Link Policies

Internet and web marketing are major components in our tourism marketing tool box. In order for web marketing to be most effective, it is important that we maximize our exposure in the popular search engines like google and yahoo. It is also important that our site retains its integrity as a valuable and valid resource for the webvisitors. To this end, Finger Lakes Board of Directors has adopted a policy for links to and from our site. Basically, we are working on a reciprocal link policy. If we are hotlinked to you, then we will hotlink back to your site. A complete policy on links is located here.

If you think you are ready to submit a link request to us, please click here and fill out the form.

If you'd like to learn more about our results on the web, please click here and view some quick facts on our unique hits, page stickiness, and popular website areas. Again, the more links we have to each other, the more valuable both of our sites become.

Finger Lakes Vistors Connection Link Policy 09/20/06

FLVC is committed to serving the Ontario County tourism industry and increasing visitation to the county tourism facilities. In pursuit of this goal, FLVC maintains several  websites through which it disseminate county tourism-related information and resources for visitors and the tourism industry.

Finger Lakes Visitors Connection recognizes that are a variety of implications to providing hot links on a website, and that this is an ever-changing situation as the internet develops and as tourism marketing strategies change with the times. Among the considerations in providing links are the integrity of the linked business - its business offerings to travelers and the integrity of its website, the competitive nature of the tourism business, the cost and value proposition of providing links to any particular business. All of this must be aligned with the mission and the marketing goals of FLVC.

In an effort to be proactive in this fluctuating environment, the board’s policy on website links is as follows:

1.      The linking site and business must meet and maintain the tourism standards established by the FLVC policy on “Marketing Integrity.”

2.      The linking site must include a reciprocal link of equal positioning to VisitFingerLakes.com.

3.      No political campaign sites or sites that advocate a political position, either by themselves or through a third party may be linked to VisitFingerLakes.com. However, links to the official sites of federal, state and local government offices and elected officials will be permitted.