Welcome to SEW Forums

[Elisabeth]

Welcome to the beta test of Search Engine Watch's new forums area! The forum's public launch is planned for June 7 -- but you are welcomed and encouraged to begin participating now.

Participating in the boards is easy. Register for free, and you can add you comments to the discussions. Registration requires only 2 things:
* Select a user name for yourself
* Provide your email address.

Your email address is used to confirm your identity. You will not be added to any marketing lists.

Your account comes with options for many settings, but here are a few that most people pay attention to...
* Time zone; the default is Greenwich Meantime. You need to change it to your time zone, otherwise all message times will be displayed as if you were in London.
* Instant email notification: You may want this on. When enabled, you will get an email if you have started a thread and someone replied. If the amount of email you get is ever a problem, simply come back and go to your User Control Panel, and change it.
* Display your email address: By default, no one can see your email address. If you want others to see it, so they can reach you, change this option.
* Your profile. This is how others will learn about you. Add information now, or come back later. Change it as often as you like.

The software has many other features that you can explore, such as the ability to rate threads, private messaging, signatures, searching and more. As the forum develops, we'll run special discussions in the future explaining these in more depth, to encourage greater use.

If you encounter any problems or bugs, please let me know!

Elisabeth Osmeloski
Forum Editor, Search Engine Watch

[AussieWebmaster]

I knew this job would drive me to a padded room...

[Mikkel deMib Svendsen]

Good to be here!

[AussieWebmaster]

It is definitely a global and eclectic crew Danny and the team has put together. I look forward to learning far more than I contribute given the reach of the total skill sets here.

[AndyBeal]

Cool! Another forum that I'll never find the time to visit. :)

The best of luck to all involved. A SEW forum is destined for success!

[Anthony Parsons]

I wish there where 8 days in a week to follow all these forums. Between running my own, moderating a partners, hanging at at High Rankings and then continueing to Orkut communities, its all just getting a bit much.

Excellent forum guys and I must say, about time. This one will blow the industry away. I really look forward to learning even more here. I love this industry.

[Chndru]

Good to be here. Ahh.. I wonder "where's the revered Recent Posts link?

[bradbyrd]

Chndru, try the "New Posts" link up in the top nav bar, just below the breadcrumb trail outlining your location in the forums.

brad

[andrewgoodman]

Whoo hoo! Another forum! Elisabeth, above all, have fun with it and make sure that no one posts any "vulgar, hateful, offensive" or any other nasty material as outlined in the extensive TOS. And please no anonymous Google employees with cute nicknames!

I had a forum once. How naive I was.

I censored a search "enthusiast" (we'll call him Scary) for calling me a nasty name (something ending in "wonder"), which was in response to censoring him for calling other people extremely nasty names, repeatedly. Luckily for the pursuit of truth, he reproduced the insult on his own site, as well as a catalog of insults for every search-related message board on the Internet.

If SEW Forums is up to snuff, it should be on the list within a few days!

A sampling of Scary's reviews of popular boards:

Webmaster World
Opinion: Leaders in the Master race to see what dumboz editor can create the most shameful SEO site. Proud that it only took them minutes to delete my last post.
- Rated C for censorship.

ihelpyouservices.com
If you are just learning how to be a corrupt peace of **** SEO spammer and free speech oppressor this is the place for you.
Opinion: Root of internet evil-- Another SEO smileeee cult

--

I guess my point is, young grasshopper, if someone doesn't tell you you're doing something wrong very soon, you're definitely doing something wrong!

You'll probably find me on the AdWords threads... clearing up misconceptions and misperceptions, and such, and trolling for mega clients. :eek:


Best,

Andrew ;)

[MrMackin]

I'll be watching you.....

[NFFC]

>calling me a nasty name

Me too, very nasty, right after I deleted his post.

>I'll be watching you.....

Good call Mr M, good call :)

[SimpleEnigma]

Well, good luck! I remember when when brand WMW took market share and user-base away from brand SEF (RIP), can the pattern continues? It's a forum eat forum world out there...


I believe they were friends once too.

[AussieWebmaster]

Whoo hoo! Another forum! Elisabeth, above all, have fun with it and make sure that no one posts any "vulgar, hateful, offensive" or any other nasty material as outlined in the extensive TOS. And please no anonymous Google employees with cute nicknames!

I had a forum once. How naive I was.

I censored a search "enthusiast" (we'll call him Scary) for calling me a nasty name (something ending in "wonder"), which was in response to censoring him for calling other people extremely nasty names, repeatedly. Luckily for the pursuit of truth, he reproduced the insult on his own site, as well as a catalog of insults for every search-related message board on the Internet.

