vincevincevince - 1:39 am on Sep 20, 2007 (gmt 0)

Provide something in a format which will be of great use to a .edu webpage author.

A PageOfText^(tm) on Widgets is unlikely to be of much use to a Widget Lecturer who knows the subject much better than you do and could better your text blindfolded having just returned from an evening in the pub. The only reason you'd get a link for your PageOfText^(tm) is if the lecturer is hard pressed to find any good recommendations to pad out a list of suggested reading sources.

Given that your target lecturer could write a PageOfText^(tm) easily, provide something he can't create easily. Expert in his field he might be, but can he draw well? If you include top quality exploded parts diagrams for Widgets you can guarantee that the widget lecturer who wants to explain the parts of a Widget will be in touch about reproducing the image (for which you request only a link). Push the concept further and provide data which would take a long time to collate; e.g. a comparison table of Widget specifications under all the major national and international standards. If you've got the skills and the budget, get some video on there - either filmed or animation.

Equip them all with a nice link 'Copyright permission requests' just below, going to a nice page explaining how you are delighted to allow any legitimate educational establishment reproduce the content provided that they link back to the original source.