[meteorite-list] Free Meteorite Dealer Listings - Last Post

From: Gary K. Foote <gary_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:02:20 -0500
Message-ID: <458AE84C.26055.C36240_at_localhost>

Paul,

Thanks for posting your site's stats. They do show you get more visitors than my site.
I understand that your site covers a lot more than simply dealer listings, so I am not
surprised at the difference in visits. Mine is much more specialized and reaches out to
people looking for meteorites for sale almost exclusively. Perhaps this explains why
your site sees more traffic than mine.

As for my metlist-posting stats which you graphically illustrated, I unsubscribed for
some months this summer. When I came back onboard in November my posting stats naturally
rose once more. This was definitely not an attempt to plump my postings, but a natural
outcome of my time offlist.

Also, thank you for pointing out some dead links on my site. They have been corrected or
removed as necessary, along with a site redesign. I do hope we can be friendly
competitors instead of being 'on different sides of the fence'. I understand that there
was some confusion between my site, http://www.meteorite-dealers.com and another
[apparently unsavory] person's site, http://www.meteoritedealers.cvom. The dash is all
important in differentiating between the two.

Though I may be new to the Metlist I understand email lists and their etiquette fully as
I taught, and still teach, email marketing [including email lists and their uses]
beginning in 1994. It is only meteorics that I am still learning about here at Metlist.

So, let's be friends and shake hande - at least virtually. We can easily co-exist
peacefully without cluttering the list with arguments and competetive statements - of
which I am not exclusively guilty.

Regards,

Gary Foote
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com
gary at webbers.com

On 21 Dec 2006 at 11:39, Paul Harris wrote:

> Dear Gary and List Members,
>
> I apologize to the list members for taking up list space and this will
> be my last post on this subject.
>
> In defense of Gary, the meteorite dealers site in question is
> http://www.meteoritedealers.com/
> and I'm absolutely positive that Gary has nothing to do with this site
> or it's owners.
>
> In defense of my 1000 visits per day statement please view the following
> screen print. http://www.meteorite.com/stats_122106.jpg
> We started with a new hosting company in May so May's results are not
> for a full month. Our stats require our server username and
> password which I won't post here. If anyone does not trust the graphic
> I will furnish a 3rd party with the information for verification.
>
> I think the stats speak for themselves.
>
> Our daily average visits is
> June 2006 = 783
> July 2006 = 774
> August 2006 = 760
> September 2006 = 816
> October 2006 = 932
> November 2006 = 976
> December 2006 through the 20th is averaging 1087 visits per day.
>
> As for Gary's posting statistics. here is a graphical representation
> http://www.meteorite.com/posts.jpg
> I only included December's posts up to his announcement. I'm not a
> statistician so you can make up your
> own conclusions.
>
> I would appreciate it if someone would check my accuracy on the list
> archives by author as I've been
> up for close to 24 hours now and getting fuzzy headed.
> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/archives.shtml
> If I've made any mistakes, please post a correction and I apologize in
> advance but this is my final post
> on this subject.
>
> Gary, you're fairly new to the list and still have lots to learn. You
> might start by reviewing the links in
> your right hand column under Services/Supplies. I'm surprised it's
> still there after a year. I would have
> thought someone would have said something to you by now.
> http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/
>
> Paul Harris
>
>
>
>
>
>
Received on Thu 21 Dec 2006 08:02:20 PM PST