In case you missed it...I sent out an email to everyone the other night. It might be a bit repetitious if you know what's going on, but here it is again for those that are just popping in for the 1st time or haven't read it.
I just wanted to send an official email to all members of the Geckos Unlimited community and say Hello. If you haven't been following the GU current affairs lately, then this message should bring you up to speed. I'll try to keep it as short as possible, though it might be hard. In case I'm already loosing you, if you're running a gecko business, be sure to read on...
In a nut shell, Nathan has been too busy lately to run the GU forums and decided to pass on the torch to me. If you haven't visited the site lately, then please check it out. The site has been completely redone and many new features have been implemented to keep up with the current standards. There is still a lot of work to be done to bring back some of the content, but for the most part the look and feel of the site has been set.
Overall there's a ton of improvements in the forum software and functionality, but I won't bore you with all that, and I'll just mention the key visible features that you may find useful
* Member Gallery - you can now host your photos directly on Geckos Unlimited, no need to rely on external services.
* New Classifieds system, with PayPal implementation and feedback.
* Listing of Active Sponsors
* Chat - with notification on the main forum page when someone is in the chat room. This way it's easy to see if anyone wants to chat or if there's an active chat going.
* Content Management System. Any member can now post hobby related articles, which can then be commented on by other members. All articles are promoted to the front page of the website. Over time this should grow into a very useful resource.
A lot of things are happening behind the scenes and are not visible, but are nonetheless very important and crucial to the successful future of GU. For example, in the old setup only about 2% of the pages were indexed by search engines. Currently we have about 65% (over 50,000 pages!) of forum pages indexed in Google (this will grow over time too!). That means that we will be much easier to find by anyone that has interest in geckos or is looking for gecko related information.
I could fill 10 next pages with new things, but I'll spare you the details. Few other things you may be interested in:
If you're running a gecko venture and used to advertise on the old version of the site, please email me your banner and I'll gladly add it to the new site. To celebrate the new edition of the website, I'd like to offer anyone with a gecko venture 6 months of banner advertising on the house. Just reply with your name, 468x60 banner and a link. To see current forum sponsors go here: http://www.geckosunlimited.com/Active-Sponsors
At the bottom of the above page you will see the GU banner. If you run a gecko related website, please be kind to us and add it to your links section. In return, feel free to post a link to your own website in the signature. This will enable us to cross promote the sites and gain search engine relevancy and improve our rankings.
If you have any questions, suggestions or concerns, feel free to reply to this message.
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