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I like that idea a little, but we'll need to look at both sides of the table.

It would be great for web based business marketeers to get the word out, on the other hand, like Nic pointed out, it would be a place for link dropping. Linking to bad sites? Could pose a threat if SR is trying to SEO this place for google, etc.

Maybe it should be a closed thread, where only owners were allowed to post their info.... meh, second thought, I doubt they'd want the headache.

It is nice idea, but a tough call....

On the other hand, here is what I found at another forum, geared towards my niche market.....

There was a certain category for business's of my kind. Your business was allowed to start a thread, and post as much company info, with links to product pages, as much as you wanted.

The catch is, if you come out with new products, you must add those to the existing thread. Either way, I still get to drop links to deep pages of my site.

Of course, the company and products must be the same niche as the general forum, and heavily moderated.

I spend a lot of time there now, since I can never find a site that actually lets people link drop like that. Everyone wants to get paid for the fricking links, and... well, i'll just stop ranting right there. hahahah

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"Arm the spam cannons number 2 !!!"

spam attractant I fear... plus a lot of work to administer...

Also, wander onto other message boards, and sometimes spammers hit. (Trying to think of one where they haven't hit. .... I got nothing! :roll eyes:) One thing for sure, if it was in real life and the interested members of those boards had a dunking basket to test for witches, they'd be some drowned spammers! Comments are directed at spammers quicker then a Dennis Miller joke with the spammers shrinking away like they were the butt of a Don Rickle's joke!

I grant you, I see spammers flocking, just thinking about it, but truthfully, I'm thinking there are enough knowledgable folks on here to give SR a heads up in two seconds flat. And, as for the naive group, well, even being naive, I can run down a lists of "knowledgable folks" that I would trust, others on this forum have already given me some others' reliable businesses that also come here, and, even being naive, I can pick out a scam quickly, usually, or make their lives a living hell for scamming me.

Again, not knowing scripts, I'm not exactly sure what Gypsy is describing, but, a service that I use, might help you set it up easily, if it's not something you want directly associated with this forum. Bravenet.com offers a service for adding want ads to your site for free. I suspect y'all (SR owner, staff and mods) are all script literate (or, dang, you sure pull off looking like you are really, really well ) so that the legistic probably isn't a problem, but, hey, gonna add this just in case -- PM me to find out how to join Bravenet through me, so I can get my whopping $1 for referring you! LOL (mostly tongue in cheek, there, but, hey, if I can get a buck out of the whole thing, I'm $1 down and a mere $29ish to go to pay for my new site location. LOL)

One thing for sure...I sure like making suggestions, since, in the end, it's entirely up to y'all, and, although I wish you had such a service available now, my opinion of SR will remain high, if you never go with any of my suggestions!

TheGypsy wrote:

why not snag a free directory script and set it so that they need to be approved by the admin... put it in a sub domain and away it goes

The admins ensure they are actual members yada yada.. and admin can yank from the directory as pennance for bad behavior on the boards....

I agree that this is the best approach!