Is the Warrior Forum throwing away money?

by WillR
5 replies
Something that's happened to me a couple of times over the last few weeks has been arriving at the Warrior Forum through a link someone sent me, obviously an incorrect link, and instead of seeing some kind of error page you are simply shown a blank white page with the text written "Page not found".

I can only imagine the number of error pages that get shown on a forum of this size and I can't believe admin is not taking advantage of it. Maybe there is a good reason for it, maybe it's just something they have overlooked up until now?

Some simple ideas I thought of...

- A simple, cheap product that shows you how to customize your own error pages... "This page doesn't exist but we are still making money from it. Click here to find out how..."

- A link to some type of hosting company... "This page doesn't exist but that's got nothing to do with our hosting... because we only use the best. Click here to use the same hosting that runs one of the largest forums on the Internet..."

What do you guys think? Is Allen wasting a good opportunity here to make some easy revenue?

Do you take advantage of all the error pages on your sites?
#forum #money #throwing #warrior
  • Profile picture of the author Joshua Rigley
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    Maybe, maybe not. Only Allen himself knows for sure. It's more likely he'll have those pages redirect to the home page, if he changes anything at all.
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  • Profile picture of the author SteveMcCormick
    I am pretty sure that the WarriorForum makes an absolute KILLING already with all of the WSO's that they really aren't too concerned about it.
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    • Profile picture of the author rkat55
      They should sell advertising to us on them
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      • Profile picture of the author WillR
        Originally Posted by john rambo View Post

        i doubt a few error pages would hurt the forum to much
        Originally Posted by SteveMcCormick View Post

        I am pretty sure that the WarriorForum makes an absolute KILLING already with all of the WSO's that they really aren't too concerned about it.
        I guess that makes sense. If your business is already making money then don't try and make any more? I had no idea a business is suppose to stop exploring avenues of revenue as soon as they start 'making a killing'. All these years I have been doing it wrong.

        Ah well, I guess he's glad he didn't listen to that same advice years ago when he started the WSO forum or banner ads at the top of the forum.
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  • Profile picture of the author ryannull
    I was getting an 500 database not found error for the last hour.

    I really doubt it is affecting them that much. I am surprised it doesn't have a little more ads, than it does.
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