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Are the mods aware that sometimes (or many times) Lyme sufferers on other forums don't even know that LymeNet exists?
Personally, I was a member of a different forum for 2 months before I ever heard of LymeNet. After I found LN, I abandoned the other forum because it was always empty. They were getting one or two posts a day, and the posts weren't informative. I just thought that there wasn't a lot of support for Lyme patients.
I'm not suggesting that there's a solution, but I just wanted to make sure that the mods knew about this. I think it might have to do with how the LN posts don't show up on Google (and I'm sure there's a good reason for that).
For example, when I was first researching Lyme, tons of posts would show up from the emptier, less-active forums. Therefore I assumed that those forums were the busiest, and were the place to find good information. When I first ran into LN manny weeks later, it was like stumbling upon a hidden treasure.
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Tincup
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I agree that it is not happy folks may not find the site. But the moderators do know this is the situation, yet have no way to change it.
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James1979
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quote:Originally posted by Lymetoo: Is it because LN's address is NOT a www ??
I highly doubt it. I think the biggest reason why LN is more difficult to find than the other (worse) Lyme forums is because the others are listed on Google's search results, whereas LN is not.
For example, when I first got sick I was searching for all kinds of stuff, like "Lyme controversy", "Lyme antibiotics", "Burrascano guidelines", and I would always see posts from the same few forums. I assumed that those were the "good" Lyme forums, and I joined them.
I'm not saying that LN should do something to fix this, nor am I suggesting that it should be included in Google's search results. On the contrary, I might feel a little uncomfortable if people see my name come up when they search for "coffee enema"!
I didn't know anything about LN until on one of the forums I was participating in, one of the members was angry at the mods and wrote in a post: "If you guys want real help for Lyme disease, you should go to LymeNet. They have over 20,000 members there and all your questions get answered."
But - I do think the "flash" part is weird. When I first went to the LN page, I didn't know what "Flash Discussions" meant. It took me a while to figure out that it was the forum.
I've participated in countless forums, and never once have I seen the word "flash" incorporated in the forum's name or address.
No offense to anyone who thinks it's good with the word "flash" in there. I am not complaining - I'm just trying to be helpful.
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it doesnt need to be www and doesnt really matter on the subdomain flash. what matters is that the keywords are in the URL which does not happen on lymenet.
James unfortunately the MODS have no control over this. this requires updating the forum script to run with SEO friendly URL's
for the programmers to look at
Paul
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