Webmasters
Webmasters and others responsible for genealogy and history web sites can take advantage of Histopolis.com to assist their users and increase traffic.
Add links to your site on Histopolis.com
Thousands of people each month use Histopolis.com to find sites containing information relevant to their research. If you have relevant genealogy or history content we want to link to your content pages. For example, if you have information about a county, city or cemetery, you can easily add a link to your web pages by navigating to the Histopolis.com page for that place and adding a link to your site in the Resources section. If you have information on 20 cemeteries, add a link for each cemetery.
How to Add a Link
Histopolis.com is organized by place. You can easily add a link to your web pages by navigating to the Histopolis.com page for that place and adding a link to your site in the Resources section. You will need a free account on Histopolis and be logged in to add a link. By adding a link to your site on Histopolis you will help users find your content and increase visitors to your site.
Tip: Link to Specific Pages
When adding links to your site, add deep links to the specific page or pages that are most relevant to that place rather than a link to your home page. By linking to a specific page you will enable a researcher to quickly find your content and avoid "bounces".
Add links to Histopolis.com on your site
Help your users to find additional information related to your content by adding links to Histopolis.com on your site. There are several opportunities for you to make your site more useful to your visitors by adding links to Histopolis.com
Supplement your Content
Even the best content source may leave their visitor wanting to find additional related information. For example, if you have cemetery transcriptions or photos from a cemetery, by adding a link to that cemetery on Histopolis.com you will help your users find additional information about that cemetery.
Link Place References
If your content contains place references, link those references to Histopolis.com and allow your users to discover additional genealogy and history resources for that place. For example, suppose your family genealogy site contains the following entry:
| Name | Born | Died | Buried |
| Samuel Cox | March 3, 1872 in Worcester, MA | April 14, 1926 in Omaha, NE | Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE |
By linking the place references to Histopolis.com, your users can now find out additional information about these places.
| Name | Born | Died | Buried |
| Samuel Cox | March 3, 1872 in Worcester, MA | April 14, 1926 in Omaha, NE | Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, NE |
Your Links or Resources Page
If you have a page listing links to other relevant sites, please add Histopolis.com to that list. We suggest adding a link to the Histopolis.com page that is most closely related to your site. For example, if your site is focused on a specific county or state, we recommend adding a link to the Histopolis.com page dedicated to that county or state.
How to Add a Link
Each Histopolis.com "place" page contains a Link to Us section that makes it easy to cut and paste the html needed to add a link to Histopolis.com on your web page. See the Link to Us page for addition information and assistance on linking to Histopolis.com.
Tip: Link to Specific Pages
When adding links to Histopolis.com, add deep links to the specific page for that place rather than a link to our home page. By linking to a specific page you will enable a researcher to quickly find relevant content and avoid additional navigation or searching.
Webmaster Tools (Beta)
We have created the Histopolis Webmaster Tools to give webmasters and others responsible for genealogy and history sites additional resources to take advantage of the benefits Histopolis.com provides. There is absolutely no cost or obligation to use these tools.
Access to the Webmaster Tools is restricted by website to the webmasters and others responsible for that website. To request access to the Histopolis Webmaster Tools for your site, contact the webmaster. We support "sites" that are hosted and do not have their own domain name.
