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[Faisal2202]

Goggle search engine redirected most the guests users to this forum, got the information they want and disappeared, this is a very complicated and difficult forum for a first timers to use. I'm guilty of this as well, I've been reading r/Bitcoin subreddit for more than 5 years now without a registered reddit account.

I don't like how Reddit operates so I'm just a 5 years old guest on only read mode, zero contribution and I'm okay with that.

I don't think this forum is so famous that Google suggests others to it! Or maybe I am wrong and it really suggest people to visit this forum for the answers to their questions. Even most of the time when I have tried to ask questions about a thing, BTT does not come up until I write BTT along with it.

And tbh I also used Reddit for sometime without logging in but it's just the urge to comment on other's nonsense and things they do, so I have to log in and I also spend some time oftenly on Reddit whenever something attracts my attention.

[bitterguy28]

I don't think this forum is so famous that Google suggests others to it! Or maybe I am wrong and it really suggest people to visit this forum for the answers to their questions. Even most of the time when I have tried to ask questions about a thing, BTT does not come up until I write BTT along with it.

yeah no it does not unless you search something that is very specific in the forum whether it is a topic about crypto or the forum itself then btt usually can come up but i do not think altcoinstalks ever comes up just yet

And tbh I also used Reddit for sometime without logging in but it's just the urge to comment on other's nonsense and things they do, so I have to log in and I also spend some time oftenly on Reddit whenever something attracts my attention.

it is a hassle to use reddit without an account because there are some exclusive content that you need to log in to open and see so i just use the app mostly now

[Faisal2202]

yeah no it does not unless you search something that is very specific in the forum whether it is a topic about crypto or the forum itself then btt usually can come up but i do not think altcoinstalks ever comes up just yet

That's why I meant to say, that unless we search with the exact same keywords or write + BTT or +ALTT along with it, until then Google won't suggest the results of the forums, and I think it's one of the things made on purpose because new readers don't like to get the answers to their questions from forums but only the OGz.

it is a hassle to use reddit without an account because there are some exclusive content that you need to log in to open and see so i just use the app mostly now

I was not aware of this factor, it is new, well, reddit also bans accounts very fast, I have one on mobile it is working just fine but on laptop they always ban it whenever I try to create one.  I think I am banned from this IP!

[Igebotz]

I don't think this forum is so famous that Google suggests others to it! Or maybe I am wrong and it really suggest people to visit this forum for the answers to their questions. Even most of the time when I have tried to ask questions about a thing, BTT does not come up until I write BTT along with it.

This is literally an old statistics https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=327768.0 but it says more than 40% traffic on the forum for the month of January was from direct google search. I guess you're wrong about the forum popularity.

it is a hassle to use reddit without an account because there are some exclusive content that you need to log in to open and see so i just use the app mostly now

Never heard about this, is it a new feature? Are some contents hidden from guest accounts and why?

[Faisal2202]

This is literally an old statistics https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=327768.0 but it says more than 40% traffic on the forum for the month of January was from direct google search. I guess you're wrong about the forum popularity.

I have seen these stats and I am following them from the start, and I think they were high because at that time people were moving here, and they were searching altt direct on Google search again and again, as you know at that time people started to teleport from BTT to here, so even if they search altscointalk instead of typing some keyword for a title or a topic, the google will still say, it was direct traffic from google search.

With time it decreases due to number of reasons, one can be, people bookmarked everything, I open this forum directly from telegram mentions hehe.

[Stuart]

Is there any way I could know the number of online users at that particular time I'm using the forum?

At the bottom of the Forum Home Page, you'll find the number of active users, those currently online for the day and the total number of the highest members online ever.
This is always found at the bottom of the forum page, same with other forums. Here in the forum, it looks like the below image. 

[KingsDen]

This is literally an old statistics https://www.altcoinstalks.com/index.php?topic=327768.0 but it says more than 40% traffic on the forum for the month of January was from direct google search. I guess you're wrong about the forum popularity.

I have seen these stats and I am following them from the start, and I think they were high because at that time people were moving here, and they were searching altt direct on Google search again and again, as you know at that time people started to teleport from BTT to here, so even if they search altscointalk instead of typing some keyword for a title or a topic, the google will still say, it was direct traffic from google search.

With time it decreases due to number of reasons, one can be, people bookmarked everything, I open this forum directly from telegram mentions hehe.

You explained what happens correctly. I often visit this forum from a mobile phone, unless on a rare cases I use laptop immediately after I finished a major work with the laptop. But then, any time I visit from the laptop, I locate here by searching the forum with Google. So, this also counts as traffic from Google even when I already know the forum and have been using it.

[Faisal2202]

You explained what happens correctly. I often visit this forum from a mobile phone, unless on a rare cases I use laptop immediately after I finished a major work with the laptop. But then, any time I visit from the laptop, I locate here by searching the forum with Google. So, this also counts as traffic from Google even when I already know the forum and have been using it.

I can't use these forums from my smartphone hehe, as for me it's very hard to type from my Mobile, one is speed becomes slower on my smartphone and you won't believe it due to writing these posts on my laptop, my speed is more than 45 WPM and I recently secured an internship because of this haha. So directly or indirectly, by writing these posts I benefited a lot (although I am a content writer too)

Well, the point was, that I can't focus on my smartphone while writing, because either my friends are texting me there, or I tend to use Instagram, so to avoid all this while writing, I put my phone away. I have bookmarked this forum or used it directly from telegram mentions.

