UrbanBaby

05.22.08, 08:55 AM General Topics
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Well I have to say comparing traffic bw UB and YBM on Alexa.com. UB is in trouble, its reach and rank is plummeting and YBM is climbing. You guys have to listen to your audience. This site does not work. And if you are searching for a different (paying) audience, it won't work without the crazies. The edge and snappy responses is the attraction. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 05.22.08, 08:55 AM Flag

Dear UrbanBaby community,

Thank you so much for being a valued member of the UrbanBaby community. We wanted to inform you that we are shutting down the site on July 6th. We are grateful for your participation and support that has helped make UrbanBaby such an important resource to parents for many years.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can email us at urbanbaby-support@cbsinteractive.com.

Thanks so much,

UrbanBaby Support

i think the format is fine. they should have launched in beta, bc last week was pretty bad, but they've worked out a lot of the kinks (no directly link for watching posts, etc.). the server is faster too. I'm not sure why people could wait it out -- one week -- for things to get better. its not like the old format was great. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.22.08, 08:58 AM Flag

agree...and they haven't fixed anything since Monday. I was really holding out for them, but it really does suck now [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.22.08, 08:58 AM Flag

other than the right hand panel and that you have to "opt in" for recency, what's wrong with the site? [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.22.08, 09:02 AM Flag

it's annoying to have to keep collapsing every time you refresh, and I think being able to post to several boards at once has a negative effect on the whole experience. But the main thing is that, for whatever reason, people just don't seem to be here or they're on another board. it's just dead [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.22.08, 09:12 AM Flag

you dont have to keep collapsing. just saw on the right hand side where it has setting that you can click on "collapse posts" and save as default setting [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.22.08, 09:20 AM Flag

but I don't want them all collapsed, just the ones I'm not interested in. If you select collapse posts, you have the same problem but in opposite world. You uncollapse the ones you're interested in, and when you refresh, they are collapsed again. [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.22.08, 09:23 AM Flag

i understand that, but at least you can open the few you are interested in as opposed to all of them [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.22.08, 09:26 AM Flag

Np: or you could just go to YB [ Reply | More

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General Topics 05.22.08, 09:34 AM Flag