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I think we have touched on this before but I cant seem to understand why American history forums is so popular on google when Westernciv is not. The administrator over there hasnt been on in months and it seems any legit posters they get post a few then leave because of the lack of quality and the spammers. Why arnt we getting the traffic they are?
They may be popular on Google because they have so many incoming links leading in to the site. I don't know that they get more traffic than here – at least these days. What I do not understand myself is why they seem to get more random people signing up to participate in discussions. I would think that a spam-free forum would be far more conducive to new people signing up and discussing history than one filled with spam. Perhaps the answer has to do with how they're arriving at the site.BTW I may have to move this thread to the Senate Chamber eventually.
Perhaps the answer has to do with how they're arriving at the site.
If we could only figure that one out. Have you ever PM'd any of the legit contributers on there to invite them over (besides myself of course)?
I've toyed with the idea, and I think I've done it in the past. On the one hand, I want to bring people this the site who are interested in history. On the other hand, I don't feel right about sifting members away from a competing forum. Therein lies my problem.
I've toyed with the idea, and I think I've done it in the past. On the one hand, I want to bring people this the site who are interested in history. On the other hand, I don't feel right about sifting members away from a competing forum. Therein lies my problem.
When the owner hasnt been on in months I would say he has given up, at this point I think he has let the spammers have it. So I just dont see how they are competing with anyone right now.
When the owner hasnt been on in months I would say he has given up, at this point I think he has let the spammers have it. So I just dont see how they are competing with anyone right now.
That would be my position as well. careful on the invite as the spammers may follow also; taxing the software and administrators' patience.Wally
Well, perhaps I'll try something. I've written to someone in charge over there in the past but haven't gotten a response. I'd like to direct traffic from there to here. And spammers will follow but they can't do much here anymore. I've blocked some of the common spam tricks and I even allow guests to post on this forum (I bet you didnt' know that!) but we still don't have spam problems. And even if they do, we have the funny “spammer” avatar that I can assign to them!
I know I can speak for all when I say This forum deserves a chance to grow. I get jealous when I see other forums with thousands of contributing members. 😀
Phid, go ahead and sift the members. They will appreciate the change of venue and the owner will never know the difference or even care. You would be the most productive spammer on the sight. 😀
You would be the most productive spammer on the sight. 😀
Then we can finally see that Spammer avatar put to good use. 😀
So I get on the site and there are 87 spiders from Yahoo crawling around, to bad the 'most ever online' isnt working, that would look good in the statistics department.
Wow, I didn't see that. I have noticed that Yahoo is going bonkers for this site recently and I do not know why. It's good to see, though. But remember, “Yahoo spiders are frightened easily. But, they'll be back, and in greater numbers.”
I guess we had some visitors earlier today….all 171 of them. Too bad I wasn't on at the time to enjoy the show.
