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I just based that theory on the comment that glc made in his first post here....."how would you feel if a member of your site started advertising their site." I take that as being concerned that you are losing members to another forum. I could have just misunderstood his intention in that comment though.
I see what Johan is doing is what a lot of people are trying to do. Just trying to promote their site without having to spend a fortune to get the top rankings in a search engine or buying banners on other sites.
I do realize though that if everybody started doing this, the forum would become cluttered with a lot of people promoting their own sites and not a lot of PC assistance going on.
This subject brings up the entire subject of Web site promotion all together. I think it is a disturbing trend that you have to pay to get a decent listing on search engines. The number of search engines that take free submissions anymore is dwindling. You can pay a fortune for banner advertising but there are A LOT of not for profit sites that you will never be able to find. My Musician Referral Site is non profit so I can't spend a fortune on advertising. I rely on other sites with reciprocal links or people mentioning my site in forums.
But the bottom line point is....those are the rules that this forum is operated under and members need to abide by them. Notice how I mentioned my Musician Referral Site several times but never posted a link to it. he he he.
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