Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 8:38 pm
Alas my knowledge of PC things is zero...
Just for the record I like our start up page but I'm here already...
Just for the record I like our start up page but I'm here already...
Welcome to the Worlds of Kaomaris
http://forums.kaomaris.com/
Be careful with what you whish for! In some languages (norwegian for instance) the letter combination aa is an alternative for the letter å which happens to be the last letter in the alphabet. So aaaWok might end up at the bottom of the list, even below wok4, instead of at the top...korexus wrote:So, maybe we should change the name to aaaWorld of aaaKaomaris? That should get us to the top of the list.
You mentioned it without realising, but another very good way of promoting a site like this is StumbleUpon.
I think the idea is for it to be a poster for WoK. Not the front page for regular users, but one that sums it up for the first time visitor. I'd probably put it up as the index page for www.kaomaris.com so current weblinks would point to it.Mullog wrote: What is the use of it? What should be in it? How should it look? Give me some suggestions and I will look at it.
i it comes to it, incase people had not realised i would be willing to help, but this is something that me and i say 3 other people would have to do.korexus wrote:*We* can, *I* can't. My artistic ability is about as close to zero as a non-quantifiable entity can get.Hryllantre wrote:Could we design an actual cover page which stands 'World of Kaomaris' apart from the other sites just visited. With click here at the bottom it would take us straight to 'http://www.kaomaris.com/phpNuke/' but at least then those potential players would remember it...
However, if someone wants to design the page, I can put it on the internet and make it work. Are you volunteering?
Chris.
You are joking and winking ... but you are not far off the mark! If Al had thought forward 10 years to the era of long lists, he should have called us "Aardvark Wars" or so ...korexus wrote:So, maybe we should change the name to aaaWorld of aaaKaomaris? That should get us to the top of the list.
korexus.
I doubt this is actually anything to do with our webhost, certainly http://www.dead-links.com/ can trace out the site map without a problem.Hannibal wrote:The nail in the coffin (for pbm as a major route for us, AND for our current web-host), was when I checked back and found we were updated and listed ... but now only among the dregs of "Dead Links" !! I asked Greg why. Our webhost refuses to serve our webpage to his link-checker! So we get relegated to Dead Links. He suggests we shouldn't use a web-host like that ... (see below).
Well, I've done a bit of research. Google adsense will allow us to put either a google search box on the site or those word-highlighty things. Either of these options would then generate a bit of cash on a per-click or pay per 1000 impressions basis, so long as we stayed within the Google ToS. (Which, before anyone suggests it, does include not asking you to or giving an incentive for clicking on the links...)korexus wrote: WoK used to get some income from advertising, this was gradually scaled back to reduce annoyance, but the banner ads were only removed when I discovered it was them that broke the forums. I wouldn't be averse to a small revenue from discrete sources such as banners or a google search box, but won't put them in unless members agree.
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My thought process was to sign up for Google ad-sense and ad-words. If people used an on site search engine then they'd be supporting Kaomaris as Google would pay us a small amount of money everytime someone followed a sponsored link. We could then put any revenue from this along with some of our capital into having our own sponsored links appearing on Google. Another option is to put pay-per-impression banners back at the top as these slowly accumulate some cash without interfering in users' browsing experience.