Always at WW when I need confirmation

[wolfadeus]

My relationship to WW has changed a lot over the course of the past five years. In fact, it went through various phases: Reading; then posting to learn things; getting excited about actually having learned things and posting to share it; this phase then slowly faded out; then I came back frequently to check the homepage for news, but nothing else; now I am a bit tardy even in this discipline and come back home to WW only when I need confirmation that I am not wasting my time still working on my sites after 5 years without the major breakthrough we are all hoping for.

[caribguy]

I probably lurked here for 3 or 4 years before registering. These days, I visit almost daily: the forums are an incredible source of information - on tech issues and applied knowledge, but also on various general topics that somehow relate to the business we're in.

The crowd here is helpful, intelligent and respectful. I wish I'd have a few drinking buddies with the scope and depth of the average regular WebmasterWorld contributor :)

Most of us are probably dreaming about the 'breakthrough' that may or may not come. While it's difficult to have a discussion about specifics, you might still get some helpful hints if you are willing to share the issues you're facing...

[Brett_Tabke]

It might seem strange, but my own experience has run pretty similar. I had been heads down on some projects (pubcon) the last 4-5'ish years. Now that it has a life all it's own, I find myself spending a ton more time on WebmasterWorld. Mostly for the news sake. With the rapidly changing opinions on search engines, I think now is the time we will see alot of old members coming back to WebmasterWorld.

[wolfadeus]

How old do you mean? Of the pre-2000 crowd? They should have all retired in villas in Beverly Hills around 2005 : ). As of the community: It is just very cosy and helpful here, which makes people come back - and be it just for the odd Friday word game or to see why their traffic dropped by two percent the day before.