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Ben · 01-01-2005, 08:42 AM

I'd like to know how many of our members found SSCentral. I'll be using this information to help us catch more "quality" visitors as some SEO (search engine optimization) guides put it. Please post as honestly as possible.

Our site statistics do have a "referrer log," but this log only shows sites that have given us traffic in the past month. Accessing older statistics is possible (I do it all the time), but as it turns out many of the links have changed.

wetmonkey442 · 01-01-2005, 08:53 AM

Honestly, I don't exactly remember. I believe I found SSC through the first WWn, though I am not sure. It is weird however, that when I look at the members list, I was number 40 something. Now SSc has over 300 members. Pity not all of them post.

Ben · 01-01-2005, 08:58 AM

^ That's exactly what I'm trying to improve. Problem is, we received a ton of people who joined but didn't post. Quality visitors are the ones that would be more interested in your site and more likely to send you an email and actively use the forums. Having more hits doesn't necessarily mean that a site will get more use, you need to focus your attention on getting quality visitors.

Since everyone who would post here has shown at least enough quality to do so, I am hoping that if I see how these people found SSCentral I could make changes to get more people like this.

You can tell how effective we are in this buy dividing the total number of posts by the number of member to find how many posts on average each member makes.

SSCentral: 63.42
iSoaker: 58.68
Water-Talk: 21.85

Water-Talk's statistic is low probably because it started out in the off-season and hasn't got any real posting going. SSCentral and iSoaker.com are right on top of each other, suggesting that most water gun websites get about the same visitors quality-wise.

trekkie00 · 01-01-2005, 09:52 AM

I think I found it in a web search, but I really don't remember.

Forceuser · 01-01-2005, 10:25 AM

Are you referring to the site, the forums or both? I probably saw the site before I joined the forums, I can't remember exactly, through a Google search. I first saw, and joined, the forums after the CPS 3000 give-away was announced on iScF.

DX · 01-01-2005, 10:39 AM

I found SSC via Belisaurius when I was in Waterbridge last January. And Nibordude found SSC through me. Nice chain reaction there. Teams often refer members to sites like this one.

vaporizer28 · 01-01-2005, 11:01 AM

Found it in a Google search about water gun reviews.

Page 2 or 3, I think.

Crashdummy · 01-01-2005, 11:25 AM

Found the site looking for a way to fix one of my soakers on google and got hooked when I heard about the wonderful realm of modifications.

Commander_Gaunt · 01-01-2005, 12:02 PM

Same, I found it whilst searching for a way to fix my XP 110 (still not fixed)

Soaker Leader · 01-01-2005, 02:06 PM

I found it on a yahoo search, for Making a homemade water gun.

Ben · 01-02-2005, 10:54 AM

Thanks you all. I suppose we've got the tech stuff down, time to move on to other things.

There seems to be two big groups of people in finding SSCentral. Those who heard about it at the various forums or in real life, and those who were looking for water gun technology related items. Of course, there are other smaller groups, but those appear to be the most major.

Spinner · 01-02-2005, 11:05 AM

I can't really remember how I found SSCentral. I remember that I had been reading iSc for some time, but then I came across SSC (maybe Google? I'm not sure) and was hooked by the 'Frankenstein' design that was then up there. If I remember rightly, fairly soon after that, I joined the forums. Later I joined WWN and the Waterbridge forums.

Godzillasoaker65 · 01-06-2005, 07:05 AM

I found it by google, Ever since then I have wanted to K-MOD a gun.

Ben · 01-06-2005, 04:09 PM

^ That's not as helpful as I'd like. What were you looking for on Google? There are many ways to find most any site on Google.

Toaster · 01-06-2005, 06:24 PM

I joined when WW.net went down. I had seen the site beforehand, but had never paid much attention to the forums.
And I also got two other people to join, Eyleascial and Gamefreakie (Gamefreakie hasn't validated yet.)

01-01-2005, 08:42 AM	#1
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,985 UserID: 1	I'd like to know how many of our members found SSCentral. I'll be using this information to help us catch more "quality" visitors as some SEO (search engine optimization) guides put it. Please post as honestly as possible. Our site statistics do have a "referrer log," but this log only shows sites that have given us traffic in the past month. Accessing older statistics is possible (I do it all the time), but as it turns out many of the links have changed. __________________ email: ben at sscentral dot org / Forum rules Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas. Do not send me a PM or email about reading a certain post unless it's been a few days since you've posted. I try to read every post.

