Ian,

>Anyone know how these WebRing 'things' work? How
>easy to set up and maintain? Any costs? etc etc?
 . . .
>Thoughts?

I haven't yet read through all the documentation at
www.webring.org, but when I stumbled over a Java web
ring a while ago, I found the concept most interesting
and useful (for finding related sites).

I'm seriously considering to start a ring, if I can
manage to wade through the docs in reasonable time.

If someone else is already familiar with web rings
and their management, I'd be happy to step back and
just join as a member.

Lars.