We've explained search engines and directories but what are WebRings? How good are they at helping you find information or navigate the web?  Probably the best way to explain a webring is that is a directory or collection of websites who have decided that they have a common theme. 

 

Webrings are started and managed by a website owner (webmaster) and the directory itself is held listed with Yahoo, (who recently took over RingWorld, one of  the biggest of the webring organisations).  Typically each member of the webring has an ID number and each site then has a navigation bar with buttons which allow you to go to the next or previous site, as well as randomly visit the sites in the ring or list all the sites in the webring.

 

You may think that this is fabulous and why doesn't everyone use webrings instead of all those silly search engines.  Just enter the webring for horses and never have to search again!  But, of course, nothing is quite that simple.  The problem is that webmasters are humans, with human egos and eccentricities so there tends to be many webrings for the same or similar topics because everyone wants to run their own webring rather than join an exisiting one. 

However, that said, webrings can be great if you are wanting to browse available websites and we've signed up to a couple that will hopefully prove helpful and/or interesting. 

 

I've listed some of more useful looking equine web rings below, I'll be interested to receive your comments on them.  Remember that unlike a normal link to another website, the links below are to a starting point in the webring and you can then use the webring navigation bar to make your way around the other sites. The numbers in brackets show you how many sites belong to that ring (at the time this page was published).

• The Draft Horse Web Ring (137) Shires, Clydes, Belgians, Suffolks, Percherons, warmbloods, and all the others? The Draft Horse Web Ring is composed of websites which cater specifically to these gentle giants of the horse world, or offer something of value to the draft horse community.

• Natural Horsemanship Webring  (98) This is the ring for all the sites that contains information on Natural Horsemanship training, books, videos and trainers. This training form is in general any training of horses that relies on horse psychology rather than use of force and mechanics. Some known trainers that are well known under these training methods are Pat Parelli, John Lyons, Ray Hunt, Tom Dorrance, Monty Roberts. This also includes "clicker training" and TTouch.

• Holistic Horse Webring (13) Dedicated to those offering and/or teaching Holistic Health services for horses - Equine Massage Therapy, Homeopathy, Herbology, Aromatherapy, Chiropractics, etc. Natural treatments and therapies only. Also Veterinarians practicing natural therapies and treatments.

• Horse History (10) The history and evolution of horses and their relatives in their complex, intertwined, ongoing relationship with humanity.

• American Quarter Horse Webring (528)  Quarter Horse websites, breeders, stallion stations, quarter horses for sale, quarter horse shows, personal home pages relating specifically to the American Quarter Horse are welcome to join this ring dedicated to "spreading the word" about this great breed of horse.

• Andalusian Horse Ring (99) He is an exquisite living legend. The rare, natural breed of the world's first horses. The original Pegasus. Join the Andalusian Horse WebRing, connecting the owners, breeders, and admirers of this ancient breed.

This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit Here.

 

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