Virtual Dr. seems more than a little sick: "Member Participation Issues"

Hey there Doc,
No instantaneous results expected. ;) And I couldn't agree more, the seach rank is just part of the puzzle, as well as layout, content, attitudes & behaviors. The search issue I find intriguing, but suppose the mechanics of it could be delved into deeper in a different forum. At any rate, bottom line is keep the regulars happy and coming back, address what they have expressed as issues, and ultimatley that will surely have positive impact throughout the entire membership roster; new, semi-regular or core 'always here' members. ~Kat

The search issue will be fixed today. I'm currently doing it.

Joe will obviously come up with much better figures than me. But as I mentioned before, I have been keeping an eye on various forums, including VBForums (as I'm a member over there too). VBForums was already the number one in search engine rankings when they were running Vbulletin2, and even so, the effect was very noticeable. Within 2 weeks of the upgrade to Vbulletin3 the numbers on line started to ramp up markedly, and the number of new members joining have on average doubled since the upgrade. And I suspect that site had the least to gain from the upgrade of all JM's sites, they were buzzing along very nicely anyway.

Well if vdr can capture even far less benefit than that it will be very good indeed.

Is that ALL you are interested in is haveing VDR in Top of the Search Engines...
Because that is what it is all sounding and looking to me...Being at the top won't mean VDR being the Best or getting more Members......I for ONE Do NOT like your Very Large ADVERT at the Top Right...I also Don't like Reading that you are thinking of putting in more Adverts underneath that Monstrocity that's already there...
The way you have this Board with All Messages on the Left is just causeing me to Scroll further n further down the page in order to read them all....Waste of Time and space....I prefer to Read Left to Right as it was!!The Length of the Page..As you see it whilst typeing in "Reply to Thread"...
So you now have another Forum that's Become like ALL others with No Individual Identity.....
I for One Do NOT Like Your Changes......

I have to agree with scarecrowdr on the space issue. Once you get below the huge HP ad, that's a lot of wasted (table/frame?) space.

We have no plans to put more ads below that. When I said we might add some more content, I didn't mean ads. I meant maybe an RSS feed, or something .

This thread is about increasing member participation but from reading the posts since the upgrade we seem to have added some issues from the upgrade that now affect continuing member participation. These are not issues that can be swept under a rug and they will go away. But working together we should get it all straightened out. Those of you that are checking the functions, appearance, and commenting on the results and observations save JPNYC time. He on the other hand is working to correct the glitches and needs time to accomplish that. :)

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Originally Posted by scarecrowdr

Is that ALL you are interested in is haveing VDR in Top of the Search Engines...

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Not to worry (I hope) there scarecrowdr. This is just one thing, one issue. And one step in a bigger picture.

Again, I have to agree with greengoose1. (I guess I'm in an agreeable mood tonight. ;>) ) The issue originally posted is being detracted from. Perhaps a new thread on the new format where members can express themselves?

I know I'm a low one on the totem pole but....

Yes Dan, issues in this thread have been a bit distracted from in the last couple days. The search engine and board software was however something talked about here at various time, so it is not totally out of place to see some of the things that have been said now come out here now that the upgrade is done. I do agree with you0 though that any more involved discussion involving the search engine stuff should probably happen (be continued) in a thread other than this one.

PS. If you feel like breaking your trend, feel free to disagree with me on this post. :D

I wanted to use the quote button to quote Dan Penny, but it was mysteriously gone.
Anyway Dan, you can vent about the new version here:
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...141#post929141

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Originally Posted by Dan Penny

I know I'm a low one on the totem pole but....

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Not possible! This is a horizontal totem pole around here ;) :D

I'll go a step further: there is no totem pole ;)

I think that all of the discussion needs to be in this thread. But I also think that it will take a couple of weeks for everything to sort itself out and we all need to be patient. I think Joe and everyone at Jupiter appreciate our comments but we have to allow them time to sort everything out.

Personally, I like the new appearance and I like the Quick Reply at the bottom of the page. Like everyone else, I hate to see all of the wasted space on the right hand side.

Good job Joe.

Cheers,

Linda