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webmaster posted an update Friday, Oct 21, 2011, 10:28am EDT, 12 years, 7 months ago
Hi Glassies...
I noticed the discussion about how other glass-lovers will find this website, and it's certainly a valid question. I currently have the search engines blocked for privacy reasons. The thing about search engines is that they can work a little too well. Everything you put in your posts becomes available to everyone else on the internet, and let's face it, not everyone out there has the best of intentions. Spammers discover websites like this and decide it's a great place to advertise all of the same stuff that sometimes slips through your email spam filters. Also, I doubt that you really want the world to know that you're going on vacation next week, or anything else that you would consider somewhat personal? Right now this website is kind of set up like a house that has the front door hanging open. Anyone can come in, but we don't have signs posted all over town advertising that fact. So how do like-minded people find your front door? One way is to post links to the glass board in strategic locations, such as the eBay category specific discussion boards. Dave's suggestion about setting up a search engine friendly web page with a link to this website is also a good compromise because it doesn't expose your posts but still points people in the right direction.
If you decide you really want to open up the board to search engines, just let me know and I'll do it for you.