As part of my continuing efforts to get more traffic to Aussie Stock Forums, I'm doing a bit of market research.
Can you all please tell me which search engines you use regularly? Not just the one you use the most but all of them. They can be Australian or international.
Thanks!
pete152
22nd-July-2004, 09:57 AM
Gidday,
www.google.com
and I can not think of the others at the moment but will get back to you.
Peter
http://www.google.com.au is the best and I use it 99% for my searches
profithunter
24th-July-2004, 02:56 AM
i found this site when I did a search on google. It was on the right hand side of the page in the advertising section.
Jett_Star
24th-July-2004, 03:25 AM
I use google too.
Sometimes also altavista, yahoo and dogpile.
PropertyGuRu
1st-August-2004, 01:18 PM
google.com.au
I guess most of the people using only this site for search atleast all my friends.
PG
stefan
2nd-August-2004, 05:58 AM
An ad on google is probably the most effective way to attract more readers and members to a site. No other search engine has an equally brilliant way to sell advertising. All other sites are a mess compared to Google. I used to check webwombat.com.au and I still use it every now and then if I want to focus on Australian sites. But Google.com.au has come a long way since and there is little reason to use anything else IMHO. At least as long as you're looking for something like stock market info or other "general" topics.
If you have to do some research for a very particular, special topic of which not many sites may exisit, then it's probably a different story. But for most "every day" things it will be very hard to beat Google.
I think rainylake is trying to qualify for the stock tipping competition.
Yes folks, this thread is an example of how desperate I was to generate conversation on ASF five years ago! :D
prawn_86
30th-June-2009, 08:19 AM
how desperate I was to generate conversation on ASF five years ago! :D
And i know exactly how you felt Joe... :)
Uncle Barry
30th-June-2009, 08:36 AM
Good morning Joe,
75% of searches for information are via Google
the remaining are via a Web Ferret search.
With the Ferret by far the best overal search device, ever !
Because it looks into all Search Engines throughout the World at once.
HOWEVER
most times, from a site that has information I need, I then explore via their LINKS Page, which most times would appear to be the best way to find information.
To me, a LINKS page arrangement seems to be very important on any web site.
For 90%, the unavoidable google, but I often use alltheweb.com as a cross reference (on the contrarian principle that popularity is by definition untrustworthy).
Nyden
1st-July-2009, 07:13 PM
Google, and bing.
On another note, it's interesting to see how many of these other engines are still actually around, or more accurately - living in obscurity.
Gundini
1st-July-2009, 07:46 PM
Web Ferret search.
Kind regards,
UB
Yes, very good! You can be more specific in your search... Thanks for the heads up... :)
esolano
1st-July-2009, 08:00 PM
Bing and Google
MrBurns
1st-July-2009, 08:14 PM
As part of my continuing efforts to get more traffic to Aussie Stock Forums, I'm doing a bit of market research.
Can you all please tell me which search engines you use regularly? Not just the one you use the most but all of them. They can be Australian or international.
Thanks!
It's all Google but have a look at this series on SEO. it will give you a more detailed guide , I've had more experience with this than most so feel free to ask me anything if you're stuck.
This is about real estate but just take the main points as applying to all sites, then move on to part 2
This site loads very slow for some, let me know if you experience that and I'll pass it on to the owners who I know.
has anyone else noticed that with these drop down boxes that are appearing in search engines that when you use bing and try and search something derogitory against microsoft, it doesnt appear? and also in the search results.
:bier:
blue
white_crane
4th-July-2009, 05:36 PM
usually google. but when I want something a bit more, I use a metasearch engine like ixquick.
Naked shorts
4th-July-2009, 07:04 PM
Google
moreld
4th-July-2009, 08:08 PM
Joe Blow
Other have answered your question, so I'd like to throw out some other ideas.
I was just suspended from HotCopper. I'm not sure why as I only got a cryptic message, but I assume it was because a couple of my post had links to my blog. I was always polite and tried to add value. The way I was suspended done was outrageous. HotCopper clearly has complete for their members and think they can treat them as they see fit.
While the level of discussion here is generally superior to HotCopper, the main reasons I preferred HotCopper was their thread structure. While your structure is OK for general chat areas is is bad for stock specific boards. You may want to consider setting up a board for each stock once the discussion reaches a couple of pages. Each stock really requires it's own board so it can have threads, rather than just one long thread.
Post ranking is also good, e.g. vote up/vote down. this quickly lets users find the good posts and strangely it is an incentive to posters to write better posts.
Cross promotion on blogs. There appears to be quite a few bloggers who post here. You may consider cross promotion/advertising deals with them. Eg I have a PR3 site, yup not much, but I call it home. I would happily put a permanent link up to your site in exchange for a rotating place on your site.
Recruit HotCopper casts off like me. There were always scores of people getting suspended and a very high percentage of posts being moderated/deleted. That annoys people. I see that as a great opportunity for you. You may consider getting posters here to "recruit" the quality posters from HotCopper.
I just checked your page rank and it's 3. You really should have a higher PR than me. That means you haven't been doing any SEO. Heck I do almost none and I have a 3! Having links at sites like mine and other bloggers would help and there are probably knowledgeable SEO people here who are happy to help.
Use this community and you could build something of value.
Start a post of the day, or post of the week feature like TMF does. I know that used to slightly motivate me to write better posts.
Think what your users value and deliver it.
Just thinking out loud. You may already be ten pages ahead of my suggestions. At any rate, good luck, it's a great looking site. As I said the fastest fix you could do is start boards for specific stocks, but perhaps you've already rejected that idea.
I use google, bing and http://wotnews.com.au/
All the best
moreld
4th-July-2009, 08:35 PM
ocd: sorry about the typos and appalling sentences. That's what happens when you should really be playing with your kids instead of writing message board posts.;)
