The Great Linking – A Paradigm Shift in Peace Advocacy Optimization
Seventy-nine peace, anti-war, religious, inter-faith and humanist resources with descriptions embedded in an ambitious original article designed to lift internet site rankings of all who join the Great Linking
“I’m this religion!” I’m that religion!” “I don’t believe in any religion!” “I believe in democracy!” “I believe in socialism!”
So sorry, but there is no time for sectarian squabbling now. The interminable wars are not profitable to anyone except a handful of already ultra-rich people. The increasing rate of killing innocents around the world is unconscionable and cannot continue.
Likewise, with the revival of the Cold War and accelerated speed of events in D.C., WWIII and a Civil War within the United States become more probable events, possibly sooner than anyone might expect. The reader might not believe this, but perhaps spending some time in one of the American hegemonic wars might clarify things. Maybe experiencing a mob forming from a peaceful demonstration in the blink of an eye will awaken the reader to the real potential for radical changes that can’t really be anticipated. It would be so easy for any of several “interested parties” to launch a false flag operation that would trigger a global war in the South China Sea. It doesn’t have to be the USA that launches that operation either. Nothing is going to change in the massive upcoming converging trends if Euro-American voters don’t get access to more honest news. Only then can the great powers start to back off and a real global-scale catastrophe averted.
So sorry, but there is no time for sectarian squabbling now. The interminable wars are not profitable to anyone except a handful of already ultra-rich people. The increasing rate of killing innocents around the world is unconscionable and cannot continue.
Likewise, with the revival of the Cold War and accelerated speed of events in D.C., WWIII and a Civil War within the United States become more probable events, possibly sooner than anyone might expect. The reader might not believe this, but perhaps spending some time in one of the American hegemonic wars might clarify things. Maybe experiencing a mob forming from a peaceful demonstration in the blink of an eye will awaken the reader to the real potential for radical changes that can’t really be anticipated. It would be so easy for any of several “interested parties” to launch a false flag operation that would trigger a global war in the South China Sea. It doesn’t have to be the USA that launches that operation either. Nothing is going to change in the massive upcoming converging trends if Euro-American voters don’t get access to more honest news. Only then can the great powers start to back off and a real global-scale catastrophe averted.
The Great Linking project is designed to improve the internet site rankings of peace-oriented organizations and alt-news sites by interlinking. This article only covers the peace-oriented sites including anti-war, religious, interfaith, and humanist organizations. Another article is available with alt-news sites embedded within an article. These two articles if posted on peace organizations’ and alt-news’ sites should be the simplest way to mutually improve site rankings, a test of Google’s algorithm, and/or a revolutionary act to finally put an end to American foreign military adventurism and deadly economic sanctions, while simultaneously affirming American First Amendment rights to freedom of the press and free speech.
I hope all peace organizations and alt-news sites publish both articles or at least the link-lists that are posted on their respective pages on the https://thegreatlinking.org website. You don’t have to mention “Great Linking.” You don’t have to publish all the links on either list. But! Better site connectedness improves everyone’s page ranking on Google’s search engine results. Getting more accurate and honest news like only the alt-news provides to voters in western democracies is critical to averting what appears to be an entirely possible upcoming global catastrophe. The New Cold War is no joke and it can become a hot war in the blink of an eye.
I hope all peace organizations and alt-news sites publish both articles or at least the link-lists that are posted on their respective pages on the https://thegreatlinking.org website. You don’t have to mention “Great Linking.” You don’t have to publish all the links on either list. But! Better site connectedness improves everyone’s page ranking on Google’s search engine results. Getting more accurate and honest news like only the alt-news provides to voters in western democracies is critical to averting what appears to be an entirely possible upcoming global catastrophe. The New Cold War is no joke and it can become a hot war in the blink of an eye.
Whereas mainstream news tends to support alt-right international militarism, alt-news investigates and reports the inappropriate use of power in exacting detail. Though many or most religious and secular peace advocacy organizations may have 501(c)(3) or (4) status and secure funding, the funding of most alt-news internet sites is usually marginal at best. In 2017 Google’s site ranking algorithms changed dramatically and most alt-news sites were hit very hard. Google’s new algorithms have also come under fire from some political groups and legislative oversight has been suggested, but no solutions have been forthcoming.
