Should North Florida be split into two areas?

[Alexander The Great]

Originally Posted by St. C

This is doable. Might not be overnight though.

Terrific!

[Alexander The Great]

Some posts from the other thread:

Originally Posted by Panama Grey

...the timezone line would probably make a good natural boundary. I can't speak for the whole range - but in the vicinity of I-10, there's really not much there except the invisible dotted line and a bit of a river. I doubt it would cause any confusion for people who live close to the line. If there are any?

Originally Posted by joesmo888

the time zone thing is a good point. so split it up based on app. river.. west of app river and east of app river forums.

app. = Apalachicola River

Originally Posted by Panama Grey

The timezone line is certainly something that all of us who live in the area are familiar with. Plus, for visitors, it would be easier than trying to remember the geography. They will know which timezone they are in, even if they don't know the location of where some specific town happens to be.

Originally Posted by gatorfan69

I would think Tallahassee and panhandle would be one zone, and Jacksonville, St augustine, gainesville North East florida would be the other zone...

Originally Posted by Cpalmson

Tally is so hard to define. It is in the Eastern Time Zone, but it is closer to Panama City than Jax or Gainesville. Hell, it is 90 minutes from Tally just to get to I-75 and then another hour to Jax or Gainesville. PC is only 2 hours from Tally. Heck, it is easier for someone in PC to go to Tally to see a girl than it is to go to P'Cola.

[Alexander The Great]

I still feel:

Originally Posted by Alexander The Great

... I'd say smaller regions (reasonably drivable incall/outcall distances) are needed, or even just metropolitan areas. The problem as I see it, as a Jacksonville resident, is that a few Jacksonville postings are lost amongst a slew of Pensacola ones, with no way to separate them out except opening every thread.

I think successful communities can only be built around where hobbyists hobby and providers market to. I think most of Florida's markets...



... could support an active forum community if properly nurtured. I'm sure at least Jacksonville could support a forum, and Tampa and Orlando could be separated from each other. Ideally I'd like to see at least three areas made out of "North Florida," since I don't think Tallahassee fits in with either of the proposed areas.

Some other things that I think might help build a community:
- Fewer forums: there are 13 subforums in North Florida now. In forums traffic begets traffic, and forums that no one ever visits fragment and dissipate traffic. I think just one forum per region might be ideal, and you could put things like provider ads in a single thread instead of their own subforum. Also, there might be more reviews if they could be free-form, instead of using the template.
- If you switch to having forums for regions like Jacksonville or Tampa you can have more search-engine-friendly forum titles like "Jacksonville escorts." Getting the words people search on (there are tools to research that) into thread/forum titles and URLs is one of the basics of search engine optimization, along with getting good inbound links.

[administrator]

Thanks friend. This info will be helpful for when I sit down to start knocking this out.

[Miss Dreams]

Thanks St. C

[Alexander The Great]

Originally Posted by St. C

Thanks friend. This info will be helpful for when I sit down to start knocking this out.

From everything I've read running a forum is a lot of work, so thanks for all that you do. I know I've mostly posted suggestions since joining this forum, so I hope it doesn't come across as demanding or something. I'm just hoping that this forum generates more activity in my area someday, since the alternatives aren't as well run IMO.

[administrator]

Not taken that way at all, sir. If there's anything I can do to make your forums more valuable for you and the other members in your community I'm up for it!!

St. C

[falconbravehawk2]

Mobile should be in there. Maybe have an area that is called Gulf coast. It's much close to Pensacola than JAX is.

[Angelie Kornikova]

I like the Jax-Gainsville combo idea. This would help the forums out in that area.

[administrator]

Your new forums are ready to go.

[Alexander The Great]

Thanks St. C.

[Alexander The Great]

If it would help I could find posts that should be moved to Jacksonville, either making a list or hitting the report post button.

[Miss Dreams]

The new forums are lovely, darling !

Thanks St. C for taking the time to make Florida more Puuurfect!

<3,

Miss Dreams

Originally Posted by St. C

Your new forums are ready to go.