01-01-2005, 08:53 AM	#2
wetmonkey442 Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 256 UserID: 47	Honestly, I don't exactly remember. I believe I found SSC through the first WWn, though I am not sure. It is weird however, that when I look at the members list, I was number 40 something. Now SSc has over 300 members. Pity not all of them post. __________________ Join the fight! Support water warfare in your area today! Downpour-A Reliable Source of Water Warfare Information

01-01-2005, 08:58 AM	#3
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,985 UserID: 1	^ That's exactly what I'm trying to improve. Problem is, we received a ton of people who joined but didn't post. Quality visitors are the ones that would be more interested in your site and more likely to send you an email and actively use the forums. Having more hits doesn't necessarily mean that a site will get more use, you need to focus your attention on getting quality visitors. Since everyone who would post here has shown at least enough quality to do so, I am hoping that if I see how these people found SSCentral I could make changes to get more people like this. You can tell how effective we are in this buy dividing the total number of posts by the number of member to find how many posts on average each member makes. SSCentral: 63.42 iSoaker: 58.68 Water-Talk: 21.85 Water-Talk's statistic is low probably because it started out in the off-season and hasn't got any real posting going. SSCentral and iSoaker.com are right on top of each other, suggesting that most water gun websites get about the same visitors quality-wise. __________________ email: ben at sscentral dot org / Forum rules Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas. Do not send me a PM or email about reading a certain post unless it's been a few days since you've posted. I try to read every post.

01-01-2005, 09:52 AM	#4
trekkie00 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 208 UserID: 213	I think I found it in a web search, but I really don't remember. __________________ Click here for WATER GUN NETWORK!

01-01-2005, 10:25 AM	#5
Forceuser Use the force... Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK Posts: 336 UserID: 281	Are you referring to the site, the forums or both? I probably saw the site before I joined the forums, I can't remember exactly, through a Google search. I first saw, and joined, the forums after the CPS 3000 give-away was announced on iScF. __________________ Hey, images in sigs work again! Woo!

01-01-2005, 10:39 AM	#6
DX Wicked Super Admin Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Easton / New London, CT Posts: 1,575 UserID: 75	I found SSC via Belisaurius when I was in Waterbridge last January. And Nibordude found SSC through me. Nice chain reaction there. Teams often refer members to sites like this one. __________________ Mess With the Best, Get Soaked Like the Rest!! 2004 Red Sox - World Series Champions 2007 RED SOX - WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS! 2003 Patriots - Super Bowl Champions 2004 Patriots - Super Bowl Champions 2007 Patriots - God Damnit!

01-01-2005, 11:01 AM	#7
vaporizer28 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Somewhere in Michigan Posts: 187 UserID: 181	Found it in a Google search about water gun reviews. Page 2 or 3, I think. __________________ ^This was made by Superstormer. What, do you think it got here on its own?

01-01-2005, 11:25 AM	#8
Crashdummy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Alameda, Ca Posts: 310 UserID: 272	Found the site looking for a way to fix one of my soakers on google and got hooked when I heard about the wonderful realm of modifications. __________________ http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h2...shdummySig.jpg

01-01-2005, 12:02 PM	#9
Commander_Gaunt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 362 UserID: 219	Same, I found it whilst searching for a way to fix my XP 110 (still not fixed) __________________ <span style='color:gray'>There are only 3 sure things in life: Birth <span style='color:red'>Death <span style='color:gray'>and <span style='color:purple'>Taxes

01-01-2005, 02:06 PM	#10
Soaker Leader He who comes back... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Apple Vally, Minnesota Posts: 228 UserID: 290	I found it on a yahoo search, for Making a homemade water gun.

01-02-2005, 10:54 AM	#11
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,985 UserID: 1	Thanks you all. I suppose we've got the tech stuff down, time to move on to other things. There seems to be two big groups of people in finding SSCentral. Those who heard about it at the various forums or in real life, and those who were looking for water gun technology related items. Of course, there are other smaller groups, but those appear to be the most major. __________________ email: ben at sscentral dot org / Forum rules Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas. Do not send me a PM or email about reading a certain post unless it's been a few days since you've posted. I try to read every post.

01-02-2005, 11:05 AM	#12
Spinner Administrator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,322 UserID: 77	I can't really remember how I found SSCentral. I remember that I had been reading iSc for some time, but then I came across SSC (maybe Google? I'm not sure) and was hooked by the 'Frankenstein' design that was then up there. If I remember rightly, fairly soon after that, I joined the forums. Later I joined WWN and the Waterbridge forums. __________________ ISS: Soaker Sagas Submit your saga and see it up with other titans of water warfare.

01-06-2005, 07:05 AM	#13
Godzillasoaker65 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Springfield ma. which one do the simpsons live in? Posts: 259 UserID: 288	I found it by google, Ever since then I have wanted to K-MOD a gun. __________________ Soak, or be soaked that is the question!

01-06-2005, 04:09 PM	#14
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,985 UserID: 1	^ That's not as helpful as I'd like. What were you looking for on Google? There are many ways to find most any site on Google. __________________ email: ben at sscentral dot org / Forum rules Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas. Do not send me a PM or email about reading a certain post unless it's been a few days since you've posted. I try to read every post.

01-06-2005, 06:24 PM	#15
Toaster Leggo my Lego, dangit! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: AB, Canada Posts: 185 UserID: 108	I joined when WW.net went down. I had seen the site beforehand, but had never paid much attention to the forums. And I also got two other people to join, Eyleascial and Gamefreakie (Gamefreakie hasn't validated yet.) __________________

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