If SEW Forums is up to snuff, it should be on the list within a few days!

A sampling of Scary's reviews of popular boards:

Webmaster World
Opinion: Leaders in the Master race to see what dumboz editor can create the most shameful SEO site. Proud that it only took them minutes to delete my last post.
- Rated C for censorship.

ihelpyouservices.com
If you are just learning how to be a corrupt peace of **** SEO spammer and free speech oppressor this is the place for you.
Opinion: Root of internet evil-- Another SEO smileeee cult

--

I guess my point is, young grasshopper, if someone doesn't tell you you're doing something wrong very soon, you're definitely doing something wrong!

You'll probably find me on the AdWords threads... clearing up misconceptions and misperceptions, and such, and trolling for mega clients. :eek:


Best,

Andrew ;)

Cool they have me moderating that forum but would gladly hand it off to Yoda...

[rustybrick]

Well, good luck! I remember when when brand WMW took market share and user-base away from brand SEF (RIP), can the pattern continues? It's a forum eat forum world out there...


I believe they were friends once too.

SEW has no intention of taking away market share from WMW. Danny S. and Brett T. are friends and I am sure they are discussing the benefits of some sort of comparative advantage strategy.

[Laner]

Hi,

First off, these Forums are great. Knowing the reputation of SE Watch I'm sure it will grow quickly. I love the topic groups.

When I'm on the http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/forum/index.php? page I did notice that the 'News from Search Engine Watch' links don't work.

Jason

[Elisabeth]

thanks Jason for the heads up!! that's what "soft launch" is for:)

[Dysfunctional Monk]

Cool! Another forum! I ain't gonna have any time to do anything else :rolleyes: Well, I'll definitely be checking in every now and then, bet I'm gonna learn a lot here. :D

[Brad]

Good luck on the new forums here at SEW. It looks like you are off to a good start. :)

[SimpleEnigma]

SEW has no intention of taking away market share from WMW. Danny S. and Brett T. are friends and I am sure they are discussing the benefits of some sort of comparative advantage strategy.

Friends! I think that is great. Nothing wrong with a little friendly competition. Actually, it makes perfect sense, if Brett can get into the conference business, then it is reasonable that Danny (and Internet.com) cross into the forum business.

[Marcia]

Neat feature! I tried to tarnish NFFC's reputation first thing, but the popup got blocked.

<== Will be watching everyone. :p

[volatilegx]

I already see many familiar nicks here :)

Catch you all in later discussions...

Dan

[lawman]

Mackin, Marcia, NFFC . . . familiar names.

Howdy. :)

lawman

[MrMackin]

That trotskyite from The Valley that we all know and love?

[bunltd]

hmm, does Padded Room = Foo? :p

LisaB

[WebGuerrilla]

Congrats Danny.

The forums look nice. But I'm curious. Who's going to run things when Elizabeth is off skiing 6 months out of the year? :)

[Elisabeth]

Congrats Danny.

The forums look nice. But I'm curious. Who's going to run things when Elizabeth is off skiing 6 months out of the year? :)

hmm... i knew it wouldn't be long before YOU showed up to cause trouble.

(frantically searches for "Ban User" option....) :D

two thoughts:

Handy dandy new cell/PDA/browser (though probably painful) for 24/7 viewing.

- wireless access at ski resorts the 'new' thing:
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/columns/article.php/3080921

[Ron Carnell]

Just wanted to stop by and wish Elisabeth and everyone else (lots of familiar names) the best of luck.

The adventure begins. :)

[Marcia]

One and the same, Mr. M! I heard a rumor there was free food here so I came over to join the party. :)

[Marcia]

I have a question. There doesn't seem to be any kind of a discernible pattern; how come some folks have green balls next to their names while others have blue balls?

[Elisabeth]

green balls = online browsing the forum

blue balls = offline.

[hulkster]

Hulk join yet-another-forum ... yikes, who has time?!?
Hulk see a lot of familier Puny Human faces/names.
Hulk wonders if you can guess what color his ball is ... ;-)
Hulk hope elisebeth not mind slight-off-color joke.

Happy SMASHING,
Hulkster

P.S. Hulk say something doesn't seem quite right with Avatars.
Hulk can upload Profile Picture, but no avatar.

[DrCool]

I think I recognize a few names.... some of them seem vaguely familiar.

[unreviewed]

Good to see a post from Andrew.

[rogerd]

some of them seem vaguely familiar.

