Originally Posted by Toby (Post 794664)

Just rec'd an email from AM:



The site has been dying for a long time, but it's now officially dead.

Originally Posted by gonzo (Post 794665)

Guess that big offer never came thru.

Originally Posted by pam (Post 794668)

The price was too high for the traffic it was getting. Years ago it was awesome ...

Originally Posted by rhetorical (Post 794666)

Its gone. No surprise there.

Originally Posted by pam (Post 794762)

Hopefully some of those people will visit here as there were many whose posts I really enjoyed.

As long as the "I need a nose and boob job" chick stays away

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ (Post 794752)

It was probably because you announced you were quitting.....

Originally Posted by bxy (Post 795384)

Pam, Looking for AM's Pam, is that you?

Originally Posted by TonyT (Post 800427)

At one time I thought Am Masters was a good site, but I left that just before all the bullshit started and actually my business took off very well and didn't need to read crap and arguing. I didn't even notice it was gone really until just now and seen its re-directed to Rude.com. I like rude site but not for webmaster postings, too many ads for webmasters. I like this site for the forum stuff because I can find more informative information here without all the bullshit.

Originally Posted by gonzo (Post 794685)

They were unreasonable about what they wanted I suppose.

I made an offer about a year ago. Said they wanted to get out of it what they put into it.

Shame redirecting traffic ...

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ (Post 800468)

I wonder how much "they got out of it" by redirecting it. (Mind you, I like Sammy and Brett, and happily do business with them.)

But I gotta wonder, any offer over $500 has gotta be better than the limited re-direct profits you would get???
No?

Originally Posted by gonzo (Post 800471)

I offered more. They said they had better offers. I suppose that fell thru.

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ (Post 800481)

I kind of thought that....

And here's the thing......I understand the whole re-direct thing has value since I have over 150 domain names, and essentially only a single "product line." (Partly because I spend too damn much time here......)

Anyhow, how difficult would it have been to say "Ok Gonzo, we'll sell it to you, but we need a prominent ad space on that for XX months for Rude.com as part of the deal?"

Maybe I'm wrong.....but it seems to be a valuable asset wasted. But, it's not my asset, and I don't known the details, so I'll just have to assume they did what was best for them. But speaking solely as a frequent user, I would have been tickled pink to have Gonzo take over the board, and offer a hands on, sensible approach, to management and involvement of the board.

If I was trying to reach the webmaster market in a big way (with a few notable exceptions) I know where I would place my advertising dollars.

Originally Posted by LizAEBN (Post 800484)

Well, EJ, you don't want to go making SENSE, now do you? :P

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ (Post 800481)

I kind of thought that....

And here's the thing......I understand the whole re-direct thing has value since I have over 150 domain names, and essentially only a single "product line." (Partly because I spend too damn much time here......)

Anyhow, how difficult would it have been to say "Ok Gonzo, we'll sell it to you, but we need a prominent ad space on that for XX months for Rude.com as part of the deal?"

Maybe I'm wrong.....but it seems to be a valuable asset wasted. But, it's not my asset, and I don't known the details, so I'll just have to assume they did what was best for them. But speaking solely as a frequent user, I would have been tickled pink to have Gonzo take over the board, and offer a hands on, sensible approach, to management and involvement of the board.

If I was trying to reach the webmaster market in a big way (with a few notable exceptions) I know where I would place my advertising dollars.