Participation in The Great Linking of peace advocacy organizations and alt-news organizations should earn higher rankings on web browser algorithms. Articles have some advantages over link lists, but both are good. Links-in from quality sites are the premier point winner on the Google algorithm. The time for feudalist approaches to winning the peace is over. We rise together or will fall alone. Though I dislike hackneyed phrases, this one at this time has never been truer.
Articles with original text and diverse quality (SEO optimized) sources receive higher rankings than bare bones link lists that are sometimes identified as spam. Google updates its algorithms quite often however most rules remain the same. Links in to a site from “quality,” SEO optimized sites (that for example have owned a domain name for many years and are often updated) earn big points. Links out from a site generally don’t hurt a site’s ranking unless they lead to spam sites.
Participation in The Great Linking of peace advocacy organizations and alt-news organizations should earn higher rankings on web browser algorithms. Articles have some advantages over link lists, but both are good. Links-in from quality sites are the premier point winner on the Google algorithm. The time for feudalist approaches to winning the peace is over. We rise together or will fall alone. Though I dislike hackneyed phrases, this one at this time has never been truer.
Articles with original text and diverse quality (SEO optimized) sources receive higher rankings than bare bones link lists that are sometimes identified as spam. Google updates its algorithms quite often however most rules remain the same. Links in to a site from “quality,” SEO optimized sites (that for example have owned a domain name for many years and are often updated) earn big points. Links out from a site generally don’t hurt a site’s ranking unless they lead to spam sites.
The years I lived in the USA were mostly in the Midwest and consequently I prefer a “plain speaking” manner of speech and writing. Thus, I can confidently assert: “The promotion of peace can be pretty darned complicated.”
In this article I advocate from a “minority” point of view, which is really a misnomer because the primary targets of the vast monolithic military industrial complex world-wide, people of color, Muslims, socialists and the poor of all races and religions actually represent the vast majority of people on earth, not a minority. But! In terms of power, we are an insignificant minority despite our huge numbers because we are all divided along sectarian lines.
Because most of us are not American we appear to lack certain rights. In my case I am American but rarely live in the US, so again I seem to lack certain rights. Worse still, even in the USA, minorities may have rights, but those rights are often or usually trampled on by those with money and power whose perceptual pathways simply don’t view minorities as real people with rights, hopes, dreams, fears, and needs the same as “everyone else.”
Peace advocacy and potential conflicts of interests
To the colonial masters, peace is a good thing. The profits come in and the slaves obediently follow orders without question. Likewise, in examining American history one might note the nascent American colonists fought for freedom from the British and French while simultaneously colonizing the Native Americans and using African American slaves to enrich themselves.
What’s even more controversial (only amongst the liberal elite) is that via bizarre extensions of the Monroe Doctrine and American Exceptionalism, the USA in partnership with Europe have been, since WWII, trying to colonize the entire world. The goal is “hegemony in perpetuity” and the prevailing philosophy used to rationalize the methodologies used to attain this goal is purely Machiavellian, and in most cases extremely violent.
Peace promoting organizations too often find themselves in the awkward position of trying to promote peace, while requiring donations from the scions of empire to do it. This may in some cases become problematic when doing more than buying bandages to cover the wounds from colonial wars, and instead trying to do something substantial to actually prevent another war of colonial conquest.
As we know the military industrial complex (AKA Euro-American “war machine,” more accurately called the “military-industrial-media complex” these days) is a corporate controlled multi-national, multi-trillion-dollar industry – an infinitely vast killing and torture machine. No peace advocacy organization has successfully prevented a war the US “intelligence community” has targeted for “regime change.”
The Great Linking design briefly discussed herein goes beyond ordinary peace advocacy in that it is a test of the information stranglehold (“I can’t breathe!”) that’s been greatly tightened in recent years on the internet.
In this article I advocate from a “minority” point of view, which is really a misnomer because the primary targets of the vast monolithic military industrial complex world-wide, people of color, Muslims, socialists and the poor of all races and religions actually represent the vast majority of people on earth, not a minority. But! In terms of power, we are an insignificant minority despite our huge numbers because we are all divided along sectarian lines.