Nahhh, the names have been changed to protect the guilty. ;)

[stuntdubl]

Have I seen you people some where?

Congrats Danny. Nice Job.

[TrustNo1]

Looks to be a great forum, hopefully i can keep up :)

[dannysullivan]

Thanks everyone for the congrats and for coming in to take part. We're hoping the new forums will be complementary to all the other great ones out there!

Who's going to run things when Elizabeth is off skiing 6 months out of the year?

We took her skis away!

[chris_360i]

Congrats... it was only a matter of time. I'm looking forward to long conversations and walks on the beach. (sorry- wrong forum :D )

Let's talk SEM!

[Lex]

Well done! I like the rating threads function. Nifty.

[rcjordan]

>calling me a nasty name

Me too, very nasty, right after I deleted his post.

>I'll be watching you.....

Good call Mr M, good call :)

Ppppfffttt!! I deleted more posts in an hour than you'd do in a week ...and with far more style, too.

And I'll be watching YOU, MrMackin.

Elisabeth, do yourself a favor and ban Mackin now under the "known troublemaker" clause in the TOS.

[Robert_Charlton]

Hi everyone,

Congratulations Danny. It's looking great.

Thought I'd stay with my WW user name to continue remaining anonymous. I'm seeing lots of familiar names.

Still figuring out the interface. Can we link to our sites here to help us rank in Google? :)

Bob

[bakedjake]

Looking forward to seeing new faces and old ones too.

[oilman]

we're gonna have some fun now ;)

"That's Mr Mackin to you boy" - ah, memories

[Shak]

Congrats on the forum.

shall "try" and behave :)

over n out

Shak

[Logan]

Greetings All!! Best of luck to SEW Forums & Elizabeth!

[Black_Knight]

Well over 100 currently logged in members can't be bad for a forum that's not even officially launched yet! ;) I think that's maybe an error based on the destination of the left-hand navbar links to the SEW forum (http://www.internet.com/_mocks/clickznetwork/searchenginewatch/searchforums.html) which doesn't seem quite right yet.

This forum is bound to be a great success, but I'll still wish all involved tremendous luck (which they won't need, I'm sure).

[steve sardell]

Cheers to All,

Congratulations on the launch of a new learning center.

[Marcia]

Kind of feels like a "Family Reunion" in a way, doesn't it? Light up the BBQ; who brought the chicken, the chitlin's and the coleslaw?

[hulkster]

Kind of feels like a "Family Reunion" in a way, doesn't it? Light up the BBQ; who brought the chicken, the chitlin's and the coleslaw?

Which one do you want me to fire up Marcia, the Biggest BBQ Grill (http://www.komar.org/bbq/biggest_bbq/) or the Smallest BBQ Grill? (http://www.komar.org/bbq/smallest_bbq) ;-)

alek

[Rumbas]

Congrats on the forum folks! Good to see all the familiar names in here too.

>And I'll be watching YOU, MrMackin.

Phew! Good call RC. Mackin's been know to cause a ruckus, but I'm afraid that it'll take more than just you told hold him down ;)

[IanTurner]

Good luck on the new forums Danny.

[pmac]

Hats off, good luck with the new board.

[Nick W]

So, I see this place is packed to the rafters with the webs worst troublemakers and mentalists.

Thought I'd better join to in that case LoL!

Congrats Danny, im sure they'll be a success, all the best...

Nick

[excell]

Yoo hoo all - Just popping by to wish the forums here well.

I haven't had a good look as yet, so not sure if this is where I make complaints & point out problems :confused:

On my laptop using IE 5 (ok ok.. don't ask why!) and I have some trouble staring at a blank content area.. took me a while to figure that I had to scroll way on down past the left nav.. to find the forum posts .... I would go upgrade but I figure.

Just mentioning it in case anyone wants to cater for the dinasours that lurk around places like this. :rolleyes:

[McFox]

This place has a buzz going on. :cool:

[DaveN]

Nick_W "worst troublemakers" don't know what you mean ;)

Well done danny

DaveN

[MakeMeTop]

This is my first ever post here.

Can you folks tell me about SEO? I keep reading about it and still don't understand. Anyway, what's Nottingham Forest FC got to do with it and why are they posting here?

MrMackin - haven't we met somewhere before?

Seriously, nice to see some old (figuratively speaking) war-horses here. Good luck with the forum, Danny - not that you are going to need it!

[Bernard]

excell, I see the same on my end. I think the site is not designed for 800x600 resolution.

Hi everyone!

[Nick W]

I've got a 2inch gap on the right on this thread at 1024

Nick

[excell]

1024 here.. little bit of cross browser compatility testing should fix it.

