All Members Please Read and Comply Asap

DebPC · Dec 21, 2005

Hi Everyone,
With the lastest email from home office- it is very clear personal website linking on any public website is prohibited. Chef Success is a public forum. This is applicable in the header, text, as well as in the signature. All members who still have links in their signature to their personal websites need to go to the USER CP and change this.
Thanks so much in advance for your cooperation.
Happy Holidays!
Debbie Bernhardt

EmmaLeeM · Mar 30, 2006

Due to the fact that this will now be a subscribed forum (No longer Public), is this allowed?

Thanks,
Emma

Admin Greg · Mar 30, 2006

Unfortunately it does not change the PC rules, this is for your protection, we don't want anyone getting in trouble

Kelley Sells · Mar 30, 2006

web linksYes, ....I had a web ad out there I had placed when I first signed and forgot all about it...and got an email from them reminding me of the rules and to remove it.....

So then I had to back peddle and remember EVERYWHERE on the internet I placed stuff.....arg...I felt bad, it's just I'm excited to be a PC consultant I wanted EVERYONE TO KNOW....

Read on the rules again to refresh....we don't want to get into trouble....

Although the other half of me feels like we pay for the subscription, why can we not advertise it so that we DO get business coming in.....but I'm sure that PC does it for a particularly good reason, just that I don't know what that is.

EmmaLeeM · Mar 30, 2006

Not that I even have a web-page... I just wondered.. lol, it's the debate classes all coming back.

Emma

agw · Mar 30, 2006

I'm sure part of the linking prohibition is a bandwidth issue. By linking we're using PC's bandwidth. That gets costly.

Just because you are prohibited from linking, doesn't mean you can't list your Consultancy in your signatures. Does it? After all, it isn't a link, it's simply stating facts. Yes? No?

Admin Greg · Mar 30, 2006

agw said:
I'm sure part of the linking prohibition is a bandwidth issue. By linking we're using PC's bandwidth. That gets costly.

With all due respect, a multi billion dollar company will not have issues with bandwidth costs

agw · Mar 30, 2006

Admin Greg said:
With all due respect, a multi billion dollar company will not have issues with bandwidth costs

Sure. I get that.

Of course, they didn't get to that status without thinking about hemorrhage points.

So if it isn't bandwidth abuse, then what is it? Why is it such a problem to have such links out there?

Admin Greg · Mar 30, 2006

agw said:
Sure. I get that. Of course, they didn't get to that status without thinking about hemorrhage points.

So if it isn't bandwidth abuse, then what is it? Why is it such a problem to have such links out there?

It has to due with the nature of both the "show/party" part of pampered chef and "manipulative/advantage" part of the internet.

Basicly it comes down to the fact that once you allow advertising of the webpage the business switches from a home party business to an online business. Some consultants are web savvy and can manipulate the search engines and whatnot and gain an advantage. It gets quite complicated, but that is the gist and PC is just protecting the model they have built over the last 20 years.

judithlb · Mar 30, 2006

Yeah, Greg, that's about what it boils down to...and as far as the bandwidth, I really don't think it uses up anyones bandwidth to have someone link to your site. Only if you have something like an image or file on your site and someone is hot linking to that item, especially if it's big. That's different than linking to their actual site. I think that's true...any guru's out there that know better?

purrbal · Feb 22, 2007

just posting to show I have seen this.

smarteez2 · Feb 23, 2007

purrbal said:
just posting to show I have seen this.

what she said!!

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