Hi Everyone
Firstly apologies for not being around much - it's been a hectic and somewhat difficult 12 months for me but I am now getting back into the swing of things and I have an idea that I would like to run by you
I am thinking of moving Catsey into a brand new forum called PetForums.co (yep, on the new shorter domain which is simply .co!) Where the Cat related forums from Catsey will move into the Cat Forums category, and the threads in the ‘other pets’ section move into the other pet categories. The off-topic posts can move into the off-topic sections if we think they should go over too. All the member details/profiles info etc will be carried over as well so there would be no need to sign up or fill in your profile again - it would pretty much mean carrying on there, a bit like a house move
One of the main reasons for this is that, like many forums these days, Catsey has been in steady decline - largely due to the impact of social networks - and I think a broader topic forum will stand a better chance of standing its ground.
As PetForums.co would have categories for different sorts of pets (essentially, lots of different pet forums but all in one place), we will hopefully see an increase in the number of people joining up, and perhaps participating in the communal (off-topic) areas too even if they don’t own cats. We did something recently with the Breedia forums whereby we moved all of Dogsey’s breed specific threads into breed specific forums - and it seems to be working pretty well, there’s breed specific chat in the breed sections, and communal areas for cross-over talk
(At some point, Breedia may be expanded to cover cats too btw
but that’s something for another time.)
Anyway what do you think? Catsey is badly in need of an update, we are using old software and it means we are sinking lower and lower in the search engines because of it. If we make this move, we will be on much more modern and up-to-date forum software (the same as Breedia). I think this, as well as the prospect of lots of new members whether cat owners or not, could help to give Catsey a much needed and long overdue boost. There would of course be links to the new PetForums.co from Dogsey and Breedia too (and from Catsey in case anyone comes here) - so again, it could get off to a nice start.
Anyway, please let me know what you think
and sorry again for not being around much... I hope you have all been keeping well.
Az