RE: FN-FORUM: Sorry...

date posted 19th September 2007 11:39

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>=20benefit=20to=20Dan=20and=20Andy=20by=20drawing=20traffic=20to=20their
>=20business=20sites=20

This=20is=20not=20the=20case.

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we=20run=20Google=20ads
on=20the=20archive.

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ctor.

The=20benefits=20of=20having=20a=20public=20archive=20include:

*=20drawing=20new=20members=20into=20the=20forum
*=20dissipating=20the=20(amazing)=20knowledge=20of=20the=20forum=20for=20t=
he=20wider=20good
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r=20previous
messages

This=20was=20the=20original=20aim=20of=20the=20archive=20(as=20requested=20=
by=20forum
members),=20and=20in=20my=20opinion=20these=20benefits=20still=20outweigh=20=
the
disadvantages.

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