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conschoice Rookie Author West Virginia Posts:17 Points:5,570 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 1:54:44 PM Ignore conschoice Report Abuse First, I have approx. 60 sites and one thing that make me nervous about checking out others sites is internet safety, so get a security seal to verify that it is safe for anyone that questions if it is or not. The next thing as a business owner that I look for even when listing or getting something free is I want a liitle info or bio about any business I deal with for many reasons, sometimes fells like its fraudulant (scam) when that info is hidden to public and email is the only route of contact. You need not have to provide the full address, at least the city where the co. is based can make it better (especially this day and age).

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First, I have approx. 60 sites and one thing that make me nervous about checking out others sites is internet safety, so get a security seal to verify that it is safe for anyone that questions if it is or not. The next thing as a business owner that I look for even when listing or getting something free is I want a liitle info or bio about any business I deal with for many reasons, sometimes fells like its fraudulant (scam) when that info is hidden to public and email is the only route of contact. You need not have to provide the full address, at least the city where the co. is based can make it better (especially this day and age).

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TxJeans Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,538 Points:368,980 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 8:35:18 PM Ignore TxJeans Report Abuse I agree that there is no real need to reserve ANY. Sorry not sure why it posted 2X [Edited by: TXJEANS at 5/4/2012 8:35:13 PM EST]
TxJeans Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,538 Points:368,980 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 8:35:07 PM Ignore TxJeans Report Abuse I agree that there is no real need to reserve ANY.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: May 4, 2012 8:19:01 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse I was certain he was referring to the blogs; but that's not what he wrote. As for "Maybe they should only reserve 1 spot for blog item", why reserve any. There's no reason that the moderators, even if there are five other topics/articles/etc, can't override the spot and take it until they no longer want it.
TxJeans Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,538 Points:368,980 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 11:50:54 PM Ignore TxJeans Report Abuse Gas_Buddy, I think he is talking about the 2 of 5 news spots reserved apparently for the blogs. Lately the blogs have not been updated daily and at times have lasted through a weekend. I think Dutch is wanting to see that if the blog is >1 day, it no longer shows on the top 5 allowing those voted up to appear for the day instead. Maybe they should only reserve 1 spot for blog item.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 8:32:01 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse DutchTreatMI: You wrote: "Is there any good reason why the gas buddies are being left on for 2 or 3 day? There are other articles that are on the sight that never get bumped up to be read or commented on." Perhaps it's just me, but can you explain your post in a way I can understand it? What do you mean by "why the gas buddies are being left on"? what "gas buddies" are being left on? For that matter, what are "gas buddies"? As for articles on the sight (I assumed you meant "site", not "sight", but you might, because of the way you worded other things, mean "sight", meaning "being visible"), articles that never get bumped up to be read, there is no mandate that articles get bumped up; articles get bumped up because people are reading them; if those same people don't read other articles, they fall further down the list. Are you asking or suggesting that people deliberately and consciously read older articles in order to bring them to the top? If that's what you're suggesting, and someone such a I reads 100 old articles, some of those will, obviously, drop out of sight as new older topics are read. It's the nature of things. But, as I asked earlier, can you explain in different words what you mean in your thread?
DutchTreatMI Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:3,310 Points:751,690 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 4:44:39 PM Ignore DutchTreatMI Report Abuse Is there any good reason why the gas buddies are being left on for 2 or 3 day? There are other articles that are on the sight that never get bumped up to be read or commented on.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 2:11:39 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse To make it easier: the thread in question
Michael29644 Champion Author Greenville Posts:4,961 Points:842,300 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 1:37:34 PM Ignore Michael29644 Report Abuse CampKohler, If you want to find messages by a specific user, just go to the Message Forum page. Just above the forum listing, you will see a box where you can enter a user's name and find either all messages by that author or all topics started by them.
Michael29644 Champion Author Greenville Posts:4,961 Points:842,300 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 3, 2012 10:40:54 AM Ignore Michael29644 Report Abuse The first thing I look for in a site that has forums is that they forbid users from advertising in them and that they effectively deal with violators. Obviously the lack of a security seal didn't deter you from signing up to spam here.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,459 Points:1,563,105 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: May 2, 2012 1:59:31 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse I didn't know about his other post, which (if I knew where it was located) might lead me to the same conclusion. Perhaps you could post a link to it just for completeness.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 7:23:09 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Information on security seals can be found at: security seals As for advertising, I initially gave the benefit of the doubt, but re-reading his request for contributions to his one-man newspaper website (in another thread he started), I gave in to my better judgement. It is, in my opinion, as scoutmaster suggests, close to advertising. [Edited by: Gas_Buddy at 5/1/2012 7:24:04 PM EST]
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,459 Points:1,563,105 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 6:02:47 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse BTW, just what is a security seal anyway, who issues it and how is it obtained?
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,459 Points:1,563,105 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 5:14:02 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse I don't think it is close to advertising, because he isn't advertising any product or service. Saying he has 60 sites doesn't matter as he has not linked to any of them. He is only saying get a security seal (whatever that is), and even if he is in the security seal business, he hasn't touted his own brand of it. So he is off the hook there as far as I am concerned. With regards to businesses hiding behind E-mail addresses or mail drops (vs. announcing where they keep their desk and wastebasket), that also makes me nervous and won't deal with companies like that. They want to make sure that if they cheat you, they won't find a horse head in their bottom left-hand drawer. His point is well taken; he just didn't look hard enough here, even though GB is not taking anyone's money. So, I find him innocent of all charges. You may now remove the rope from around his neck. Oh, it's too late? Perhaps I shouldn't have been so wordy.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:81,291 Points:3,253,470 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 6:56:12 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse This is dangerously close to advertising.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,546 Points:2,358,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 4:26:48 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse There is a snail mail address for GasBuddy. It is listed under the Help tab.
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,649 Points:3,683,360 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: May 1, 2012 4:00:18 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse > The second suggestion is that each advertisement contains the full address of the company or advertiser? I think the issue was with the location of the GasBuddy Organization itself, not the advertisers.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Apr 30, 2012 7:20:03 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse The second suggestion is that each advertisement contains the full address of the company or advertiser? And this cannot be discerned by checking the ad? Especially for those of nationally known companies? As an aside, as you've noted in several threads that you have a newspaper website, "The Mountain State Regional News at MSRN.yolasite.com", and asked for contributions to it ( http://www.jacksonvillegasprices.com/Forum_MSG.aspx?master=&category=1171&topic=493690&page_no=1&FAV=N ), should we assume that you'll set the standard you're suggesting, and provide the full address where your company is based? Just asking. That's all; just asking.