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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 11, 2016 14:26:48 GMT
On the side of their Buccanheads. It's like a penalty shoot out...........but I don't do chicken jokes Rog How many ears did Captain Kirk have?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 14:33:40 GMT
Words like canal, forum, narrowboat could be added to the home page, but in a way that they are not normally seen, such as white text on a white background or in a special file that search engines can read. I think this is called Robot.txt. Surely someone here could advise the site owner on "search engine optimisation" ?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 14:43:16 GMT
On the side of their Buccanheads. It's like a penalty shoot out...........but I don't do chicken jokes Rog How many ears did Captain Kirk have? Three One on the left, one on the right....... wait for it And the final Frontear. Thought it was spock though, not Kirk
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 11, 2016 15:33:05 GMT
I have tried many variations of words in Google and it's quite frankly a bit shocking to see how many actually do lead to Thunderboat. We don't need to do Trumps and Clintons here by investing millions of Dollars and tweaking this & that - put in some decent work and it'll trundle along nicely by itself. It's staggering how many new members have turned up in this last month. I'm guessing the majority are from CWDF. I also feel that many from there have had a look at Thunderboat and decided it's not quite their cup of tea, and they are scared of reprisals from Wriggly & Co. Some have joined and made some lame comments and then buggered off, and some have joined and are beginning to settle down, in the knowledge that they can comment when and how they like and that they are welcome to come and go as they please. I have had a peek at Canalworld now and then but it seems like a straight-jacket type of environment, and still the same old subjects keep raising their head as there's obviously very little inclination to make new topics. The Virtual Pub is like a Wetherspoons that only serves Fosters. Interesting times. A good portion of CWDF members have decanted to Thunderboat, they certainly seem to be the more fun and broad-minded lot, some have feet in both sites (and nothing wrong with that), and what I'd term the 'drier' and more 'staid' folk have decided to just see it through with staying on CWDF. Time changes perspective and now we can see that Thunderboat has timely filled a void (or a pothole?!) and it may be so that the two sites carry on for some years in this mode, that for a laugh you can pop over here, and if you don't find what you're looking for you can cross over and pop back into CWDF where you also have friends. I do not think that Thunderboat can be seen as a jokey upstart any more, as very serious and sensible and intelligent people have joined this site and contributed handsomely to it.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Nov 11, 2016 15:49:00 GMT
I dont think the S&CB need replacing just yet, but I do think the name Thunderboat also needs Canal Forum alongside of it just to get hits for peeps who google 'canal forum' 100% agree.
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Post by canaldweller on Nov 11, 2016 17:40:47 GMT
How many ears did Captain Kirk have? Three One on the left, one on the right....... wait for it And the final Frontear. Thought it was spock though, not Kirk When I was a lad it was Davey Crockett and his wild front ear.
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Post by pǝʇɹǝʌuı on Nov 11, 2016 17:48:09 GMT
I dont think the S&CB need replacing just yet, but I do think the name Thunderboat also needs Canal Forum alongside of it just to get hits for peeps who google 'canal forum' This is a good idea, I have just googled 'canal forum' and couldn't see Thunderboat at all in the first 10 pages of results
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Post by tonyqj on Nov 11, 2016 18:07:47 GMT
Agreed
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Post by cuthound on Nov 11, 2016 18:53:03 GMT
I dont think the S&CB need replacing just yet, but I do think the name Thunderboat also needs Canal Forum alongside of it just to get hits for peeps who google 'canal forum' This is a good idea, I have just googled 'canal forum' and couldn't see Thunderboat at all in the first 10 pages of results Definitely a good idea. The big differentiator between the other place and here is the large number of newby enquires they get compared to here. If the forum is to continue to grow it needs to attract new, rather than transfused, blood.
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