Looks good apart from that (so far).. nice colours & getting used to the nav etc..

Adding: I don't have a two inch gap.. for me, it goes left nav & blank and then the actual forums spread in the lower section under it.

[MrMackin]

I have a meeting in Dublin in mid September and we should "do lunch".

[pleeker]

All these familiar names. We're like a traveling self-help group. "My name is pleeker, and I'm addicted to SEO forums."

Everyone: "Hi, pleeker."

:)

[Jeremy_Goodrich]

Nice move!

Can somebody point me to the TOS? Just so I know how to not get myself banned from yet another forum ;)

[Kal]

Kind of feels like a "Family Reunion" in a way, doesn't it? Light up the BBQ; who brought the chicken, the chitlin's and the coleslaw? Ok, what the heck is a chitlin?? :eek:

[MakeMeTop]

Dublin sounds good. Could this be the beginning of a Crawl Conference (as in pub-crawl)?

[ukgimp]

MMT

>>Complete SEO Dunce!

Not sure you are being truthful there?

Added:

Look at that Admin is not allowed in the member description. Worth a try :)

[BigKahunaBurger]

Hi Danny. Hope to become a regular. :D

[altyfc]

Well done on getting this set up (though it should have happened long ago! :) )

Aaron

[DianeV]

Wow. This is starting to sound like old home week. Howdy, all.

[AussieWebmaster]

Ok, what the heck is a chitlin?? :eek:
Google it... LOL
sort of like people asking what is a Morton Bay Bug

[MrMackin]

It has been so many years since we did the all night STUFF for Jim.
Hope all is well for you and yours.

Long live ODP

[DianeV]

since we did the all night STUFF for Jim.

LOL. Yep, and now we know why, sadly. But those were good days.

We're doing fine, back in L.A. And you? How you been steppin'? ;-)

[Ron Carnell]

Sadly, indeed. I have a feeling, though, there's still a few good days yet to be had. :)

Good to "see" you again, Diane.

And, uh, Mike? Long time. :)

[DianeV]

Hi Ron. Actually, I'm sure there are plenty of good days to go.

I agree ... good to see Mike again. Do you think that's "Mr. Mackin" to us? LOL

[Elisabeth]

i just wanted to say I'm glad everyone's having a good time.

I however, have been in the beautiful desert of Moab Utah since monday night - and have been stuck inside on the Internet (and this wonderful forum!) ever since getting here..

I am going to go catch 20 minutes of hot afternoon sun before I leave to go home.

vitaE levels need a boost.

outta here for a few hours!!

[Mikkel deMib Svendsen]

> I however, have been in the beautiful desert of Moab Utah since monday night - and have been stuck inside on the Internet (and this wonderful forum!) ever since getting here..

get wireless! At least this way you can sit outside, with a cold drink and do you work. It's not as relaxing as a day at the beach but it's better than a dark indoor office :)

[rustybrick]

> I however, have been in the beautiful desert of Moab Utah since monday night - and have been stuck inside on the Internet (and this wonderful forum!) ever since getting here..

get wireless! At least this way you can sit outside, with a cold drink and do you work. It's not as relaxing as a day at the beach but it's better than a dark indoor office :)

And now that Apple came out with Airport Express with AirTunes (http://www.apple.com/airportexpress/) you can go wireless any where. I am not an Apple employee. :)

So no more working in an office, we should all join you in the Desert of Moab Utah.

[Elisabeth]

> I however, have been in the beautiful desert of Moab Utah since monday night - and have been stuck inside on the Internet (and this wonderful forum!) ever since getting here..

get wireless! At least this way you can sit outside, with a cold drink and do you work. It's not as relaxing as a day at the beach but it's better than a dark indoor office :)

ya, well, that would have been nice, i know.. Actually, the resort has wireless but its' not very good - on satellite too, it barely worked IN The office, i didn't think it was going to work by the pool.

thank god I can go work outside (by a lake or pool) when i get back home.

[smconline]

"My name is pleeker, and I'm addicted to SEO forums."

LOL...I must be at the right place! :p

[semsai]

Dublin sounds good. Could this be the beginning of a Crawl Conference (as in pub-crawl)?

Hmm. There's a new session for us -- "Meet the Pub Crawlers"

I wonder ... Danny Sullivan: Chris Sherman: How about it? :D

[Shadowen]

A pub crawl in Dublin sounds great. Had one last summer, and I can't actually remember anything about the place except someone said there was a guiness factory nearby or something :D

[Adam C]

this might be a laugh