<<< As pitiful as it is, the GGA website is a heavily trafficed site. Statistics say it's one of the top Google and yahoo referals for "geckos". It's been there for so long. It's was set up very well for webbots to find.
I wonder what people refer to for? The Webhost keeps data on traffic to the GGA site. People search for "gecko" and "geckos". There is very little info., resources, updated stuff, etc. You are right, The care sheet are often copied by other sites. Perhaps the original site can be maintained independently, but IMHO needs to be completely rebuilt. It does! It is not only outdated, but looks even more so than it actually is. You all get the new website rebuilt. In the meanwhile, I can at least keep the current site a little more up to date (like putting Chit Chat 6.1 on so it can be sold in the bookstore). The GGA depends on those bookstore sales a lot! The GGA is still getting new memberships from the membership page. Leann From: gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com [mailto:gecko-ad...@lists.gekkota.com] On Behalf Of Julie Bergman Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 2:50 PM To: gecko@lists.gekkota.com Subject: Re: [gecko]GGA Forum & Website Agree, a popular website domain is like gold! Mine is much the same way, just wanted to air this out with other folks so mine wasn't the only viewpoint represented on this. Non-established domains say "fly by night," this is another reason for keeping our established domain name. Now it is our challenge to turn that traffic into members, and if not members a mechanism for funding through the bookstore for those seeking info sources about geckos. The "free information" there also helps fulfill our mission and generates good will in the community. That is where the energy should be re-focused that is going to Chit Chat now IMHO. Julie On 3/27/2011 12:21 PM, Leann Christenson wrote: A forum = place to share ideas, chat, discuss A website = central location on the web for information about a group/company. Search engines look for websites. Just like Repashy Super Food there are two parts. One is Repashy's website. The second part is the forum. They link. www.store.repashy.com > www.forum.rephasy.com They are linked. Putting all the GGA Website content onto the forum and dropping the website = does not make sense. Note: the domain name gekkota.com is paid up for five years. As pitiful as it is, the GGA website is a heavily trafficed site. Statistics say it's one of the top Google and yahoo referals for "geckos". It's been there for so long. It's was set up very well for webbots to find. -- www.geckoranch.com Serving the gecko community since 1993
