New get_iplayer website & forums

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I'm not so active here but I agree with David - both in his compliments 
and in his concerns.



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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