Question/Suggestion to the owner

koitech · 07-06-2007, 05:45 PM

I am not sure weather it is a question or suggestion? I think this post is composition of both.
I want to ask the owner that why he is turned on the option of locking a thread after two months?
It should be always open. If someone visits the forum and he want to answer or want to ask something on an old thread. then what should he do?

Bagi Zoltán · 07-06-2007, 06:22 PM

Though not I'm the owner of this site, but i thought you will be happy if i tell you the answer for your question. It is a protection against spammers. There are a lot of PR3-PR5 older threads cashed by google and those pages would be very popular among the spammers if they won't be closed when they are not changed for a 30 days long period.

koitech · 07-10-2007, 06:22 AM

well. i really didn't understand all this. Can you please explain it.

Actually i dont know about PR3-PR5.
Please tell me about this. And how do spammers use it.

Katey · 07-10-2007, 11:59 AM

Hi there,

We changed this quite a while ago to stop spammers from bumping their own threads, and claiming PR juice from old threads, as Bagi Zoltan said, PR3-5 threads would be very popular among spammers if these were still available to post in.

I agree completely with the rule, and you would if you had been here as long as me, it is really annoying coming to the forum to find that loads of old thread have been bumped. That's what iWEBTOOL has better than all other webmaster forums. Haven't you noticed in some places like DigitalPoint you post a thread, literally 2 seconds later a thread from 'months' ago has been bumped over yours?

If you really think necessary to open an old thread, ask a member of staff, if it a webmaster related thread, which will no doubt spark conversation, we will be more than happy to open it again for you.

Regards,
Kieran Taylor.

koitech · 07-11-2007, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KieranTaylor0403

Haven't you noticed in some places like DigitalPoint you post a thread, literally 2 seconds later a thread from 'months' ago has been bumped over yours?

Well this thing is really very annoying for anyone. And I think admins have done the right thing. But can you please tell me something about PR?

07-06-2007, 05:45 PM	#1
koitech Smurf Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 28	Question/Suggestion to the owner I am not sure weather it is a question or suggestion? I think this post is composition of both. I want to ask the owner that why he is turned on the option of locking a thread after two months? It should be always open. If someone visits the forum and he want to answer or want to ask something on an old thread. then what should he do? __________________ MarbleHost.com - reliable web hosting service

07-06-2007, 06:22 PM	#2
Bagi Zoltán iWEBTOOL Moderator Contributor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hungary Posts: 1,855	Re: Question/Suggestion to the owner Though not I'm the owner of this site, but i thought you will be happy if i tell you the answer for your question. It is a protection against spammers. There are a lot of PR3-PR5 older threads cashed by google and those pages would be very popular among the spammers if they won't be closed when they are not changed for a 30 days long period. __________________ █ Time may come when you will need an excellent eCommerce shopping cart software █ free seo related web directory mérlegek Free shopping cart

07-10-2007, 06:22 AM	#3
koitech Smurf Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 28	Re: Question/Suggestion to the owner well. i really didn't understand all this. Can you please explain it. Actually i dont know about PR3-PR5. Please tell me about this. And how do spammers use it. __________________ MarbleHost.com - reliable web hosting service

07-10-2007, 11:59 AM	#4
Katey Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hull, United Kingdom. Posts: 317	Re: Question/Suggestion to the owner Hi there, We changed this quite a while ago to stop spammers from bumping their own threads, and claiming PR juice from old threads, as Bagi Zoltan said, PR3-5 threads would be very popular among spammers if these were still available to post in. I agree completely with the rule, and you would if you had been here as long as me, it is really annoying coming to the forum to find that loads of old thread have been bumped. That's what iWEBTOOL has better than all other webmaster forums. Haven't you noticed in some places like DigitalPoint you post a thread, literally 2 seconds later a thread from 'months' ago has been bumped over yours? If you really think necessary to open an old thread, ask a member of staff, if it a webmaster related thread, which will no doubt spark conversation, we will be more than happy to open it again for you. Regards, Kieran Taylor.

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