Thread content visible to guests and search engines

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  1. george

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    I have decided that the thread content will also be visible to guests / search engines and also searchable by guests / search engines from now on.
    It is now required that you hide all your download links.
     
    george, 15 Dec 2019
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    Is that a good idea?

    That means that everything will be for Gold Members only.
     
    puppetwarp, 15 Dec 2019
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    @george this way you will have greater user acqusation. The cost will be lots of leechers, crap content and many duplicate shares imho. And you will get more legal warnings.
     
    stevestone, 15 Dec 2019
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    Yea I have to agree with that.

    Is there any particular reason why this decision has been made?
     
    Kocaman, 15 Dec 2019
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    Yeah we will definitely get more legal warnings and links being taken down.
     
    puppetwarp, 15 Dec 2019
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    No.
    Links that are hidden using the regular "HIDE" button are hidden from guests also.
     
    h1ghm1nd, 15 Dec 2019
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    Hopefully more guests will convert to users.
     
    george, 15 Dec 2019
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    If the links are hidden (gold or non gold) they are not visible to guests.
     
    george, 15 Dec 2019
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    we have almost 3000 members now...........I have no idea what it costs to run this site....are we self sufficient?
     
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    i would go for at least 10.000 members, in that matter the change is necessary.
     
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    I think the threads were already visible on google search engine, that is how I came across this forum. This is unless it was taken back off after I joined.
     
    Kocaman, 15 Dec 2019
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    We can cover the costs of running the forum, but we need to cover the costs of new content too.
     
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    Only the thread titles were visible. Now the content is also visible (better for search engines too).
     
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    That explains it. Cost of running the forum is quite small in relative terms compared to cost of acquiring new content.

    Thank you for clarifying this @george
     
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    Same here, google search lead me here.
     
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