Threadwatch to Close
One of the few remaining SEO / SEM discussion sites is to close on Friday.
Owner Aaron Wall, he of SEO Book fame, has announced that he is closing the site, citing spamming as one of the reasons for this - from Aaron’s announcement, “What was awful though was when I invited a few friends to become editors here and they spammed the sh*t out of Threadwatch.”
I have followed Threadwatch from day one, in fact I think I was the first person, after NickW (the founder) to join - and I have to say that it had run its course. In truth, I feel it only had a limited lifespan anyway, Nick threw all his heart, soul and time into the project, but didn’t think the business model through, in fact I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did.
Having said that, I thank Nick and Aaron for their efforts over the last few years, I would call in every time I went on the web - now, the question is, where will the gang gather next? Or is it the end of an era? As Aaron said, we’ve all got our own blogs to express our views now, and there are only so many hours in the day…
