How badly is TeakDoor doing?

**PlanK** · 14-11-2009, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

There's about 100 Thailand forums so they got plenty to choose from, only 3 of them seem to be doing it right seo wise though, and no, ajarn aint in those 3.

TV, TD, what's the third one?

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 05:33 PM

thailandqa although their forum is crap and their bounce rate is horrendous their seo is good.

**Wayne Kerr** · 14-11-2009, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

That trend is already starting with some of the bigger webmaster forums, $250 for a 1,000 word article

I was offered money from one site to write travel stuff. Told'em to stick it up their arse as I write Internet stuff for fun ... many moons ago I worked for a Spanish website that paid 40 euros for 400 word articles on technical stuff coming out of Asia. Even if that was 60 Euro these days it wouldn't be worth the money for people who can make their money elsewhere.

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 05:55 PM

I think the being paid to write trend will grow, but do people like ant actually know 1,000 words, if you look at his webcam you can see him moving his lips as he reads this

but at the moment it seems only the big webmaster forums are willing to pay anything that could be considered a reasonable amount for articles.

**DrAndy** · 14-11-2009, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

^That trend is already starting with some of the bigger webmaster forums, $250 for a 1,000 word article, won't be long until the trend reaches other niche markets.

I must have made 12,000 five word posts, so that is 60,000 words, so you would owe me $15,000

I will give you a discount and accept $12,000

**Wayne Kerr** · 14-11-2009, 06:01 PM

Yep the site I was writing for, and we did most of the editing through their CMS, was charging 1000+ euros a year for access to our posts and they had 12,000 odd members. Site was FIS - Worldwide Leader In Seafood Information And Services Since 1995. Terrible payers but could do about 70,000 a month through them, after paying local staff about 15,000 for collecting info etc.

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 06:09 PM

$1,000 per year to find out what sea animals penises taste like? Each to their own I guess

**Loy Toy** · 14-11-2009, 06:09 PM

I can write about buckets.............1,000 words, no pleblem!

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 06:12 PM

^Believe it or not there used to be a Thai forum called rubber bucket

it then changed to Thaizine.

**Wayne Kerr** · 14-11-2009, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

$1,000 per year to find out what sea animals penises taste like? Each to their own I guess

I shall have you know erectile dysfunction is a real issue in Asia, f'd if I know why given the multitudes of hornbags, but who am I to question the locals forking out shed loads for the local treatments like sea lion dicks

Originally Posted by dirtydog

^Believe it or not there used to be a Thai forum called rubber bucket it then changed to Thaizine.

**satapadak** · 14-11-2009, 06:40 PM

Been here for a while but just started posting. Happy that the site is doing well. I enjoy it. But paying posters for their banter? Sell some ads. My browser blocks them anyways.

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by satapadak

Sell some ads. My browser blocks them anyways.

In that case you are missing a large percentage of what is actually on the forum. And no I don't mean advertisers.

**chitown** · 14-11-2009, 07:01 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

There's about 100 Thailand forums so they got plenty to choose from, only 3 of them seem to be doing it right seo wise though, and no, ajarn aint in those 3.

Didn't you used to have a list of all the forums somewhere?

Maybe post it again.

I like trolling Thai forums as I am familiar with the territory.

**StrontiumDog** · 14-11-2009, 07:34 PM

100 Thailand forums, one wonders why?

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 07:37 PM

^The Thai syndrome, look how many poxy noodle soup shops there are

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 07:41 PM

I'm helping build up a a Thai regional forum at the moment, now this region is quite small with not that many farangs living or visiting there, I think there are 5 forums already, luckily only one other of them is doing it right in anyway at all so not really any competition.

**StrontiumDog** · 14-11-2009, 08:00 PM

With all the hits and activity, you should be making a small fortune DD. I guess you're not?

Need to get that advertising revenue going...

All power to you.

**Missismiggins** · 14-11-2009, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Well here's the stats, normally get for the last few months around 15 million hits per month, not that hits mean a lot but a lot of sites like to advertise themselves by hits per month rather than pages served as hits are nice big figures, to up the figures for hits all you need to do is draw stuff from different folders for each page but this causes more work for the server.

Pushing around 260gb bandwidth per month which is a pretty big figure, not something you can do from your home connection probably

These stats are till the 13th November this year, this month 8171 unique visitors perday, ie I log in every day but am only counted in one of those days in that figure.

And of course the only figure that counts is pages served, just over 2 million so far this month, hell, maybe there will be a tourist season this year

I'd be interested to see how many new posts, or new topics, or new replies rather than "hits"

I "hit" a lot of sites, but I close them as fast as I "hit" them as they are complete shite!

It would be interesting to see actual USE of the site.

(not being a TWAT - but in the last few months, the topics and new posts seem to have dropped off a fair bit - it's just opinion, not statistics, I'd love to be proven wrong...it just seems like less people are actually posting anything - apart from the numerous crap posts I make!) Seriously, though, I am quite interested as to how you track this traffic.

I also would like to know how you can predict that next year there will be tourist traffic?

Considering it is down nearly 40% YOY....do you know something I don't? I reckon it is going to get even worse...who the fuck wants to RISK a holiday in this place under the current climate?

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 08:11 PM

New threads I think about 50 perday, posts 1,000+ perday, shall have a check as I haven't bothered looking for probably a year

**Missismiggins** · 14-11-2009, 08:26 PM

Originally Posted by dirtydog

New threads I think about 50 perday, posts 1,000+ perday, shall have a check as I haven't bothered looking for probably a year

I asked a while back but no one got back to me (obviously you lot have too much cash) about how to donate 20 bucks or so to the site "WITHOUT" using that fucking pay pal shit...as is advertised on the donations page...that you don't need a pay pal account!

I like this place and would really hate to see it become like Thai visa, please god no....

There was another interesting site, but it seemed to stagnate..Siamexpats.com, and it started getting a bit heavy with bar freaks and pervs.

It would be good for TD to keep on the same "unbiased" free speech lines it currently follows, so if any of the smart arses at TD can tell me how to drop 20 bucks -(without Pay Pal) no Nigerian e mails please, I will gladly pitch in - it would be a great shame to lose a forum as open and diverse as this!

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 08:28 PM

New threads for November.

New posts.

**Stinky** · 14-11-2009, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

Considering it is down nearly 40% YOY....do you know something I don't? I reckon it is going to get even worse...who the fuck wants to RISK a holiday in this place under the current climate?

That's exactly right Miggins, most people with families will look around TD to check out the expat view of things on the ground, once they've read what the deal really is they wont risk Thailand at the moment, its way to volatile and it's gonna get worse I'd say.
Thailand is in for harder times for sure.

**dirtydog** · 14-11-2009, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

so if any of the smart arses at TD can tell me how to drop 20 bucks -(without Pay Pal)

Pm sent.

There's a lot of traffic checking out Thailand websites, also I have actually seen quite a few tourists where i live, so I think there will be a tourist season, albeit no where near as good as previous years

**dirtydog** · 15-11-2009, 12:58 AM

I wonder when tv last updated their stats, they still beat us hands down on unique visitors, but page views.......

Currently we have around 4,000,000 page views per month and around 400,000 unique visitors per month.

**DrAndy** · 15-11-2009, 03:05 AM

anyway, here is another post for you, DD

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