V20 Site Problems

[macojoe]

Yes spare please talk with her and see what she might be able to come up!
Destroyer you are right about the gallery and stuff, but we don't have any control of the server, we buy space there and thats it. We have a huge amount of space and all, when valiant fights with them we get a bit faster for a short time then back to the same old stuff.

This is a monthly site we pay for, so no upgrade will help. Thank you all for wanting to cheap in, but as said a monthly fee is not a good thing for all. this is a good thread cause maybe we will find a sponsor or advertiser something to help any way??
this site has been running for almost nothing all these years! One cause BS started out with free software and a free server, then went to paying for server a little, then i took the site and bought the V Bulletin software and upgraded that, and change servers a few times. It was good till we started getting to be a little big, then all the spy bots started to join and bog the site down, so valiant put blocks on there country's that were doing it, then I had him block all new members from just joining to stop the spammers, now i approve each new member after looking up there IP to see if they have anything against them, and even if they have one thing they get denied.

Thank God Valiant and I have been friends for over 31 years, and he learned this stuff!! He is are tec guy for FREE!! The site cost us about $300 a year to run! I am willing to go a little more but i have not work in a year now, just sent in my disability paper work, so things going to be a bit tight for a bit.
But I am open to anything to make it better, even got a email from a guy who buys websites with a offer to buy this one, but I looked at a few he has and did not like them so never looked into it, as i like are little corner of space just the way it is!

[macojoe]

Also I looked into the Google stuff as Therm suggested, i filed out there app and here is the email i got back

Thank you for your interest in Google AdSense. Unfortunately, after
reviewing your application, we're unable to accept you into AdSense at
this time.

We did not approve your application for the reasons listed below.

Issues:
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Insufficient content

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Further detail:

Insufficient content: To be considered for AdSense, your site must contain
enough text content for our specialists to review and for our crawlers to
identify relevant ads to show on your pages. We recommend including more
complete sentences and paragraphs on your site. We require websites to be
fully launched and functioning, allowing users to navigate throughout your
site with a menu, sitemap, or appropriate links. Once the majority of your
site is complete and functional, we'll be happy to reconsider your
application

[spareparts]

they obviously don't have a clue what they are talking about, to think they are passing up the premier boating site on the web because we don't have enough complete paragraphs. Sounds like you got the flunkie skeleton staff from the holiday(same reason the weather forecast hasn't been right this weekend). I got on thing to say to them

[randlemanboater]

Are you saying we got turned down because of wind talking?


Valiant must have talked to them again because the site seems to be running good today...at least for me.

[willy]

I say the h@ll with any of them advertizing groups, if I see one more green lizard pop up I might shoot it.

Why don't we sponsor our own site. Not as advertisers but as sponsoring members.
Figure out what it will cost with Valiant to do a decent upgrade. Annually.
And then figure out what we need split up by sponsors annually.
Then as a high honor on this site each fellow will have "Sponsor" or Contributor or Snagger or whatever under his membership title (Senior Junior God etc )
That way we can keep our own little place in this world like you suggest MJ, beholding to no one and an even tighter family group.
Let me say that I was never a big get on the computer guy, but with the guys I have met here and the friends I have made on this site it is definitely something special in the world of communication and other sites are envious of our camaraderie
You do enough already MJ, plus you have all kind of health issues with yourself and your wife. We do not need you doing more or especially paying for the site.
Plus you entertain us with copious Wind Talking
That way we can be our own family group, you can continue to monitor and moderate the way you have been, and we we can have a good fast moving site for all. Plus we will still be free for most members.
I am fortunate enough to be running my own business right now and I am willing to commit to $100.00 a year. Not everyone will be able to do that and a couple of years ago I could not do that much. But pick a number after you find out the cost and come up with an amount that will allow everyone who wants to be a proud sponsor to contribute. You are going to have to do something like that anyhow as having one of our brothers paying for this site out of his disability check is not right.
That is my suggestion.

[willy]

Another suggestion is to add a sponsor section and let a guy who runs his own business post his link there for whatever he does and maybe if a fellow here is in his area and needs something done he might get some business from it.
Personally I am thinking about posting a link as a hitman or male prostitute.

[Cam]

I for one would be more than willing to kick in $20 a year as a subscription fee. Not all members would have to kick in, but if you get enough people to subscribe to helping out this site, you can easily offset the server costs. Another forum I belong to does this and it helps immensely. Count me in if you decide to go that route. I like this site and want to see it succeed and be here for a long time to come.

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by willy

Another suggestion is to add a sponsor section and let a guy who runs his own business post his link there for whatever he does and maybe if a fellow here is in his area and needs something done he might get some business from it.
Personally I am thinking about posting a link as a hitman or male prostitute.

btw, I'd be more than willing to sign on a sponsor with my business

[jasoncooperpcola]

I dont have a business that can be a sponsor but i can personally chip in $50/year and if need be i can chip in up to $100/year.

[yodaddy]

Originally Posted by macojoe

Also I looked into the Google stuff as Therm suggested, i filed out there app and here is the email i got back

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