http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/mig-a...ncement-5.html
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wtf are those sponsor crap things that come up inbetween posts! is it mig or autotrader?
will it become SIGWEB???
from reading about it, people are making a business of running forums, and the ads will be a slippery slope......
i'm sure that somewhere along the way, png must have some form of corporate identity, but i can't imagine its big enough for someone to buy into..
how big is migweb compared to png??
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If someone has purchased MIGWEB as a business then you'll soon have one post per page with the rest advertising
I really really hope that PNG never goes that way
same guy owns a few forums inc allcorsa, which isnt big. mowgli, anythigns big enough to buy if there is profit....
who'd have us??
Mike was talking about selling it years ago so its no surprise.
Edit: It'll probably change hands again in sometime in the near future
Forums are a business for him, he loves Vauxhall's, but no mention of ever owning one. Well I've only read the first page so far lolQuote:
As for what made me want to purchase?
Forums are a business for me, and I have always been sort of a petrolhead and always had an interest in Vauxhalls. Always going on forums let me into what I do and led me here. If I did buy one, I would want a Vauxhall VXR8 Bathurst. I currently own an Evo with previously owning VWs
i've never understood mig... it appears to be a club that was set up by 3 lads so they could chat to each other, then ended up being the all vauxhall club..
the adverts are only there for the non paid members. neat tool to use.
not sure what i think on the subject. obs he buys forums, as they are a business for him, it must have forms of creating revenue. he mentioned google adsense, this can create alot of revenue, through pay per click and some other tools.
good luck to him.
Yeah he says the adverts create revenue to pay for the hosting etc.
I thought the VBOA said no to any club that had a profit making side...?
just wait for the mig forum rules to contain all sorts of amendments to do with commercial interests etc.... it will have to happen... somebody saying xxxxx is rubbish etc... then reg & al threaten to sue the website etc... or have they stopped that sort of thing?
the way i see it all money going to this new giy that has got the form should go strate back into the club for stans at shows and stuff like that it should NOT be a business lol lol
please never sell png :(
the concept is that a club puts its funds back in to help the members, which is standard practice with PNG, it goes on food & teabags etc..for the events.. i'm guessing the forum hosting will manage to be fudged for tax purposes & the host will be making the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Not sure what you mean by that? We pay a hosting company to provide server space, availability and physical management.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
Obviously I can't predict every possible eventuality in the future, but I can confidently say that PNG is not run as a profit-making business and we have no intention of selling it.
Our primary sources of income are membership and sponsor fees; any "profit" we make on these stay on the club balance sheets and are used to service or better the club (e.g. website hosting, corporate insurance, club merchandise, event logisitics and equipment - such as gazebos - etc).
The only advert banner you see on here is the one at the top of the forum, and thats only available to registered site sponsors. That way we're able to control what little advertising we do have to that which will be appropriate to our members.
Thanks to the strength of our membership (thats you boys and girls), we're able to maintain a good quality of service back to you guys without having to rely on advertising to fill in gaps and recycle any and all monies back into club improvements.
:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
I'm pretty sure that is exactly the sentiment that those asking questions on Mig want to hear. Doubt they ever will.
MIG lost its appeal for me ages ago. its just swarming with n00bs asking stupid questions. also, the need for advertising on MIG is clear to see. read any thread, and note the number of site users on there, compared to club members. they are almost all blue font scum, whereas on here the vast majority of actice users are paid up. IMO, if you like a site, and want it to prosper, then join the club :thumb:
i was speculating about how migweb would exist as a club 'owned' by a web forum company, and not png, what i was getting at was that they would manage to work their accounts so there was no profit made, to satisfy vboa rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
i know that png works from a shoebox under someones bed....
Who gives a toss, MIG is sh!te
PNG all the way !!!! hope it never changes :) :) :)
Honestly,i was just about to type....Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
Who cares,its sh1t anyway lol
Really simply Mowgli.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
The website has been sold.
