scottg - 2:25 pm on Aug 8, 2008 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the replies. I've been with WebPosition for 4 years now. If there is an archive of the old forums, it is not something that I have available. If it's that old, probably not good to dredge it up anyway. Things that were OK then may not be OK today. And I would guess that some have not adapted with the times.

If some one has an old URL to those forums, perhaps try digging over at archive.org

I'm not sure what the deal is with [1stplacesoft.com...]
But the bits that they put on their site are not something that we would say.

You can find our URLs at:
[webposition.com...] and
[webtrends.com...]

Other than those two, anything else is a reseller or something else.

I think people get a little hung up on the whole doorway/gateway/whatever concept. A little blast from the past, 2002, and Brent Winters' crew via: [marketposition.com...]

8. DON'T BUILD BAD DOORWAYS: Ask any search engine what they think of doorway pages, and their first reaction will often be negative. If they think you're optimizing your page, the immediate fear is whether you're going to go too far, or do something to hurt the search experience for their visitors. Therefore, it's a good idea to avoid the use of the term doorway page, gateway page, or any of half a dozen other terms when communicating to a search engine. ...What it really boils down to is not what you call the page, but what type of content the page contains and how you choose to promote it.

Thinking back then and looking at today... still pretty decent advice. To throw a wrinkle in this, would you guys consider optimized, made for the engines, Adwords "landing pages" that much different than "doorway pages".

[edited by: tedster at 10:31 am (utc) on Aug. 13, 2008]
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