[candlejack]

Originally Posted by Mike24

Yeah, the Atlanta prediction thread from 2006. I guess some people don't read the dates on the posts before they go on posting.

That's why I only have the last months threads listed when I sign on, so I don't make that kind of mistake

[rmjvol]

Originally Posted by Team Yates

I have noticed several times throughout the year that it seems that people have posted predictions in old predictions threads, maybe because they weren't aware of the names of each weeks race? Plus, not everybody comes in on a regular basis like some of us do, and everyday we join up new members who may still be trying to navigate around our site. Some people may not realize that the "newer" threads are at the top, plus then we have people like me and Soup who bring old threads back to the top!!
I have a suggestion for an addition in the thread name: possibly add the track name but definately the date of the race?!? Everybody elses opinion, please!!

Thanks for all the input guys.

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I did take the initative to add dates to todays predictions and next weeks also. Whatever you all decide will be no problem. I could delete old threads but Ross likes to NOT delete threads for several reasons and since this is his baby (under our guidance !!!) we'll do what he requests.

TY .. keep me posted on the outcome.

Right, we try to never delete a thread unless there's a major problem with it.

Just a quick point, 95% of our new members come here because we show up so well on the search engines like Google & Yahoo. Without new members from google, we'd be a pretty dead place.

OTOH, when something like this comes up, we can usually figure out a way to find a happy medium.

Originally Posted by Team Yates

Would it be feasible to, at least, add the race track name, as everybody probably knows what track we are racing at each week?

I remember Ross saying in a thread about trying to add the name of the thread somewhere in your posts for the search engines, which I do try to remember to do, usually only in the predictions threads.

Dates in the title of the race threads are not my favorite option. We're starting to have visitors find us because of the threads we had from last year. That's a good thing. If the title of the thread says "2006" & they're looking for 2007, they're less likely to visit GTG because that looks out of date. Track names & race names in the title are good.

It would be awesome if you guys wanted to help us attract even more visitors. Simple way to do that here:
Help Us Grow: Create Threads that Search Engines Like

wrt closing threads, it's not a big deal but I'd rather not close a thread unless there's a problem. If someone does accidentally post in an old thread, it's easy for a moderator to move their post to a more appropriate thread. How about we try that for the time being & see how it goes?

[candlejack]

That's a much better idea Ross, I guess that's why you are the "Big Boss"!