I too think the forums are a great idea but the extra visibility may not be a good thing
On 16 Jul 2013, at 21:32, Ian Macdonald <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I love the effort square penguin has put in, but also have to agree with the > feeling of keeping under the radar. Remember lots of the content is not the > BBC's as such and their partners get anti. > > > Ian Macdonald > > On 16 Jul 2013, at 22:15, "roadcone (gmx) imap" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm not so active here but I agree with David - both in his compliments and >> in his concerns. >> >> >> >> On 16/07/13 20:36, David wrote: >>> It's a fantastic idea (in principle), and looks great... but I'm in >>> agreement with some others and express concern about get_iplayer becoming >>> too popular, and drawing attention to itself. >>> >>> A cease and desist letter might occur, but moreover, the last thing most of >>> us want is active measures being taken to counter the use of get_iplayer >>> and effectively 'spoil it for us all'. >>> >>> My honest belief is that the site should be as nondescript as possible, and >>> generally try to avoid most of the search engine indexing if possible (and >>> certainly lose the domain name with 'iplayer' in it!). >>> >>> I know it sounds very paranoid, and perhaps worse still, ungrateful.... >>> but rest assured, that is far from the case. >>> >>> It's great that people are so active in keeping get_iplayer to alive and >>> trying to make life easier for most of us... >>> >>> But keeping a low profile is probably the best possible strategy. It's just >>> my opinion of course... but life is sweet at present... I don't want it to >>> turn sour! esp when search engines start bringing up the site due to >>> 'iplayer' in the domain name (which can have a strong effect on ranking) >>> >>>> Square Penguin <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> 16 July 2013 17:56 >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> A few months ago I wrote a Complete Beginners Guide to get_iplayer on my >>>> personal blog, shortly followed by a Troubleshooting Guide. >>>> >>>> 'Complete' was a bit of a stretch as I soon learnt from the 300+ comments >>>> that poured in looking for assistance. However, the posts were very >>>> successful with around 12,000+ unique visitors in the last month and tens >>>> of thousands of page views. >>>> >>>> I was also very fortunate to have Dinkypumkin stop by on a regular basis >>>> to offer expert advice and knowledge to those in need. >>>> >>>> With that in mind, and with the help of Dinkypumpkin, I've created a fully >>>> fledged get_iplayer website, complete with guides, forums, a complete >>>> mirror of the Wiki from GitHub (which DP has graciously helped to populate >>>> and transfer), faq and quick install guides for all platforms. >>>> >>>> The site went 'live' yesterday and you can find the it at the link below, >>>> along with my reasons for creating it which are to be found on the blog: >>>> >>>> http://getiplayer.co.uk >>>> >>>> It's pitched very much at the newbie so I hope it helps some of those who >>>> struggle to get to grips with get_iplayer, or even with this mailing list >>>> ;-) >>>> >>>> Of course, it could all be in vain after the recent demise of Radio >>>> Downloader (a contemptuous act by the BBC!) and the potential for the BBC >>>> to send in the heavies. But here's to hoping that's not the case... >>>> >>>> SquarePenguin >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> get_iplayer mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> get_iplayer mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> get_iplayer mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
