V20 Site Problems

[jasoncooperpcola]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

MJ, my neice is out of town for the holiday weekend, so I'll ask her about it this Tuesday when she returns. As to the cost of the website...hell, $300 a year is nothing... The gaming sites that I play on run $250 - $600 a month servers. I would not mind a $100 a year donation to speed this server up. In fact, you can put me down for that right now. Who do I make the check out to? Send me a PM. What I'm saying is if $300 a year gets us what we have now, what would $400 or $500 or $600 a year get us? We spend obscene amounts of money on our boats, paying 3 or 4 times more for things that would normally cost much less. $100 a year is a bargain.

Not to mention the advice and help here.

[macojoe]

ok guys i am going to look around, this will take a little time but we will do something! I know you all want to support the site and thats great but would like to make it fair to all, so lets see what comes of all this? you never know!

thank you all!!!

[valiant_200]

Originally Posted by yodaddy

They probably ran a bot against the site that couldn't find anything. Turn on the vBulletin 'Friendly URLS' option and give Google another shot. - https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/...ofriendly_urls

I kicked the Google bots off the site ages ago. We would have 60 or more of them on at once. They are supposed to just crawl and look for keywords and whatnot, but I would find them trying to post stuff in the calendar section and getting into other areas in which they had no business.

I am not a fan of Google and their bots. I think they are more trouble than they are worth.

[willy]

Agreed, lets be our own sponsors!

[jasoncooperpcola]

Agreed with Willy and Valiant. I am not a fan of the ads either, i dont like flashing banners reminding me of what i just searched for.

[yodaddy]

Originally Posted by valiant_200

I kicked the Google bots off the site ages ago. We would have 60 or more of them on at once. They are supposed to just crawl and look for keywords and whatnot, but I would find them trying to post stuff in the calendar section and getting into other areas in which they had no business.

I am not a fan of Google and their bots. I think they are more trouble than they are worth.

I hear you about google bots. I was only suggesting to MJ that they probably threw a crawler at the site when he applied for AdSense, which couldn't crawl the site.

[macojoe]

Like I said this is a great thread, and has lead to something I think is going to be great!! I have not spoke with Valiant yet, and a few more things, but looks like things will get better in a month or so, I will update you guys soon!

[RidgeRunner]

It seems fast this morning.. I would gladly contribute, can't get this kind of commeradere anywhere else.
Great site MJ. Thanks for all the hard work. Valiant too.. I sit back and watch while folks make comments about speed, I have wanted to mind you, BUT I hesitated thinking you already had enough on your plate... Good to see your back to posting often, a sign that you are on the mend..
Willy and others make a valid case for contributions/dues. I am sure there will be a bunch of willing participants.

[Bygracealone]

A little faster this morning, but still much slower than in times past.

I look forward to the solutions MJ and Valiant come up with. Thank you for your dedicated service and sacrifice to keep this site going.

Even though I no longer own a V20, this is still my favorite boating forum and it has everything to do with the quality of friendships formed here over the years.

I, too, would be willing to contribute an annual membership fee if needed.

[Blue_Runner]

Whatever you do, if you decide to sell please do not sell to an outsider (unless the offer you big $$). I myself would be interested and probably some of the other guys that frequent, if you ever were to sell that is. I just want to see it stay in the family so to speak!!!

Thank you for all you do. Slow or not, I ain't going anywhere. Ya'll are stuck with the Blue man.