[cmiller1014]

Originally Posted by KirbyDE

Hmm ... not necessarily.
My board gets +- enough traffic - without being advertised.
So at least I don't see a real need for such a tool (which is undeniably a nice toy though).

Have you ran some stats with or without it? We now average 220 unique visitors on a normal day, but on friday when combull goes out we get about 1500 or so. I am going to upgrade only because I need articles, reviews, and other things that only 3.5 can do, but I am still looking to hire someone to write this for me. Not everyone has a chance to check a forum dailly but that doesnt mean they dont want to know whats going on.

I have had members thank me dozens of times for "reminding" them about the site and whats going on with it. Without a weekly update like this, my site will be hurting big time.

Originally Posted by KirbyDE

Hmm ... not necessarily.
My board gets +- enough traffic - without being advertised.
So at least I don't see a real need for such a tool (which is undeniably a nice toy though).

Also wanted to comment, not everyone has this luxury. I actually have a very unique forum but it is specific to one industry and I cannot even open it to search engines or guests because there is industry specific info that cant be leaked to just anyone.