Because most of us are not American we appear to lack certain rights. In my case I am American but rarely live in the US, so again I seem to lack certain rights. Worse still, even in the USA, minorities may have rights, but those rights are often or usually trampled on by those with money and power whose perceptual pathways simply don’t view minorities as real people with rights, hopes, dreams, fears, and needs the same as “everyone else.”
Peace advocacy and potential conflicts of interests
To the colonial masters, peace is a good thing. The profits come in and the slaves obediently follow orders without question. Likewise, in examining American history one might note the nascent American colonists fought for freedom from the British and French while simultaneously colonizing the Native Americans and using African American slaves to enrich themselves.
What’s even more controversial (only amongst the liberal elite) is that via bizarre extensions of the Monroe Doctrine and American Exceptionalism, the USA in partnership with Europe have been, since WWII, trying to colonize the entire world. The goal is “hegemony in perpetuity” and the prevailing philosophy used to rationalize the methodologies used to attain this goal is purely Machiavellian, and in most cases extremely violent.
Peace promoting organizations too often find themselves in the awkward position of trying to promote peace, while requiring donations from the scions of empire to do it. This may in some cases become problematic when doing more than buying bandages to cover the wounds from colonial wars, and instead trying to do something substantial to actually prevent another war of colonial conquest.
As we know the military industrial complex (AKA Euro-American “war machine,” more accurately called the “military-industrial-media complex” these days) is a corporate controlled multi-national, multi-trillion-dollar industry – an infinitely vast killing and torture machine. No peace advocacy organization has successfully prevented a war the US “intelligence community” has targeted for “regime change.”
The Great Linking design briefly discussed herein goes beyond ordinary peace advocacy in that it is a test of the information stranglehold (“I can’t breathe!”) that’s been greatly tightened in recent years on the internet.
Some peace organization’s sponsors might not appreciate participation in a plan that might actually give peace organizations and alt-news a fair voice in the information marketplace. The hegemonic “powers that be” view any attempts at self-determination and exercise of first amendment rights as a “challenge.” That’s ridiculous, but that’s the way they see it. Paranoia is a dreadful disease and unfortunately the people of peace can’t help everyone. Sometimes the best we can do is try to work around the more obstinate troublemakers in venturing forward towards worthy goals.
It’s one thing to advocate for peace, it’s another thing entirely to do something that might be viewed as challenging the corporate monopoly on information which is one of the critical support mechanisms for the Euro-American drive towards hegemony in perpetuity.
Fortunately, most people in the world are family people and don’t like war, don’t divide the world into winners and losers and don’t feel challenged by someone only working towards equality and fairness. The hegemonic drive towards total domination in all spheres is a virulent and dangerous psychopathology. An unquestioned assumption that unrestrained capitalism is the ideal economic state is a big part of the problem.
Legally this great linking project should be fine, protected by First Amendment Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press rights, simultaneously most people are aware laws can be very selectively applied and interpreted to protect the vested interests of the wealthy and powerful.
It’s one thing to advocate for peace, it’s another thing entirely to do something that might be viewed as challenging the corporate monopoly on information which is one of the critical support mechanisms for the Euro-American drive towards hegemony in perpetuity.
Fortunately, most people in the world are family people and don’t like war, don’t divide the world into winners and losers and don’t feel challenged by someone only working towards equality and fairness. The hegemonic drive towards total domination in all spheres is a virulent and dangerous psychopathology. An unquestioned assumption that unrestrained capitalism is the ideal economic state is a big part of the problem.
Legally this great linking project should be fine, protected by First Amendment Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press rights, simultaneously most people are aware laws can be very selectively applied and interpreted to protect the vested interests of the wealthy and powerful.
Internet suppression of peace advocacy and alt-news sites
Which brings me to the reason I’m writing this article. Ever since 2017 at least most peace promoting organizations and the alternative news sites that decry war have suffered what appears to be intentional site ranking suppression on Google. This is particularly distressing because “With its ever-evolving algorithms, a dominant online advertising platform, and personalized user experience, Google has amassed a global market share of 87%.”
