19. An apparatus including a web server connected to a network, where the apparatus is configured to carry out operations comprising: (a) making a first web page available on the network so that the first web page can be viewed over the network using a web browser program executing on a client computer connected to the network, where the first web page is made widely available to client computers having access to the network, and where the first web page includes content created by a first author; (b) detecting that a second web page includes a reference to the content created by the first author, where the second web page is available to client computers having access to the network, and is an independent web page that is not part of the first web page, and where the second web page includes content created by a second author; (c) detecting that a third web page includes a reference to the content created by the first author, where the third web page is available to client computers having access to the network, and is an independent web page that is not part of the first web page, and where the third web page includes content created by a third author; (d) after detecting that the second web page includes a reference to the content created by the first author, and after detecting that the third web page includes a reference to the content created by the first author, receiving a request for the first web page from a client computer operated by a user; and (e) responding to the request for the first web page by transferring the first web page over the network to the client computer, and including as part of the first web page the content created by the first author, and a representation of the second and third web pages, where the representation of the second and third web pages is automatically included as part of the transferred first web page, meaning that the representation is included without requiring the user operating the client computer to be previously aware of either the second web page or the third web page, and without requiring the first author to search for either the second web page or the third web page.
23. The apparatus of claim 19 , where the representation of the second and third web pages is a display element signifying multiple web pages, where the display element has a different appearance when it signifies a higher number of web pages, and where the display element is automatically included as part of the transferred first web page in operation (e) without requiring the first author to be aware of either the second web page or the third web page.