The old 'Classic Boat' forum

[Rum_Pirate]

I googled

classic boat forum

Is this where they moved?

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/forum/topics/Classic_Boat_Forum/

It does not seem so.

If not where have they gone?

Anyone got an addy for their forum?

 

[Rum_Pirate]

I have found this

http://www.classicboat.co.uk/

but no link to a forum.

 

[BrendanS]

They haven't moved it yet

 

[Captain Coochie]

Very wise of them .

 

[FistralG]

I googled classic boat forum and the top hit was...
http://www.ybw.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17

 

[GavinW]

We haven't transferred the forum as yet. It will be up in the next few days.

 

[mikefleetwood]

I googled classic boat forum and the top hit was...
http://www.ybw.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=17

Well, yes, it would be. That will be why the new publishers insisted the forum as part of the deal. No good having a google of your title coming up with someone else's site

 

[cliffordpope]

They haven't moved it yet

As in "I'm going to do it up one day" ?

 

[monkey_trousers]

Well, yes, it would be. That will be why the new publishers insisted the forum as part of the deal. No good having a google of your title coming up with someone else's site

thing is, as far as google is concerned, The URL is everything. and whilst they may be moving the forum, it will get a brand new web address, which google at the moment knows bugger all about

googling classic boats will display the ybw.com forum address for a long long time to come

a forum on classicboat.co.uk or whatever will be starting from scratch and will take a long time to creep back to the top.

add to that the new 'Panda' update google launched, which specifically is seeking out websites where content has been duplicated ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13091708 ) and is all but removing them from the results system

so while IPC think they have made a good deal its possible that it could back fire, classicboat.co.uk may never get off the google starting blocks and YBW.com could get knocked right back down the lists - effecting every aspect of there Internet presence not just forums and there advertising revenue

 

[Lakesailor]

googling classic boats will display the ybw.com forum address for a long long time to come

Not beyond the wit of man to provide a redirect.

 

[monkey_trousers]

Not beyond the wit of man to provide a redirect.

but beyond the wit of the vBulletin software that makes up the forum to provide a redirect for a sub forum

 

[Woodlouse]

thing is, as far as google is concerned, The URL is everything. and whilst they may be moving the forum, it will get a brand new web address, which google at the moment knows bugger all about

googling classic boats will display the ybw.com forum address for a long long time to come

a forum on classicboat.co.uk or whatever will be starting from scratch and will take a long time to creep back to the top.

add to that the new 'Panda' update google launched, which specifically is seeking out websites where content has been duplicated ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13091708 ) and is all but removing them from the results system

so while IPC think they have made a good deal its possible that it could back fire, classicboat.co.uk may never get off the google starting blocks and YBW.com could get knocked right back down the lists - effecting every aspect of there Internet presence not just forums and there advertising revenue

Google can be manipulated. Just like the old trick someone pulled when typing "French Military Victories" and pressing i'm feeling lucky would bring up a google page saying 'no matches found.'

 

[monkey_trousers]

google can be maniplulated - by google, folks that try get very short shrift from google indeed

that example was one of many of google's wheezes over the years - if you did a search rather than I'm feeling lucky it would say

"did you mean french military defeats"