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Issue # 211 (06-25-2004)
A Life LessonWords of wisdom from a fallen President ... gMail ... scumbags galore ! |
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There are a few personnel changes at the forums that I'd like to make everyone aware of.
Jennifer Laycock (thejenn), our Forum Administrator, is going to be taking some personal time. She's expecting (!!!), and as anyone who has children can attest, there are more important things in your life during this time than forums. We will be seeing her around here sporadically over the next few months, but she'll be in our thoughts constantly. Additionally, she will be making a very "Upward" move careerwise. She's moved on from her Guide Position at About.com and has taken over the reigns as Editor-In-Chief at Search Engine Guide (http://www.searchengineguide.com). She now holds two of the most prestigious and demanding jobs in the world of SEO... Editing one of themost well-respected Search Engine News sources, and Administering the world's greatest forums. Congratulations, Jen, on all fronts! Diane Scott (excell), who has been with us seemingly forever, will also be taking some personal time to focus more on her family. As with Jen, she'll be around every so often, but primarily, will be doing what she does best, and that's taking care of her own. Elisabeth Osmeloski (skiguide) will be leaving her post as full time JimWorld SEO and JimGuide to take on the very prestigious role of Forum Administrator for the newly launched forums at Search Engine Watch (http://www.searchenginewatch.com). Danny Sullivan, owner of SEW couldn't have made a better choice. We're sorry to see skiguide go, but wish her all the luck in the world. Good luck with the forums, Danny... running a large community has been aninspirational and moving experience for all of us here. I hope that it's just as rewarding for you. We've also said "goodbye" to another old friend. We've made a tough decision in having to eliminate the "I Want to Sell My Site" forum, forwarding all traffic to it into The Marketplace area of VirtualPromote. This decision became necessary as recent trends in the forums made conducting business there "difficult" on a number of levels. There have been many threads in this forum that degraded into ugly flame wars. People putting sites up for sale don't deserve to be hammered on like pieces of dirt... all in the name of lowering the price. In addition to the flaming that went on in there, we had an outbreak of people putting up sites for sale that they don't own, for the sole purpose of screwing people out of thousands of dollars (more in this in the Scumbag section to follow). In the end, I felt that a "forum" simply wasn't the best place for people to use VirtualPromote to try to sell their sites. The bids andnegotiations in a forum setting are all public. In The Marketplace area, all bids are private and can only be seen by the seller. This makes for a much more private and personal negotiation process, and one that doesn't leave the seller hanging by his neck in a public forum. In it's new home, as with all other Marketplace listings... it's FREE to post your ad. Any VirtualPromote member may post their site for sale at the Marketplace (or any other job request, for that matter). Replies and bids on the job/site can only be made by VirtualPromote "Premium" members. Yes, you'll need to pay to reply. Hopefully, that will limit the bidding to folks that are serious and dedicated to the community, making the "I Want to Sell My Site" area more friendly, and more productive, even if it gets less exposure than before. Visit the Marketplace: http://www.jimworld.com/marketplace/ Go Premium: http://www.jimworld.com/join/premium-membership/ Bid in The Marketplace, Use our advanced ROI Tracking Tools, and all sorts of other fun stuff .... And finally, you'll note that we have FINALLY upgraded the look and feel of VirtualPromote as a whole, and the forums in particular. The new look is definitely much snazzier than before, makes navigating the entirety of VirtualPromote much easier, and moves us out of the 90's as far as design goes. For those of you that like things more simple, you'll notice the "Old School Forums" link at the top of the forums pages, allowing you to get the forums without all the fancy stuff... but what fun would that be? |
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JimWorld Member comments and feedback ...
Posted On: 06/29/2004 12:24
Posted By: Curt
Posted By: Curt
thejenn, congrats on the new baby coming.
That's too bad about the "sell your site forum". Stupid scammers. Just takes a bad apple to mess it up for everyone else. And the flamers stink too—all in the name of trying to get the price down. Sad people can't be more civil.
That's too bad about the "sell your site forum". Stupid scammers. Just takes a bad apple to mess it up for everyone else. And the flamers stink too—all in the name of trying to get the price down. Sad people can't be more civil.
Posted On: 09/23/2004 09:55
Posted By: clanmesa
Posted By: clanmesa
The font size in your gazette is just so small for these aging eyes, though.
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