Comments on: I’m a little tired of everybody having a premium section http://www.ogletreeseo.com/226.html If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur - Red Adair Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Chris Jones http://www.ogletreeseo.com/226.html#comment-79360 Chris Jones Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:55 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/?p=226#comment-79360 This is the big problem with popluar sites - people see tham as a way of turning them into big money spinners and forget the purpose of the site in the first place. Once a premium section appears it's generally the start of a decline of the site as user is what makes the majority of sites what they are. This is the big problem with popluar sites – people see tham as a way of turning them into big money spinners and forget the purpose of the site in the first place. Once a premium section appears it’s generally the start of a decline of the site as user is what makes the majority of sites what they are.

]]> By: Ash Nallawalla http://www.ogletreeseo.com/226.html#comment-78287 Ash Nallawalla Sat, 16 May 2009 04:51:03 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/?p=226#comment-78287 Yes, the forums aren't what they used to be because experts realised that they could monetise their knowledge and build a following. Like you I don't like paying for premium content , mainly because I am unlikely to learn new stuff in those places except once in a while and partly because the prices are too high in a personal ROI sense. That's because they need newbies as potential customers (for other services), not experts who might outshine them. A price tag works well to keep some competitors out. I have kept my loyalty to Webmasterworld as it was the first authoritative forum I encountered and I have been a speaker at Pubcons a couple of years now. Some of its leading lights have left, never to return, and have built their own sites. Good luck to them. Yes, the forums aren’t what they used to be because experts realised that they could monetise their knowledge and build a following. Like you I don’t like paying for premium content , mainly because I am unlikely to learn new stuff in those places except once in a while and partly because the prices are too high in a personal ROI sense.

That’s because they need newbies as potential customers (for other services), not experts who might outshine them. A price tag works well to keep some competitors out.

I have kept my loyalty to Webmasterworld as it was the first authoritative forum I encountered and I have been a speaker at Pubcons a couple of years now. Some of its leading lights have left, never to return, and have built their own sites. Good luck to them.

]]> By: ogletree http://www.ogletreeseo.com/226.html#comment-78188 ogletree Thu, 14 May 2009 01:16:19 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/?p=226#comment-78188 I do appreciate that Barry I do appreciate that Barry

]]> By: Barry Schwartz http://www.ogletreeseo.com/226.html#comment-78174 Barry Schwartz Wed, 13 May 2009 18:44:15 +0000 http://www.ogletreeseo.com/?p=226#comment-78174 My site is still free. :) My site is still free. :)

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