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Willy The Londoner:
In view of the turmoil on the original thread I have reproduced my offering. I invite others to reproduce your original thread here referring to improvements only.

Willy

'Maybe it is time to revamp the site.

As it is a free site then I wonder how money can be forthcoming to have SEO's working on it. Bearing in mind a lot of the SEO offering their service are on the same lines as dating scammers.  Getting the opening page is right, some people overdo the number of words in the hidden headings but 25 well scripted phrases is best. And these same words need to be in the opening page and or other pages.

What is needed is an opening page that leads to the revamped forum.   

I think Gerry is right in one way, the site needs to be more active.  Blogs are a good way as long as they are updated regularly. The major search engines love finding updated items.   Going back to Facebook and utilising what is there is another and also Twitter.

After seeing that the other chnlove forum goes a couple of weeks sometime without any new entries then I came to the conclusion that Finding a Chinese wife was no longer what it used to be.  I even stopped posting controversial items that were only designed to get some activity on here. ;D ;D ;D

Maybe it is time to revamp the mods as well. Even the US President only gets 4 years unless her is re-elected for a second term.

Maybe two mods and the administrator is all we need at this time.

Maybe we should rename the site and open it to all who are looking for a foreign wife.  A lot of the info that we available from our own experiences would be suitable in many cases to relationships with other than just chinese ladies.   I do know that some on here have given up on finding a Chinese Wife and have gone to other countries to fulfill their needs. ::)

The UK has now opened it borders to nearly 30 European countries now, that has made marriages a lot easier but no doubt the persons from the EU countries need green cards for the USA etc.

My vote would be to open the forum to men looking to marry a foreign wife.  Period.  There are now many years experience in terms of marriage years amongst us. Ok but lets glean then info from others who have or are looking to other countries.  I am sure that the experience of Robertt is not just restricted to US/chinese relationships.

The choice really is simple.  Revamp the forum or let it suffer a lingering death.

Let us have  some positive ideas come in.

Willy'

maxx:
I'm all for getting the site listed on other search engines. It is free. And it do's drive more traffic. There are places on the internet that will help you get listed on other search engines.

 It probably wouldn't hurt. If somebody posted something on chinalove website. That has worked before. Not everybody is a fan of the guppy. So they all don't follow his wacked advice. I'm sure the guppy has driven off more people then he has helped. Put something up on facebook. I think the original site is up and running.

The powers to be mite think about signing up with mailchimp It is free. You can do email mailers free up to 10,000 a month. In the members area is a list of email addresses for everybody who ever registered for this website. So that is where I would start. It would drive the ranking up. Because even members who haven't ben here in a while would probably like to come back and tell there stories. And wither they post anything or not. It will drive the rank. When they click on the link in the email. Get enough clicks and you can get first page ranking.

At the end of the day it doesn't matter how much money you spend. Or what promises are broken from a S.E.O company, It all comes down to the number of clicks you can generate in 24 hour period.

Willy I also liked your idea of opening up the web site to a broader audience. All of Asia would be a good place to start. The only problem with this. Is I don't know anybody who is up on the rest of the female population of Asia. If you can find somebody that knows something. It would probably work.

Martin could probably fill the rest of us in on P.I. ladies. Or Dave aka super B or Ed. All members or former members of this web site. He could probably even invite them back. And they could post there adventures with the P.I. ladies.

The first thing they are going to have to do is get this place easy to find. As it is now if you loose your link. This site can be hard to find. Or it will lock you out. Until somebody tries to decide if they are going to fix it. And get it listed right.

Martin:
In an effort to breathe new life into this forum, there will be a big change coming up.  There will be an announcement very soon.

JohnB:
Martin,
Do Mod's mod other Mod's. Or are all Mod's equal,
subject to the site admin? YOU.

It seems, as if Willy writes, one of the Mod's is awol.
Then there is Maxx.
There are quite a few very good members in this fishbowl
who would be excellent Mods.

I will not assume what direction of this site you go,
am curious as to the structure of the board as it exists now.

for what it is worth Martin, you do a commendable job.

Martin:
Mods generally do not moderate other mods except under extreme circumstances. There have been issues in the past where such measures were taken. We do have an AWOL mod...Chong hasn't been on the forum in a year. I hadn't replaced him. Generally, names for future mods are put forth, and the mods and I discuss and vote on who should fill the position. With this site being somewhat quieter lately, the need to fill Chongs spot didn't seem so necessary.

In times when we have had to let a mod go, it was discussed, and voted on, and the vote making the final decision.

I hope this answers your question.  You are right, there are many excellent members on this site who would make fantastic mods. I am always keeping an open mind to adding someone new to the ranks.

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