No, the original webrings from 1995 were literally rings - each site linked to one other site in the ring, and eventually one of them would link back to the “first” site, making an actual ring.
Nope. There was no "first" site as you say - it was literally just a list of links.
The most innovative ones were iframes of a single source of links (iframes were all the rage, unless of course you clicked "no frames" as a user, because your internet was so slow).
But even the less formal ones simply listed links to other sites, there was no visit order, and definitely was not directional/circular.
It's "ring" like a boxing ring - as in "those within the ring" not a directional loop like you mention.
> To be a part of the webring, each site has a common navigation bar; it contains links to the previous and next sites. By selecting next (or previous) repeatedly, the user will eventually reach the site they started at; this is the origin of the term "webring."
But, it was a fundamentally silly structure for the web, so many sites implemented something beyond the ring structure, which is what you're describing. Technically, those weren't webrings in the above sense.
The most innovative ones were iframes of a single source of links (iframes were all the rage, unless of course you clicked "no frames" as a user, because your internet was so slow).
But even the less formal ones simply listed links to other sites, there was no visit order, and definitely was not directional/circular.
It's "ring" like a boxing ring - as in "those within the ring" not a directional loop like you mention.