Mike
Well-Known Member
This is all hinged on us getting our ads back on the forum, which I am confident will happen. If not, then gotta come up with a plan B.
From this point on, we are going to have to be more refined in our actions within the main areas of the forum. By main areas, I mean all areas other than the Miscellaneous forums category. If the forum falls within the miscellaneous category, we can be a little more loose, much like we have always been.
The biggest changes within the miscellaneous category will be stricter policies on personal attacks. I've seen more of this on the forum than I care to, and it is time for things like that to come to a halt. We talk about being adults, and I feel we should act like adults as well.
The word censor is site wide, so there is no dividing that up. I will work on something for those who are obsessed with seeing profanity rather than asterisks though. Don't get in a hurry for this though, could be quite some time down the road.
The kicker:
We have just blocked a big portion of the website from not only the google adsense, but from google search as well. Everything in the miscellaneous category is being delisted from google's search engine as of tonight. Within a couple days, that process should be complete and all of that content will no longer be bringing traffic into the forum.
What I really NEED from you guys and gals: (This is really important)
To make up for the losses we will incur by removing ads and removing search traffic for a big portion of the site, we have got to increase our focus on building content and promoting activity within the main trucking areas of the forum.
This is done in a few ways:
From this point on, we are going to have to be more refined in our actions within the main areas of the forum. By main areas, I mean all areas other than the Miscellaneous forums category. If the forum falls within the miscellaneous category, we can be a little more loose, much like we have always been.
The biggest changes within the miscellaneous category will be stricter policies on personal attacks. I've seen more of this on the forum than I care to, and it is time for things like that to come to a halt. We talk about being adults, and I feel we should act like adults as well.
The word censor is site wide, so there is no dividing that up. I will work on something for those who are obsessed with seeing profanity rather than asterisks though. Don't get in a hurry for this though, could be quite some time down the road.
The kicker:
We have just blocked a big portion of the website from not only the google adsense, but from google search as well. Everything in the miscellaneous category is being delisted from google's search engine as of tonight. Within a couple days, that process should be complete and all of that content will no longer be bringing traffic into the forum.
What I really NEED from you guys and gals: (This is really important)
To make up for the losses we will incur by removing ads and removing search traffic for a big portion of the site, we have got to increase our focus on building content and promoting activity within the main trucking areas of the forum.
This is done in a few ways:
- Create Threads
Each new thread is a new page to be listed in the search engines. Referring to the trucking related forums here. - Answer New Questions
People come here looking for help, if you have an answer, please offer it up. If all you can think of is something rude or degrading because you think the original poster is an idiot, then walk away from the thread rather than insult the member. - Respect Each Other (This goes for new members also)
It's not a newbies fault that he/she is a newbie. It's not their fault that they don't know as much as you know. People need to feel comfortable in making a post without being treated as if they are stupid. Again, if you don't have something positive to contribute to the person, just ignore them. Purposely embarrassing someone, only drives them away as well as many others who see this being done to others. It gets to a point where people become incline to say nothing as opposed to risk being ridiculed on a public forum.