The club - MIG Club (VBOA member has not).
It's not rocket science is it.
And as for massive sigs,theres no site worse than RSOC
Fukk me they have sigs bigger than bob marley!!
Ive been a member as long as I have here, and I've never liked it.
I agree with Andy.
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Originally Posted by Andy_L
why did this bloke even bother appearing on the forum & telling them if it hasn't altered the club in any way???
What better way to buy than a copious list of 17-40year old petrol heads details.... It happened on the VX220 forum, one day the goon that owned it said "oh by the way the site has been sold to this company", and since that day I've had substantially more advert spam to gmail containing my name in the text etc, and funnily enough the spam has been aimed at kinda mid market 'stuff' like cars/electicals.
With the right forum and a userbase that is well rooted so wont move even thought they hate it, someone can make a **** load of money from them :(
Got it in one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
Well if money to be made then why not, Mr Warner will have seen the good times and basically got it to a point that it now runs it's self, cash in and ta ta.
Can't blame him at all, I would want shot of it swell, wonder what it sold for!
50p & a can of coke?
Think thousands.... but being an old cynic it wont matter to you :p
i was thinking thousands, sometimes when i used to google for png, it would come up with generic "pngclub.com is worth xxxx" and that was like 2k or something and mig is bigger then png lol.
edit - interesting after avery simple google search
http://urlpulse.co.uk/www.pngclub.com
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Pngclub is ranked 260,351 in United Kingdom. It is titled as 'Performance Nova Group - News.'
Website loadtime is 2343 milliseconds, less than 48% of other measured websites. 41 unique websites are linking to it. Pages on the site are: The Club. It has 4,260 documents indexed. It is hosted by Eukhost Customer Server England Durham, United Kingdom, using Apache webserver.
The estimated 211 daily visitors, each view 1.30 pages per session. Pngclub.com's IP address is 91.186.0.8. There is content titled: "Cars For Sale Performance Nova Group Png", "Muppet Corner Performance Nova Group Png", "Parts For Sale Performance Nova Group Png", "Projects Performance Nova Group Png", "General Car Chat Performance Nova Group Png", and "Parts For Sale Page 2 Performance Nova Group Png."
Pngclub has an international rank of 1,947,918. Its 2 nameservers are ns10.eukdns.com, ns9.eukdns.com. A ping to the server is registered at 118 ms. It can be found on a map, 54.77, -1.57.
Monthly pages viewed 6,570
Monthly visitors 6,570
Value per visitor £0.10
Estimated worth £3,653.12 *
External links 41
Number of pages 4,260
The clown that did own the VX forum said he would sell to some of the members for £15K!!!! We reckon he mugged the new owner for atleast £5K, but thankfull that lot are moany feckers and have created two alternative sites to goto if the new owner kicks up a fuss lol
well it just goes to show that................
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...kAsrF9uhwGDt6g
same site, but for migweb
Migweb is ranked 17,123 in United Kingdom. It is titled as 'MIG Performance Vauxhalls - Car Club, Vauxhall News, Forums, Free Classifieds, Gallery and More!.'
Monthly pages viewed 98,580
Monthly visitors 89,760
Value per visitor £0.12
Estimated worth £30,004.74 *
External links 130
Number of pages 5,740
FOOK
*estimate data as it says on website. lol
oh dear,
Corsasport is ranked 9,384 in United Kingdom. It is titled as 'Corsa Sport - for Vauxhall, Opel and Holden Corsa and Barina.'
What a crock of ****e....lol
VxON..
6,188 Rank in United Kingdom
128,971 Worldwide Rank
Monthly pages viewed 216,840
Monthly visitors 142,680
Value per visitor £0.24
Estimated worth £47,179.42 *
External links 66
Number of pages 5,750
Feck it, I'm selling up..lol
This club doesn't have an 'owner', doesn't generate revenue for anyone, and while the memberships are coming in, doesn't need to advertise crap all over the place.
And that is how it will stay.