Page Rank!?

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Hey guys, I apologized if my topic is off the chart. But I have always
been wondering why there is a need for a page rank in a site? I have
always been curious about this one. Care to elaborate, anyone please?
 
kimason said:
Hey guys, I apologized if my topic is off the chart. But I have always
been wondering why there is a need for a page rank in a site? I have
always been curious about this one. Care to elaborate, anyone please?
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You can Google "page rank" but you should know that you are not posting on a
real forum as you think you are. You are using a web interface that leeches
Usenet posts and most of the rest of us are using real newsreaders. We
don't see what you do. If you want to participate in Usenet, the better way
is to set up a newsreader. This is very easy to do and I'll give you
information about that below. If you prefer to use a forum, then here are
two excellent ones:

http://forum.aumha.org/index.php
http://http://computerhaven.info/

Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet


http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte
http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird

Malke
 
Hi Malke,
I've been looking for a group for discussion of pure DOS
topics, the one (on this server "msnews.microsoft.com") here seems to be
inactive (microsoft.public.win95.msdosapps) and is the only one that has
been cited as appropriate for [pure] DOS discussions. Is there another news
server you know of with a group on it that might meet my request? I have
looked through google, etc. but, can't seem to find the information I'm
looking for (keep getting referred to web-groups) I just want the name of a
news-server so I can enter it into OE and browse for the appropriate group.
What server is "alt.msdos.batch.nt" on? Is this a group I can access/reply
to with OE or is it web-based only? Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Tim said:
Hi Malke,
I've been looking for a group for discussion of pure DOS
topics, the one (on this server "msnews.microsoft.com") here seems to be
inactive (microsoft.public.win95.msdosapps) and is the only one that has
been cited as appropriate for [pure] DOS discussions. Is there another
news
server you know of with a group on it that might meet my request? I have
looked through google, etc. but, can't seem to find the information I'm
looking for (keep getting referred to web-groups) I just want the name of
a news-server so I can enter it into OE and browse for the appropriate
group.
What server is "alt.msdos.batch.nt" on? Is this a group I can
access/reply
to with OE or is it web-based only? Thanks in advance for any help.
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You should check with your Internet Service Provider to see if they offer
NNTP (newsgroup) access. If they do, they will have the server and login
information on their website. Although many ISPs did this routinely as part
of the Internet connection package offered to subscribers, quite a few have
stopped running NNTP servers because of fears of child pr0nography being
downloaded from binaries newsgroups. If your ISP offers non-binary
newsgroup access, then this will work just fine for what you want to do as
long as the particular newsgroups to which you want to subscribe are
carried. Some ISPs won't carry the alt.* hierarchy, but you will just have
to look.

Otherwise there are various companies offering NNTP service for a small fee.
There are also free ones which may be more restricted. All these companies
will have a listing of the thousands of newsgroups they carry so you can
see if the ones you want will be available from them.

I don't currently subscribe to non-MS newsgroups (there's only so much time
in my day) so can't recommend a news server company from personal
experience. Giganews is supposed to be good. This link may be helpful to
you:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=NNTP+servers&btnG=Search

Malke
 
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