You guys must think I'm nutty... I've always felt like this Website was my baby. I loved doing the Spotlight Ads, and was always excited on the 1st of every month to see how the rest of you liked them. I felt that there was usually a pretty nice line up of dogs there. I know that many of the people that ran ads, ran them a couple of times a year, mainly because they were happy with the results the ads generated. Unfortunately, in the past yr, the Spotlight Ads diminished.
Then, with the last round of bickering that we had on this forum a couple of weeks ago..... and really, I'm not whining here, but every time that sort of rubbish starts on this Forum, it sets me off in the direction to pull everything down. I do not like to see that nonsense, anymore than anyone else does. It's moronic.
I do see the need for the information that this Forum, as well as the Links website provides. Heck, even I come here for information...and the upcoming Specialty Calendar is something I always use.
As long as I receive enough new links every year, and have people follow through with updating their current links, it will pay for the bandwidth as well as the payment to Bravenet. We are already at the highest allowed message post quota for Bravenet, so not every single post is archived. The oldest ones drop off eventually. I just checked and right now, we are at
198610 of 200000 Posts. That's allot of archived posts!
Just please,I'm asking all of you to help me keep trolls in line, by not responding to them. They will go away if they are ignored. And support the website, by sending your website link in. Given those two things.. we should be able to keep it up and running. I feel like I'm running a telethon here.. the links are still only $20 per yr... the price has been the same for at least the past 10 years. The links were always meant to be the one stop shopping place for people to find your website easily, and I know it still gets allot of traffic. Is your website link on it? (Ok where's Jerry Lewis when you need him???!!!) ;-)
This is very sad news Jill. I do understand why you have tired of monitoring the people who don't have a positive word to say, but I must tell you that I have learned so much from most of the people who post here. I just ignore the ugly comments.
If the Forum must go away, I do hope you find a way to leave the old posts up for future reference.
Frankly, I don't find the Facebook Ads as nice as your Spotlight Ads. Just sayin'
Thanks so much for everything you have done for the past several years.
Jill,
I personally want to Thank you for your years of support to the breed. I am sure you did not come to this decision lightly. I wish you the very Best.
Jill--I check your forum all the time. It has been a wealth of information for me also. The specialty calendar, the spotlight ads and litter listing have served as a constant source of information. While FB is a good tool, your forum was and is a place to find all the information in one concise area. Thanks for all you have done for us, the Labrador community, over the past 15 years.
Diane McClurg
Jill, Thank You for providing this forum.
It is a wealth of information! I hope that
somehow it will continue.
I, along with others, choose to not be on
Facebook. This forum is the format I really
like.
Would be most grateful if you choose to
keep it going. (I do not have a kennel
name to put into your site. Will support it
In any other way I can.)
Thanks in advance!
Can someone tell me if the ads in the LQ were also lower in the current issue? I believe I had heard someone say that the current issue was a little thin? If that's the case, I don't feel so bad about the Spotlight Ads being down.
I'll keep trying to keep the ads going...and if you guys are getting sick of seeing my own dogs as **fillers** , that's too bad Send in some ads. ;-)
LQ Stud issue was a little thinner than usual. I still like both the Spotlight ads and the LQ. I can't seem to totally get away from published media....but like the online stuff too. Personally, FB is nice, but you loose track of so many threads as they scroll down. Same with the Ads. Maybe if I was on the computer all day it would be different, but my time is limited during the work week.
I like going to a traditional forum and being able to sit down and read threads and catch up....
I would be glad to pay to put my link up in order to keep the forum going. I think the use of the forum has slowed down due to Facebook but I also think the forum and Facebook are very different and that is only temporary.
Is it a lot more work to put in a feature where you could search links by states or area of the country in addition to having them alphabetical?
LOL ok, but if I don't get some Ads soon, you guys are going to get real real tired of seeing my dogs as **fillers* I'm tired of putting my own dogs on the Spotlight. ;-)
