the Month;
-> Dedicated D.I.Y, and L.F.S areas;
-> Our soon to be revealed FAQ & Reference section.

And certainly not least of all, the cultivation of a relaxed and friendly environment, where everyone is interested, and respectful of what you have to offer. You're even able to have a bit of a laugh, because it's all about enjoying this common interest.

So, with all that in mind, here's a method that merges the task of voting, into the process of loading up Aquatic Babble.


Voting Bookmarks

What I have laid out here, is how to create a browser bookmark, that takes you 'through' the Voting Link. These instructions depict Firefox, but IE will be similar.

1. Right Click on one of the Voting Links. Select "Bookmark This Link".




2. Type a meaningful name for your bookmark, and save. I have created a folder on my bookmarks toolbar, in which I have all of my Voting Links.




3. So now, I can select a Vote Link at random, whenever I choose to visit Aquatic Babble. The bookmark takes me in through Voting. I click on our Banner to follow through to Aquatic Babble, incrementing our 'outgoing' tally as well. I no longer 'forget' to vote, and we're assured of at least a couple of votes per day !




If anyone needs these instructions for IE, or Netscape, just let me know.

Since doing this, I note that Fishz Links, and Top Pets, no longer accept the vote, if you weren't here on-site, when you actually voted.

Well all i can say is please dont forget to vote which ever way you do it. I prefere the clicking on the links at the top of the index page

Is it just me or is everybody getting an error on top pet sites.com ?I have been getting an error for the last week or so when i click on the site to vote

I just went through it, no problem.

Do you still want me to off-line the code ?

Well put it this way it keeps telling me i am not allowed to vote Which is why it shows us as a low number So you tell me

You are voting from this site ? Not from a link, whilst elsewhere.

Their's is one of those, that only accepts the vote if you do it here, on-site.

Yes from here i click on the link and it tells me i am not allowed to vote

This is what i get



An error has occurred...

An error has occurred, an explanation is provided below:

Sorry, you are not permitted to vote, perhaps try again later.

I'll revisit this one, when I've caught up with everything...

You might also want to look at aquarium rater as we seem to have been removed from their list as they only have 3 members. Fish rank has been down for the last couple of days

Aquarium Rater is up to 9 members now. We've not listed, although I can login and see our account detail.

When I try to re-register, it tells me the details already exist. But there's no-one to contact.


Pets: Try clearing the cookies from your browser. I'm not sure if it will provide a solution, but I can't think of why you can't vote from the on-site link.