jd01 - 3:26 pm on Apr 11, 2007 (gmt 0)

At the risk of turning this into a 'natural development' thread, I wonder how 'natural development' would be defined at the inception of a website?

Assuming a website developer only has one website, which they have just completed building, is it 'natural' to 'promote' the website to other existing websites / website operators?

Because back before I was a WebmasterWorld member, I built my first website. The first thing I did was let some other people with websites, who offered 'directories' and 'resources' in the same area as my website, know it existed and asked them to help me 'promote' it with a link. It seemed to make sense.

Would this be considered 'natural' and 'sincere', or would it be considered 'fake' development?

Justin

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BTW I agree with Marcia, Robert Charlton and decaff in thinking there many who go too far, but think we should maybe give future readers some insight as to what might be considered natural if we are going to point out what might be considered unnatural (fake) promotion.
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Edited for more appropriate wording; to include decaff; trying to avoid verbiage, but getting close.