How can we let people know about the new BT2?
 

I wish that everyone who misses BT could find BT2 and get connected to people again.

How do you think we could let people know?

Im kinda surprised that people havent simply done a google search

Hi Consider This and Steve
yes, Google will pick up a lot here and hopefully many will be directed to BT2

But, as surprising as it may seem to us who use Google or other search engines so much, for many people, all that they use on their computers is bookmarked sites or sites that someone sends them a link to. So where Google will bring in many old and new members, there is still the large group who are just going to that blank page for BT1 and leaving disheartened

That is why I think it is so important for all of us who have any email addys from friends at BT1 to email them and also to post links to here on other forums we may frequent. Also, those who have personal blogs etc...post the link there too, and anywhere else where it can be picked up by the search engines, and/or seen by other people

If each of us just does what we can, even tho we cant reach everyone who needs BT, yet we can reach some, who in turn can reach others.........:)

What it really needs is a simple web page with braintalk communities in it's meta tag data that will give a link to this site. It would need to be pushed to the top of the ranking so it appeared right up there with the hastypastry site.
Also in the meta data 'braintalk survivors' as well as a good friendly message in a bottle.....

search engine stuff is not my forte, but perhaps someone is good at this stuff....

Lindy :D

when BT1 first went down I did searches for other forums - but none were as good - didn't feel like "home".

so I just kept checking my bookmarked link and using the flash chat til it went down too.

A forum friend sent me the link to BT2 by email, that's how I got here.

I think many are just checking the BT1 link and waiting......especially since the online date was mentioned as Sept5?? and still no new message there.

I didn't think about that, about only using bookmarked sites. Even though I too rely on them a huge amount. (I hate change because I get so confused and it's never fun to feel awash in confusion.)

That's a really good idea about posting the link.

Do you think it would help if we had links to helpful web sites here, the way BT did? (When I was first starting my site a little girl's dad started telling me how to get my site noticed by Google, and one of the things was to have links with other sites -- back and forth... I got a list of directories and submitted my site to about a hundred, or more. I don't know if that's how come so many people come to my site ... I seldom see one of the directories listed in my stats showing where people came from... but maybe the search engines send more people because of the directories...)

I really understand very little about this... about the web...

See, you sound VERY VERY knowledgeable... VERY.

What I was thinking, because I'm unclear on the meta tags, was that maybe if we posted enough in that first forum, using the words we would ordinarily use about the problems, then....

But see, I'm really unclear on how it works.

Google has already picked it up, so no need to do all that - and anyway it must be done by the webmaster (I'd be astonished if DocJohn hasn't already drenched the site in meta tags, keywords et al). Anyone searching for Braintalk will find, about a third of the way down the first page, the following entries - so it's quite easy to find if you're searching. We've just got to let everyone know by email, postings wherever possible and be patient. It's growing pretty quickly now.
all the best.

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