[meteorite-list] Free Meteorite Dealer Listings - Last Post

[Paul Harris]

Dear Gary,

Thank you for your post.  You still have the link issue on your site so 
I will email you in private.

Merry Christmas!

Paul


Gary K. Foote wrote:
> Paul,
>
> Thanks for posting your site's stats.  They do show you get more visitors than my site.  
> I understand that your site covers a lot more than simply dealer listings, so I am not 
> surprised at the difference in visits.  Mine is much more specialized and reaches out to 
> people looking for meteorites for sale almost exclusively.  Perhaps this explains why 
> your site sees more traffic than mine.
>
> As for my metlist-posting stats which you graphically illustrated, I unsubscribed for 
> some months this summer.  When I came back onboard in November my posting stats naturally 
> rose once more.  This was definitely not an attempt to plump my postings, but a natural 
> outcome of my time offlist.
>
> Also, thank you for pointing out some dead links on my site.  They have been corrected or 
> removed as necessary, along with a site redesign.  I do hope we can be friendly 
> competitors instead of being 'on different sides of the fence'.  I understand that there 
> was some confusion between my site, http://www.meteorite-dealers.com and another 
> [apparently unsavory] person's site, http://www.meteoritedealers.cvom.  The dash is all 
> important in differentiating between the two.
>
> Though I may be new to the Metlist I understand email lists and their etiquette fully as 
> I taught, and still teach, email marketing [including email lists and their uses] 
> beginning in 1994.  It is only meteorics that I am still learning about here at Metlist.
>
> So, let's be friends and shake hande - at least virtually.  We can easily co-exist 
> peacefully without cluttering the list with arguments and competetive statements - of 
> which I am not exclusively guilty.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary Foote
> http://www.meteorite-dealers.com
> gary at webbers.com
>
> On 21 Dec 2006 at 11:39, Paul Harris wrote:
>
>   
>> Dear Gary and List Members,
>>
>> I apologize to the list members for taking up list space and this will 
>> be my last post on this subject.
>>
>> In defense of Gary, the meteorite dealers site in question is 
>> http://www.meteoritedealers.com/
>> and I'm absolutely positive that Gary has nothing to do with this site 
>> or it's owners.
>>
>> In defense of my 1000 visits per day statement please view the following 
>> screen print. http://www.meteorite.com/stats_122106.jpg
>> We started with a new hosting company in May so May's results are not 
>> for a full month. Our stats require our server username and
>> password which I won't post here.  If anyone does not trust the graphic 
>> I will furnish a 3rd party with the information for verification.
>>
>> I think the stats speak for themselves.
>>
>> Our daily average visits is
>> June 2006 = 783
>> July 2006 = 774
>> August 2006 = 760
>> September 2006 = 816
>> October 2006 = 932
>> November 2006 = 976
>> December 2006 through the 20th is averaging 1087 visits per day.
>>
>> As for Gary's posting statistics. here is a graphical representation 
>> http://www.meteorite.com/posts.jpg
>> I only included December's posts up to his announcement. I'm not a 
>> statistician so you can make up your
>> own conclusions.
>>
>> I would appreciate it if someone would check my accuracy on the list 
>> archives by author as I've been
>> up for close to 24 hours now and getting fuzzy headed. 
>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/archives.shtml 
>> If I've made any mistakes, please post a correction and  I apologize in 
>> advance but this is my final post
>> on this subject.
>>
>> Gary, you're fairly new to the list and still have lots to learn.  You 
>> might start by reviewing the links in
>> your right hand column under Services/Supplies.  I'm surprised it's 
>> still there after a year. I would have
>> thought someone would have said something to you by now. 
>> http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/
>>
>> Paul Harris
>>
>>
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