Well maybe it's just me, but I don't see the big deal. No matter what, we will and always will be Pet Talkers:D
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Well maybe it's just me, but I don't see the big deal. No matter what, we will and always will be Pet Talkers:D
Karen and Paul, my vote is for you guys to do whatever works the best for you. That's it. :) You do such a terrific job and as long I know how to find you, then I'm fine with whatever you decide.
I always come in through www. petoftheday.com , anyway. I'm assuming that would not change.
Logan
Well said Logan!! That's exactly how I feel!Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan
My sentiments exactly! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by anna_66
Agreed! Karen and Paul haven't made a poor decision since I've joined almost two years ago, I trust them!Quote:
Originally Posted by Logan
That had me cracking up! Very funny! I actually found myself trying to say it out loud. ;) Thanks for the laugh...Quote:
Originally Posted by Karen
The name has more of a sentimental meaning to some of us.
Of course we'll always be Pet Talkers... but to newcomers, we won't be. Like I said, there's really nothing we can do about it I guess.
Yes, Kay, there is. When we get the poll of choices up, you can vote there! As I stated, we are not going to arbitrarily change it to something unrecognizable, and we're not going to change it without warning!
I'm a little behind on this topic so forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question...a bit confused!:D
Our domain name is PetoftheDay.com right? Not PetTalk? Pet Talk is just the name of the message board, not the name of the site itself, is that right? So I guess my question is, are you thinking of changing the domain name, Pet of the Day, or just the name of the messge board? I know in the beginning I and a lot of others mistook this site for "PetTalk," not "Pet of the Day." I'm thinking the concern is more people searching for our site and mistakingly get connected with PetTalk.com?
Just the name of the message board will change. We own the domain name and always have been and will be PetoftheDay.com. We are considering the name change for the message board BECAUSE people have mistaken us for PetTalk.com which has been owned by someone else for years, but only recently became an actual website and message board. We had inquired over the years if they would even sell us the domain name when they weren't using it, but they repeatedly declined.
The family of websites will always be the PetoftheDay.com family, or CatoftheDay.com or DogoftheDay.com, those will never change, at least while Paul and I are living, breathing and in control of our mental faculties, and the Internet exists in something close to its present form.
That's what I was thinking Karen! I know that I used to mistakingly search "Pet Talk" in beginning...5 years ago this month as a matter of fact...and get connected to that other site! Thanks!:)
I'm with Phred- pettalkers is what we are! Could you use pet_talk.com with an underscore, or is that too close to be considered another name? Or just PT.com ? PTers.com?
I know, wait for the poll, just wanted to add my 2 cents in. ;)
You can not have underscores in domain names; however, you CAN have a hyphen :)
Likewise you also can't have a domain with fewer than, I think four or five characters without having to pay extra.
Quote from Karen :
We're not gonna just arbitrarily change it to Styfwsutfashdf.com or anything, I promise.
You're not?
Oh?
I was just writing it down!! :D :p
Karen and Paul - I trust your judgement.
As long as I can still find you ..... I am happy.
But everyday people say "I was at Pet Talk..." and someone not very well acquanted might want to go to the site pet talk, which goes to somebody else. Pitty they do not want to sell the domain!
I think you should changed it to something else before you get bigger and confusions gets bigger...
For instance: guess how I found? I am down at Brazil, how did I found you? I went to Google, looking for sites on cats... Found Catoftheday.
I was never on a forum before. Did not get at all what was Pet Talk, and someone used the "PT", which is actually a political party initials in Brazil! (PT = Partido dos Trabalhadores - Worker's Party, leftist party) I did not get at all! What the political party had to do with cats?!!!! Some friend of Pet Talk told it was not the political party!!!!
So, I have to explain to Brazilians, when I show the site, what is Pet Talk! So, it is NOT universally understood.
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Originally Posted by Karen
When will this poll be up, karen? :)
Using another domains name never even came into my mind when I started calling myself, and others "pet talkers".. I dont even know why I started calling this pettalk.. I guess it just happend lol. Oh well.. don't change the sites whole address because that would be kinda silly.. I mean the site will always be petoftheday.com.. Not pettalk.com :)..
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Originally Posted by CagneyDog
Or don't answer..thats okay too :rolleyes: :confused:
At the risk of being rude - please, please try to keep in mind that Karen has
(now I know this is hard to believe!) A LIFE...........A JOB........A HUSBAND.......A BUNNY.........FAMILY.
She can't be everywhere all at once nor can Paul.
They have spent hours and hours getting all of our new toys and look to run smoothly - AND already answered a ton of questions we have all asked.
Maybe she likes to take a nap once in a while - but I bet not! Let's cut her some slack - o.k.? :)
Try to have more patience. As Gini already stated, they have lives outside of this message board. I know it may be hard to believe, but two days isn't a lot of time to be patient and wait for a response. They run this board ON THE SIDE in THEIR FREE TIME. Try to be a little more considerate next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by CagneyDog
You can both remind me to be considerate through pm's next time.
You could have also bothered Karen with a rude answer for not replying to your post via PM but chose not to... oh well, what's done is done. If you don't want replies like that, don't post impatient messages like that on the board in the future. That's all.
PS: I also saw your original reply to our posts, and can say I'm glad you edited your reply.
I never said I didn't want replies like that, I simply said to PM me with them.
I don't believe my original post was that bad at all.
I don't know when the poll will be up, okay? I wasn't going to answer until I knew, but I don't right now.
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Originally Posted by Karen
Okay. Thats all I wanted to know.
WHAT???Quote:
Originally Posted by Karen
Why not????
Geeee Whiz ......... ;) :D
{{{hugs}}} to you Karen. You do try to fit us all in ....... and we love you for it.
Love to Miss Hoppy
Don't worry take your time. People just need to learn to have patience and that this board *gasp!* isn't your life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Karen
I thought you said u were done with this :rolleyes:Quote:
People just need to learn to have patience and that this board *gasp!* isn't your life.
PLEASE JUST LEAVE ME ALONE, GET OVER THIS!
Don't flatter yourself, I wasn't referring to YOU or I would have used your name.
Eeesh! Knock it off.
Enough is enough!!!!! :eek:
My gawd... all this over a decision that Karen and Paul have decided to include us in (I'm sure they are re-thinking their decision now :rolleyes: )
They didn't have to ask us, they very well could have just gone and changed it and simply told us about it, instead of asking our opinions.
We are and always will be Pet Talkers. I'll always refer to this place as Pet Talk even if the name does change! Just because the domain name changes doesn't mean everything is going to change. It's something that is not going to have a great effect on anyone for any reason at all! Like Paul said, the most we would have to do would be to change our Bookmark or save a different page to our favorites.
Whew... I feel better now! Thanks! ;) :D
I know I just registered, but I think I like
1. Pet Chats (I have already seen it mentionned)
2. Pet Brags
3. Pet Pages
Good luck if you d decide to go this route.
The name change really doesn't matter to me. Another board I'm a member to is having to get a new server next year and they're discussing name changes also. They've gotten so petty over there about this that they've even had moderators resign. Please don't let that happen here. As I said over there, a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. My personal favorite is petapalooza. It sounds like a pet party.
AMEN! I haven't been on PT for a while, so I haven't been able to really follow this thread..I skimmed through it, and I have to agree!Quote:
Originally Posted by pitc9
Steph, Jesse, and Splinter
How about......
theoriginalpettalk.com ??
Did anyone mention PETCITY, we have a petstore called that here in NZ, I thought maybe that would be a cute name. :)