New get_iplayer website & forums

[FJuniper]

And me too.  Nice site, but I think it should perhaps be our little 
secret...  Better that than lose it.

On 16/07/2013 21:15, roadcone (gmx) imap wrote:
> I'm not so active here but I agree with David - both in his 
> compliments and in his concerns.
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> On 16/07/13 20:36, David wrote:
>> It's a fantastic idea (in principle), and looks great... but I'm in 
>> agreement with some others and express concern about get_iplayer 
>> becoming too popular, and drawing attention to itself.
>>
>> A cease and desist letter might occur, but moreover, the last thing 
>> most of us want is active measures being taken to counter the use of 
>> get_iplayer and effectively 'spoil it for us all'.
>>
>> My honest belief is that the site should be as nondescript as 
>> possible, and generally try to avoid most of the search engine 
>> indexing if possible (and certainly lose the domain name with 
>> 'iplayer' in it!).
>>
>> I know it sounds very paranoid, and perhaps worse still, 
>> ungrateful....  but rest assured, that is far from the case.
>>
>> It's great that people are so active in keeping get_iplayer to alive 
>> and trying to make life easier for most of us...
>>
>> But keeping a low profile is probably the best possible strategy. 
>> It's just my opinion of course... but life is sweet at present... I 
>> don't want it to turn sour! esp when search engines start bringing up 
>> the site due to 'iplayer' in the domain name (which can have a strong 
>> effect on ranking)
>>
>>> Square Penguin <mailto:squarepenguin at getiplayer.co.uk>
>>> 16 July 2013 17:56
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> A few months ago I wrote a Complete Beginners Guide to get_iplayer 
>>> on my personal blog, shortly followed by a Troubleshooting Guide.
>>>
>>> 'Complete' was a bit of a stretch as I soon learnt from the 300+ 
>>> comments that poured in looking for assistance. However, the posts 
>>> were very successful with around 12,000+ unique visitors in the last 
>>> month and tens of thousands of page views.
>>>
>>> I was also very fortunate to have Dinkypumkin stop by on a regular 
>>> basis to offer expert advice and knowledge to those in need.
>>>
>>> With that in mind, and with the help of Dinkypumpkin, I've created a 
>>> fully fledged get_iplayer website, complete with guides, forums, a 
>>> complete mirror of the Wiki from GitHub (which DP has graciously 
>>> helped to populate and transfer), faq and quick install guides for 
>>> all platforms.
>>>
>>> The site went 'live' yesterday and you can find the it at the link 
>>> below, along with my reasons for creating it which are to be found 
>>> on the blog:
>>>
>>> http://getiplayer.co.uk
>>>
>>> It's pitched very much at the newbie so I hope it helps some of 
>>> those who struggle to get to grips with get_iplayer, or even with 
>>> this mailing list ;-)
>>>
>>> Of course, it could all be in vain after the recent demise of Radio 
>>> Downloader (a contemptuous act by the BBC!) and the potential for 
>>> the BBC to send in the heavies. But here's to hoping that's not the 
>>> case...
>>>
>>> SquarePenguin
>>>
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