[Igebotz]

I can't use these forums from my smartphone hehe, as for me it's very hard to type from my Mobile, one is speed becomes slower on my smartphone and you won't believe it due to writing these posts on my laptop, my speed is more than 45 WPM and I recently secured an internship because of this haha. So directly or indirectly, by writing these posts I benefited a lot (although I am a content writer too)

Well, the point was, that I can't focus on my smartphone while writing, because either my friends are texting me there, or I tend to use Instagram, so to avoid all this while writing, I put my phone away. I have bookmarked this forum or used it directly from telegram mentions.

I didn't know I was not the only lazy one who only typed "altcointalk" on Google and just click the redirect link from there instead of typing the direct url everytime I wan to read the forum from my laptop..

Everytime you open the forum without logging in the system counts you as a guest, I think that's the only reason that number is always higher than registered users on daily.

Well, this forum works better for me on smart phone, I guess it's because I'm more faster on phone keypad and a big snail on the laptop keyboard.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

I can't use these forums from my smartphone hehe, as for me it's very hard to type from my Mobile, one is speed becomes slower on my smartphone and you won't believe it due to writing these posts on my laptop, my speed is more than 45 WPM and I recently secured an internship because of this haha. So directly or indirectly, by writing these posts I benefited a lot (although I am a content writer too)

Well, the point was, that I can't focus on my smartphone while writing, because either my friends are texting me there, or I tend to use Instagram, so to avoid all this while writing, I put my phone away. I have bookmarked this forum or used it directly from telegram mentions.

Well, this forum works better for me on smart phone, I guess it's because I'm more faster on phone keypad and a big snail on the laptop keyboard.

Lolz, it's not just you alone, I think it's the majority of us who have mastered the use of smart phones over our various types of laptop and desktop computers.

And I enjoy accessing not just this forum, but the other forum as well, from my smart phone for the same reason, which is faster typing in terms of posting replys and comments.

But when it comes to creating threads, using a smart phone is a real headache, most especially if the thread is going to contain alot of links (back links) and images, this is when the use of a computer becomes really important as it makes the job way faster and easier than using a smartphone.

[Faisal2202]

Well, this forum works better for me on smart phone, I guess it's because I'm more faster on phone keypad and a big snail on the laptop keyboard.

Everyone is lazy hehe and we should not call it an act of laziness but to make our task more speedy, like what good in writing the website name on google while we can just click and open the threads directly. Well, everyone has their own ways.

That directly opening of site without loging in can be a valid reason like one just opened the site and without loging in start making posts and then did not published them from the same device but from Smartphones, it is a valid point but WHY someone would do that too? I am totally oppsite of what you are with keyboards.

[Igebotz]

But when it comes to creating threads, using a smart phone is a real headache, most especially if the thread is going to contain alot of links (back links) and images, this is when the use of a computer becomes really important as it makes the job way faster and easier than using a smartphone.

To copy signature code is more easy on desktop too, but I've mastered the act of copying it on my mobile phone too, it's slower but I get it done.

That directly opening of site without loging in can be a valid reason like one just opened the site and without loging in start making posts and then did not published them from the same device but from Smartphones, it is a valid point but WHY someone would do that too? I am totally oppsite of what you are with keyboards.

I don't stayed logged in - after few hours of not using the forum it logs me out and everytime I come back, I use the forum on read-mode to find interesting topics before logging in to join discussions.

[Faisal2202]

I don't stayed logged in - after few hours of not using the forum it logs me out and everytime I come back, I use the forum on read-mode to find interesting topics before logging in to join discussions.

Okay, I use it by logging in all the time, as I have opted to stay logged in all the time option while logging in. BTW, is there any reason you prefer to log out from the forum? I mean I thought maybe it is some kind of security-related thing, like to be on the safer side.

It is hard to find interesting topics here, though, maybe because I don't go into other sections yet as there are many sections here where I am not active.

[Igebotz]

I don't stayed logged in - after few hours of not using the forum it logs me out and everytime I come back, I use the forum on read-mode to find interesting topics before logging in to join discussions.

Okay, I use it by logging in all the time, as I have opted to stay logged in all the time option while logging in. BTW, is there any reason you prefer to log out from the forum? I mean I thought maybe it is some kind of security-related thing, like to be on the safer side.

It is hard to find interesting topics here, though, maybe because I don't go into other sections yet as there are many sections here where I am not active.

Everytime i log in and log out on my desktop it auto logs me out on my mobile chrome browser too. And for the forum; there are too many inactive boards and less interesting topics this year compared to last year.

I'm active on only few boards now.

[SamReomo]

To copy signature code is more easy on desktop too, but I've mastered the act of copying it on my mobile phone too, it's slower but I get it done.

Well, without a doubt it's quite good to use the forum on smartphone as it's portable and it's always in our hands or pockets.

However, the experience of writing on desktop is much better but some people do have multiple things on desktop and that's why it can be hard to give proper time to the forum sometimes.

I only use the sites on smartphone to check out things and my accounts aren't online on the phones, but it sounds good to hear that someone can use it effectively without any hassle.