15-06-2023, 05:28 PM
Each year at this time I receive the domain renewal notice for AHRDF.NET and I think "Do I keep AHRDF going ?".
Throughout the year the activity with the new posts is like a seesaw. There have been periods recently where there have not been any new posts - or responses - for 2 weeks or so and then there is a bit of a flurry of activity. Consistent - it is not. The problem arises when you consider that most returning/recurring visitors are expecting to see something new on the Forum, and when there isn't then they are likely to go away at some point - and stay away.
Sure, there are often visitors searching for info of some kind and a search engine has pointed to the Forum as a possible match against key words and some of the visitors probably find something of use. Then again maybe not. It exists, but to what end. This activity is not quantifiable in any worthwhile way.
Let's face it, it does cost to keep the domain name going year after year plus there are some hosting costs attributable, and that comes out of my pocket.
And so the annual question arises yet again : Do I keep it going - or not ??
Doug, admin
Throughout the year the activity with the new posts is like a seesaw. There have been periods recently where there have not been any new posts - or responses - for 2 weeks or so and then there is a bit of a flurry of activity. Consistent - it is not. The problem arises when you consider that most returning/recurring visitors are expecting to see something new on the Forum, and when there isn't then they are likely to go away at some point - and stay away.
Sure, there are often visitors searching for info of some kind and a search engine has pointed to the Forum as a possible match against key words and some of the visitors probably find something of use. Then again maybe not. It exists, but to what end. This activity is not quantifiable in any worthwhile way.
Let's face it, it does cost to keep the domain name going year after year plus there are some hosting costs attributable, and that comes out of my pocket.
And so the annual question arises yet again : Do I keep it going - or not ??
Doug, admin
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This Forum is only going to be as interesting as the posts it contains.
If you have a comment or question, post it as it may trigger or answer the query in someone else's mind.