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"It's on Google! YAY!" - Getting webmaster help in our forum
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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It's been a bit more than five years now that our
Webmaster Help Forum
has been up and running, helping webmasters around the world. Over the years, over tens of thousands of users have discussed various topics in well over 100,000 threads, helping each other to improve their websites and to solve a variety of issues that web publishers are confronted with. Among those users is a group that we call the "
Bionic Posters
," users who have proven to be consistently helpful and knowledgeable, selflessly helping others to tackle seemingly insurmountable problems.
It's great to have such an awesome community -- but thanks is best said by those who are helped. Here is some of the feedback that we collected this year:
"Thank you for the time you have spent helping me. It is genuinely appreciated."
"Thank you to everyone who helped with my problem! My creaky old 1996 era website is all cleaned up and doing just fine now! Good Guys Rule!"
"WOW!!!!!!!! Thank you so much for your help! I was reluctant to post because I thought you guys might think my site is too small, too insignificant, etc. Thanks so much! To me, it's a BIG deal!"
"My traffic has doubled and I am now either top or close to the top in search terms"
"Thanks. Hopefully my late night paid off then, all the help and information has been great!!!!!!!"
"Wow Webado Thank You Again.. You Really Know Your stuff! (…) You Are a True professional and Seriously The Only Person That Could Even Figure This out. I even Spoke to Other Top Specialists and YOU were the Only one who told me what to do and what was wrong."
"You are AMAZING! Thank you so much!"
"Finally, thanks so much for your concern and prompt reply, Squibble. Can't imagine a person would deligated his efforts to someones you don't even know and met. (…) Thanks for your help!! It means everything to me!"
"Wow thanks so much! I have just been to the hot springs in Banos Ecuador, the volcano is rumbling and the town has evacuated but I am still here talking Apache, now that is dedication, I will test your helpfulness out 2moro! Thanks so much!!!"
"THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU! YOU ARE SOOOO AMAZING! MY BLOG IS GONE FROM GOOGLE AND ALL THE OLD POSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TOO! THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU!"
"It worked! Thank you very much for your help Cristina :)"
"I could NEVER have seen what's possible without this forum. I am so grateful."
"Thank you so much for your detailed response to my questions. In 10 years of me having a website, no one has explained these concepts better to me than you did."
"IT WORKED!!! Thank you so much for saving me the grief and embarrassment of this problem. I truly appreciate both your knowledge and guidance."
"Thank you so much for such a detailed answer and putting into terms I can easily understand. (…) Where shall I send the batch of brownies?"
"Thank you so much Squibble you are a hero. I have done what it says and i will check to see if i appear in google! Thanks again!"
"you guys are amazing! thank you so much redleg! (…) and if you happen to ever be in san carlos give me a shout - you deserve at least a beer and a lunch! "
"Thank you Squibble, Vanessa, Cristina, and Ishigaki for weighing in on this and helping me. I hope I can pay it forward one day."
"Great info Guys. I really appreciate it. It was awesome of y'all to help me out. I really appreciate it. Thank you."
"Your amazing :-) i love you lol xx im sorted now thanks and never in a million years would i have found that out!"
"THANK YOU! I love Google and appreciate that they have these safety precautions in place for those nasty hackets - especially when we can fix the problem! Thanks so much for your help. Whew."
"Thank you very much, Robbo! With a little tweaking it worked perfectly!"
"yay!!! I think it finally went through - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!"
If you have a question that you would like to ask, a problem that you need help with, we'd love to see you in the
forums
! We just ask that you please take the time to read through our
frequently asked questions
, and
search the forum
before posting. Chances are high that a question like yours has already been answered. Tell us a little bit
about yourself
and then join us to learn more and help others!
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John Mueller
, Webmaster Trends Analyst
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