In other words, Google has a near monopoly on internet searches. Holding second, third and fourth places in global search engine usage are YouTube, Amazon and Facebook, which are not usually used to research contemporary issues, peace organizations or alternative news. Thus, Google is the monolith controlling what the vast majority of people on earth can find on the internet. That is a violation of anti-trust laws – but so powerful are the huge corporations now they get away with it.
Internet suppression of alt-news in particular is a very dangerous thing because mainstream news functions primarily as a soapbox for the corporate superstructure that profits from war, and buys almost all the politicians using anonymous Super PACs.
Having been an anti-war demonstrator since the early 1970s, having worked as a journalist in several hegemonic wars, and having had my own internet site visits dropped by around 95%, rather suddenly in 2019, I decided to try to elevate the site rankings of all the major peace organizations and alt-news sites following the best advice of SEO experts by interlinking at least some of the major peace-oriented sites. The organizations I describe below represent far less than the total, but hopefully will get “the ball rolling.”
In other words, Google has a near monopoly on internet searches. Holding second, third and fourth places in global search engine usage are YouTube, Amazon and Facebook, which are not usually used to research contemporary issues, peace organizations or alternative news. Thus, Google is the monolith controlling what the vast majority of people on earth can find on the internet. That is a violation of anti-trust laws – but so powerful are the huge corporations now they get away with it.
Internet suppression of alt-news in particular is a very dangerous thing because mainstream news functions primarily as a soapbox for the corporate superstructure that profits from war, and buys almost all the politicians using anonymous Super PACs.
Having been an anti-war demonstrator since the early 1970s, having worked as a journalist in several hegemonic wars, and having had my own internet site visits dropped by around 95%, rather suddenly in 2019, I decided to try to elevate the site rankings of all the major peace organizations and alt-news sites following the best advice of SEO experts by interlinking at least some of the major peace-oriented sites. The organizations I describe below represent far less than the total, but hopefully will get “the ball rolling.”
The Great Linking
The concept is very simple. According to SEO rules links in to a site from quality (SEO optimized) sites earn mega rank elevation points. The theory is those links in from “quality” sites prove the value of a site. Links out from a site either earn minor points or no points as long as they don’t lead to spam, which is heavily penalized.
Most peace advocacy and alt-news sites are reasonably well optimized. If every peace advocacy and alt-news site links in and out to every other peace advocacy and alt-news site, this Great Linking should hugely improve all participants’ site ranking. Then perhaps the corporate monopoly promoting war via all forms of media including news can be broken and internet users worldwide can get vastly more fair access to peace advocacy organizations and more accurate news (alt-news) than is currently peddled on mainstream news (MSM) sources.
It is a truism that all people of conscience value peace and are against war. People with a moral conscience judge war to be an “evil” thing.
Most peace advocacy and alt-news sites are reasonably well optimized. If every peace advocacy and alt-news site links in and out to every other peace advocacy and alt-news site, this Great Linking should hugely improve all participants’ site ranking. Then perhaps the corporate monopoly promoting war via all forms of media including news can be broken and internet users worldwide can get vastly more fair access to peace advocacy organizations and more accurate news (alt-news) than is currently peddled on mainstream news (MSM) sources.
It is a truism that all people of conscience value peace and are against war. People with a moral conscience judge war to be an “evil” thing.
The above is the first several pages of an article on peace organizations. Some, network between themselves. Most are not interconnected. At present the peace organizations and alt-press are rather like feudalistic states. When they decide to interconnect, that is have links between them, their rankings will all skyrocket. That's what I'm trying to encourage.
Until that time, the war machine will keep moving forward and innocents will die.
Until that time, the war machine will keep moving forward and innocents will die.
To learn more about The Great Linking concept and how easy it is to link up, please see my site:
https://thegreatlinking.org
Obviously, all of the Silk Road nations' peace and news organizations need to interlink in order to have their voices heard around the world. Remember, in-links from "quality sites," is what raises our rankings most. By linking to each other we both go up together. The alternative? Let's not go there. Let's rise together.
https://thegreatlinking.org
Obviously, all of the Silk Road nations' peace and news organizations need to interlink in order to have their voices heard around the world. Remember, in-links from "quality sites," is what raises our rankings most. By linking to each other we both go up together. The alternative? Let's not go there. Let's rise together.