DISQUS

Drew Meyers · 1 year ago

I'm guessing Brad will be here in the comments shortly to answer your questions :)

Jay Thompson · 1 year ago

This thing is going to be huge one way or another. The comment count on Brads post is already over 70. Some of it is just gushing praise, some are very legit questions.

I'm not terribly fond of the comments from AR being "cross-linked" to the AROB. AR is notorious for posts getting comment after comment that add little to nothing to the conversation (point grabbing, in a nutshell). If the only way to get those comments off an outside blog is to delete the comment on the original AR post, WWIII is likely to break out.

Look forward to hearing Brad's opinion. I suspect he's a wee bit busy right now.

BradAndersohn · 1 year ago

Brad pops his head up out of the flurry to check in. lol~

Yes, I am slammed with comments, emails and calls right now, but wanted to address as many concerns as possible if I can.

1. You can buy or use an existing domain to host your AROB (nice acronym BTW) :-) We recommend for members to do just that.
2. The duplicate entry and SEO issues are being addressed in another Blog post. That's a little too long and complicated to cover here in these comments.
3. The AROB's are FREE, the discussion early on was to charge, our team decided against it.
4. Once the dust settles, and it will, the feedback and comments we receive will allow us to review and take the appropriate and most needed actions to address any technical or unforeseen issues. Growth and improvement will come after the needs are met.
5. Not sure on the Trackbacks/Pingbacks, but I will certainly find out, and get back to you on that.
6. Comment Spam will still need to be moderated by the member just as it's done now as far as I know.
There may be other releases ahead to address this and some of your other questions.
7. There will be other templates made available and probably a CSS option for customizing, but let us get out the door and on the road first. lol~

This is just the launch today, the beginning, the genesis of AROB's, it will take some time to get through it, work out the kinks, but I'm confident in our team, the staff and the members, that the growth and success with AROB's will be fruitful.

Thanks Jay, you were fast on getting this posted, I was impressed! :-))

Steve Belt · 1 year ago

Jay, like you, my AR account is basically dormant. I have it, to provide occasional comments, and read the "insider" posts now and again.

From what's described, I don't see much benefit to the AROB over their standard blog. Pointing your personal dot com over to this new URI would add a tiny bit of added SEO.

Regardless, I'll set my own up, if for no other reason, to protect my "name space".

Riverside · 1 year ago

Here's there answer:
If you choose a subdomain
domain.ar.com
then
"We will be adding no-index tags to all sub-domain blogs"

That took the wind out of my sails over it...I was psyched...but now... not so much...
whats the point if it's got a no index tag?

(Please let me know if I'm wrong on this ;)

Mike Price · 1 year ago

Great overview Jay, you obviously took a great deal of time checking it out.
MP

Diane Cohn · 1 year ago

Um, what's the difference between an AR Outside Blog and Localism?

BradAndersohn · 1 year ago

Diane - Localism is a collaborative effort from the AR community and one's outside blog is uniquely their own content. On Localism, collaborative works really good for the consumer since we can collectively give them great info. :-)

Candace Robinson · 1 year ago

I am definitely interested in how this will effect the AR community, I am really leaning on the side of my good friend Steve & Jay, that owning 'my own' is really adding up and making more sense everyday! Great review Jay.

Gary Miljour · 1 year ago

Jay,
Thanks for explaining this to me. I am starting to see the benefit of moving forward with my word press blog in the works.