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

From: Paul Harris <paul_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:59:11 -0800
Message-ID: <458B661F.4090803_at_meteorite.com>

Dear Gary,

Thank you for your post. You still have the link issue on your site so
I will email you in private.

Merry Christmas!

Paul


Gary K. Foote wrote:
> 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
>>
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