GSAK possibly being removed from Geo.Com !!!!!!!!!!

Richary · Post by **Richary** » 22 February 05 11:00 pm

It seems like a silly decision. But I don't think it will hurt a huge amount (even for Clyde). As soon as someone asks on a forum (even the GC ones) what is the best program, someone will post the link. Unless the moderators are instructed to delete any references to GSAK. Which might be going over the top even for them.

But yes, GSAK makes life so much easier to organise caching. Clyde is friendly and approachable - a backup mishap during a reformat meant I lost all personal emails over the weekend, including registration codes for programs. A quick email to Clyde and 10 minutes later I had the code back.

Try that with a big commercial enterprise. And if Jeremy can't see that making caching easier to organise will only get more people doing it, well it speaks for itself.

Team Red Roo · Post by **Team Red Roo** » 22 February 05 11:07 pm

Kind of makes me wonder why I/we bother with Yanks. But we can't tar 'em all with the same brush can we

<p>Wayne

Lt. Sniper · Post by **Lt. Sniper** » 23 February 05 12:29 am

EcoTeam wrote:Or maybe
e) GC.com are about to announce their own GPX utility program!

Ohh ohh , I like that one!!

Most likely going to happen in the future IMO.

I do think heÃ‚â€™s smart enough to realise that the GSAK provides a supplementary income but he doesnÃ‚â€™t want to alienate anyone (or appear that way anyway..)

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 23 February 05 9:03 am

Let's not go too crazy with the rumours, folks, lest we start to believe them.

I'm reasonably sure that GSAK could stand on it's own merits, even in the face of what some might consider anti-competitive behaviour.

- R

dcr · Post by **dcr** » 23 February 05 2:00 pm

Mind Socket wrote:Let's not go too crazy with the rumours, folks, lest we start to believe them.

Damn, and I had a big unsubstantiated rumour after looking through the product list ...

I heard, from the pilot of a black helicopter*, that there could be an issue with products that support the open-gpx format as well as the gc-gpx format.
(* You need a black helicopter for a really good conspiracy)

This maybe buried under the $ issue, as a single point of cache management across multiple sites may be viewed as a threat.

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 23 February 05 2:45 pm

EcoTeam wrote: Or maybe
e) GC.com are about to announce their own GPX utility program!

perhaps the truth is closer than we think...
this morning we landed our black helicopter behind a grassy knoll staking out our next cache location, which, of course, will be in tangles' back yard.
anyway, another black helicopter landed right beside us (don't you hate that?) and a crewmember got out and walked up to us

looking us right in the eye, he said: "nslookup gpxspinner.com"
naturally, we replied:"66.60.157.24"
without a moment's hesitation, he said: "nslookup geocachingadmin.com"
we replied: "66.60.157.... omg!"
he walked back into their helicopter and flew off

bizarre! what does it all mean?

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 23 February 05 2:55 pm

i! wrote:
looking us right in the eye, he said: "nslookup gpxspinner.com"
naturally, we replied:"66.60.157.24"
without a moment's hesitation, he said: "nslookup geocachingadmin.com"
we replied: "66.60.157.... omg!"
he walked back into their helicopter and flew off

bizarre! what does it all mean?

That too many Sydney geocachers own black helicopters ???

dcr · Post by **dcr** » 23 February 05 3:10 pm

ideology wrote:bizarre! what does it all mean?

That the UN has started geocaching? ... Oh! you meant the nslookup, not the black helicopters.
cheers Darren

Disclaimer: this may or may not be a general opinion on news://alt.conspiracy.theory :: My tin foil hat works well

Aushiker · Post by **Aushiker** » 23 February 05 5:46 pm

EcoTeam wrote:There are plenty of options. There are a million and one ways to drive traffic to your site that don't cost a cent. No need to involve GC.com, although that would help greatly of course.

I would be surprised if 10% of his traffic comes from the link on gc.com. Links are pretty much good for only boosting one's google ranking which results in better google search outcomes where I suspect most of his traffic comes from. The link will be more value for that than traffic and if everyone else, as has been suggested links to GSAK any negative from delisting at gc.com will be reduced.

That said, if you put the link on a page with a lot of other links its value will be significantly reduced. Also if your Google ranking is below 4 the link will probably have little value.

Andrew

EcoTeam · Post by **EcoTeam** » 23 February 05 8:47 pm

http://www.geocachingadmin.com/

Now that's really usefull!

Did everyone know but me?

http://www.whois.org/whois.cgi2?d=gpxspinner.com

OMG, GPXspinner is hosted on the SECONDARY site!

EcoDave

embi · Post by **embi** » 23 February 05 9:35 pm

EcoTeam wrote:http://www.geocachingadmin.com/

Now that's really usefull!

Did everyone know but me

Its just what we some times use when reviewing but I havent used it for ages

Cached · Post by **Cached** » 24 February 05 9:43 am

do you reckon we could get geocachingadmin.com linked from the .au page?

ideology · Post by **ideology** » 24 February 05 10:04 am

done - we've added it to the tools page http://geocaching.com.au/tools/

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 24 February 05 11:42 am

EcoTeam wrote:http://www.geocachingadmin.com/

Now that's really usefull!

Did everyone know but me?

All right! Who let the cat out of the bag and told EcoDave about the site?
I thought we had an agreement, people.

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 24 February 05 11:50 am

Just don't tell him about the portable devices that home in coordinates.

- Rog

Oops, too late.