trenchwalker Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 just strated up new ww1 ,re enactor and living history. if the fancy having a look http://groups.msn.com/reenactorslivinghist...wholikemilitary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 14 October , 2003 Share Posted 14 October , 2003 Forum rules: If a post is mostly just an ad for another website, it will likely be removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 Forum rules: If a post is mostly just an ad for another website, it will likely be removed. Chris I'd forgotten this. I've now deleted my recent Chit Chat post in the thread "Book Publishers - Village War Memorial" as it could have been construed as an advert for my memorial website. I think my reference to "self publicity" was possibly a give-away. Good advert for SueL's site though. Quite proud of meself, there. May be a second career in marketing beckons. John (PS: it's left the thread looking a bit odd, now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Light Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 John - never fear, I've removed mine as well - the thread is back all ship shape and legitimate and no-one will ever discover our secret!! Regards - Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ian Bowbrick Posted 15 October , 2003 Share Posted 15 October , 2003 Sue - cafe on me next time at the PRO. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 16 October , 2003 Share Posted 16 October , 2003 Guys There is no need to retrospectively remove any posts that just offer a URL. If it was that critical, I wouldn't have replied to trench's original post, I would have deleted it. In the next couple of weeks I will be launching an add-on to the forum that will allow members to add a URL link to a website (only non-commercial links allowed). It will also allow members to comment about the site, and show popularity statistics. You can post all your war memorial links etc there without any problem at all. It will give them higher profile than being buried in a post. The "rule" is there for a very good reason. Google and other major search engines now downrate sites that carry lots of links. The Long, Long Trail and the Forum both enjoy high ratings on these engines, and that is not by chance, it's down to a lot of hard work. I don't intend to relinquish that position. It's as easy as that. (The new area I am working on will be on a separate URL probably so it will not affect the rating of either of the existing sites). Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broznitsky Posted 16 October , 2003 Share Posted 16 October , 2003 Chris, any ideas why Google et al would have this policy? I have been planning a site that "would" have had lots of links, but now perhaps I shall have to "borrow" the content to fit on mine, so that I will rate high. Peter (puzzled) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 16 October , 2003 Share Posted 16 October , 2003 It is to downrate sites that have little core content of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 17 October , 2003 Share Posted 17 October , 2003 Forum rules: If a post is mostly just an ad for another website, it will likely be removed. Must confess I wasn't aware of this one; occasionally I add a link to a page on my own site, when someone has asked for info and where I think it relevant. Am I to stop doing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 17 October , 2003 Share Posted 17 October , 2003 No. It is to try to stop what happens on lots of forums: someone zaps in, posts a message just saying "Come to my website at www.xyz.com, it's great". Or even "Buy your books at www.books.com". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 17 October , 2003 Share Posted 17 October , 2003 Okay - thanks for a quick response on that one Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted 17 October , 2003 Share Posted 17 October , 2003 Chris, Why the advert for Barnes & Noble? ( http://www.books.com/ ) Regards, Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 17 October , 2003 Share Posted 17 October , 2003 Well, you've got me there. I there any word in the English language that isn't a website these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 17 October , 2003 Share Posted 17 October , 2003 Is there any word in the English language that isn't a website these days? I thought to myself, I bet nobody has thought of using the longest word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (it's a lung disorder) and turned into a website, cos it would take too long to tap out on the computer.... But then I tried it and foudn that www.pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.com really is a website.... Chris, I think you may now be right. There is no word that isn't a website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger Posted 17 October , 2003 Share Posted 17 October , 2003 OK, how many people besides me had a look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 17 October , 2003 Share Posted 17 October , 2003 OK, how many people besides me had a look? Me - and it takes you off to www.mosthaunted.net. Which spooked me a little. Time for lie down, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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