Jo Guest links - Selection criteria

There are several hundred sites on the Internet that claim to have pictures of Jo. I have tried to list the free sites that are worth seeing.

• What sites get a listing?
• What counts as a "Major Joogling site"?
• Javascript sites
• Banner adverts
• What sites DON'T get a listing?
• Notes for surfers (Unexpected index/advert pages, Javascript nasties)
• Why no paysites or "age verification" sites?

What sites get a listing?

• A site should preferably have five or more pictures of Jo, on a page (or pages) dedicated solely to Jo. I will occasionally list a site with 3 or 4 pictures, but only when the pictures are difficult to obtain from other sources.
   
• Failing that, there should be some subject of interest (e.g. the webmaster's account of a meeting with Jo).

What counts as a "Major Joogling site"?

• This is based largely on the number of pictures on offer. The more pictures a site has, the more likely it is to qualify.
   
• I am slightly more well-disposed to sites that feature complete (or near-complete) series of pictures, rather than simply having a mish-mash of pictures from various sources.
   
• Sites with a significant amount of "multimedia" content (video clips, sound files, screen savers etc.) would also qualify as a Major Joogling Site.

Javascript sites

• Sites that insist you run Javascript (to the point that they won't work if you've disabled Javascript) are not listed.
   
• Why do I hate Javascript? It's mainly because of all the malicious uses it can be put to. For example, sites that open a jungle of pop-up windows when you try to leave, sites that disable several browser functions, not to mention the sick people who use it to spread viruses or trash your machine. Have I got you scared yet? Good.

Banner adverts

• Not everyone likes advertising on web pages, but sadly they're a fact of life nowadays and it's a rare site that doesn't have any.
   
• However, if the major purpose of the site is to deluge the visitor with dozens of adverts, I won't be quite so willing to list it.

What sites DON'T get a listing?

• "Pay" sites, or their preview pages.
   
• "Honeypot trap" sites that whisk you away to a paysite without warning.
   
• Sites "protected" by "age verification" schemes.
   
• Sites that don't dedicate at least one page to Jo, but just put the Jo pictures on the same page as pictures of other people.
   
• Sites that are merely using the odd picture of Jo to illustrate an article on a totally unconnected subject.
   
• Sites that try to pass-off pictures of other people as Jo.
   
• Sites that steal images from elsewhere (e.g. from other sites on the list, or by using password cracks etc. to display images from paysites).

N.B. I reserve the right to reject sites for reasons other than those listed above. However I can assure you that a listing will not be unreasonably withheld.

Notes for surfers

Unexpected index/advert pages

When you key in a URL (or click on a link) and the page doesn't exist, you are supposed to get a "404 - Page not found" error message. An increasing number of sites DON'T display that error message, but redirect you to an index page, or a page stuffed with adverts.

This is particularly common with the "adult" web hosting services: these usually have site names like porncity.net or the site name ends in ".nu" (e.g. jg08.lov.nu). Please remember that other sites may do it as well.

If I find any image thumbnails broken in this fashion, I will put a note against that entry in the website list. With other links on a site (e.g. "More pics", "Page 2" and so on) you're on your own. Be ready to hit the BACK button on your browser.

Javascript (etc.) nasties

Some sites use tricks such as consoles, blind links and other subterfuges to lead you to paysites (for which they get a commission). Many of these tricks are carried out by use of malicious Javascript, but it is also possible to achieve the same result with Java or other sorts of plug-ins. I cannot hope to pick up on all such cases (partly because I don't run Javascript) so I would advise you to:

• Disable Javascript when visiting a site for the first time. Only enable Javascript if you find you can't navigate the site at all. All of the sites on the list should work with Javascript disabled.
• Be warned that links won't necessarily go where they say they'll go. If a link says "Page 2" but the browser status line shows it's going to a different site, it probably isn't going to display another page of pictures of Jo.
• If you find a site on the list engaging in these sorts of dirty tricks, please LET ME KNOW!

Why no paysites or "age verification" sites?

Put simply, I am only prepared to list free sites on these pages.

Age verification schemes (AVS for short) usually work by getting the punter to use his credit card to send some money - typically $10 or $20 - to the company operating the AVS. Having spent his money, he now has access to all the sites using that particular AVS (incidentally, I fail to understand how having access to a credit card "proves" you're an adult, but that isn't really the point at issue here). In other words, the essential difference between a paysite and an AVS is that with a paysite you're sending money to the owner of the site, whereas with an AVS you're sending money to someone who isn't the owner of the site.

AVS supporters will, of course, point out that signing up with an AVS will allow you access to a large list of sites. This is true. The problem is, there are dozens of these schemes running: a cursory Net search produced over 30 schemes. If you really want access to every site protected by every AVS, you're going to be spending hundreds of dollars to achieve it. Call me picky, but I don't consider that to be "free", or even particularly cheap...

Yes, I do know that some web hosting services insist that "adult" content be secured behind an AVS. If your website is in such a position, you can still get it listed on one of the other links sites instead.

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