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Can we change the name of this group?
I don't know if everybody agrees with me, but I don't know how people
find this group. If you do a google search for groups on jukebox, you don't get this group, yet if you search for pinball, you immediately get a busy vibrant online group. Could we get a rec.games.jukebox or something similar going so the group could be expanded? I sell hundreds of video arcade games and pinballs off the newsgroups, but almost no jukeboxes, and I think one reason is the newsgroup name is so difficult to track down. Anybody else feel like I do? I think a group with the name jukebox instead of juke-boxes would get a lot more interest and activity. Lloyd from www.coinopwarehouse.com |
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Lloyd Thoburn wrote:
I don't know if everybody agrees with me, but I don't know how people find this group. If you do a google search for groups on jukebox, you don't get this group, yet if you search for pinball, you immediately get a busy vibrant online group. Could we get a rec.games.jukebox or something similar going so the group could be expanded? I sell hundreds of video arcade games and pinballs off the newsgroups, but almost no jukeboxes, and I think one reason is the newsgroup name is so difficult to track down. Anybody else feel like I do? I think a group with the name jukebox instead of juke-boxes would get a lot more interest and activity. Lloyd from www.coinopwarehouse.com It isn't as easy as it sounds. You should read up on how newsgroups are created: http://www.duke.edu/~mg/usenet/newnewsgroup.html Basically, to get it started in any heirarchy except for "alt", you have to put out a call for discussion, then take votes, and you have to have the necessary proportion of yes votes. I don't think names can be changed, only created. It is simpler for "alt" groups, but then, we already have one! You can just add it to your newsreader subscription list, or if you must google, refine your Google search techniques! --Bob ================================================== ===================== Bob Ellingson Halted Specialties Co., Inc. http://www.halted.com 3500 Ryder St. (408) 732-1573 Santa Clara, Calif. 95051 USA (408) 732-6428 (FAX) |
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The reason why the alt group was picked is because of the difficulty in
getting a "non alt" based group approved and started. The other issue is that pinball and video games are much more popular than jukes. We just dont get the traffic the other two do and never will. I doubt changing the name of the group would help. My jukebox pages on my website got about 25,000 hits this month...while my pinball pages got almost 500,000 When I did a search for "jukebox newsgroup" on google I saw several hits in the top 10 that would lead people here. If you search the groups section of google for "jukebox" it will not return a good hit. However a search there for "jukeboxes" will return this group. Lloyd Thoburn wrote: I don't know if everybody agrees with me, but I don't know how people find this group. If you do a google search for groups on jukebox, you don't get this group, yet if you search for pinball, you immediately get a busy vibrant online group. Could we get a rec.games.jukebox or something similar going so the group could be expanded? I sell hundreds of video arcade games and pinballs off the newsgroups, but almost no jukeboxes, and I think one reason is the newsgroup name is so difficult to track down. Anybody else feel like I do? I think a group with the name jukebox instead of juke-boxes would get a lot more interest and activity. Lloyd from www.coinopwarehouse.com -- Ken In Texas http://www.pinballrebel.com Custom Pinball Cards, Jukeboxes, Drive In's "Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you on his own. If he ain't, no need to embarrass him." |
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