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Administration => WXForum.net Announcements => Topic started by: saratogaWX on July 30, 2016, 12:58:48 PM

Title: Tapatalk plugin updated...
Post by: saratogaWX on July 30, 2016, 12:58:48 PM
I've updated the Tapatalk plugin to 4.4.0 (from 4.3.9) 30-Jul-2016.

Please let me know if you experience issues while using Tapatalk to access wxforum.net.

Best regards,
Ken
Title: Re: Tapatalk plugin updated...
Post by: Jáchym on July 30, 2016, 01:00:41 PM
Ken, I dont have a smartphone so I cannot check this, but one thing I do want to say about Tapatalk is that you should keep in mind that this lowers Google rank. Google said a while ago that they will penalize sites that "push" apps like this to users.
Title: Re: Tapatalk plugin updated...
Post by: saratogaWX on July 30, 2016, 01:08:19 PM
I've disabled the 'push' to Tapatalk if a mobile browser is detected.  I, too, found it VERY ANNOYING.  The folks who want to use the Tapatalk app are free to do so, but won't be prompted by our site to use it instead of the mobile browser.

Doing a search on Google for "weather forum", we come in as 6th listing on the first page of results.  That's ok with me :)
Title: Re: Tapatalk plugin updated...
Post by: Jáchym on July 30, 2016, 01:21:57 PM
Nice, though in such case Google is not very good, it should IMHO be first :D
Title: Re: Tapatalk plugin updated...
Post by: saratogaWX on July 30, 2016, 01:31:08 PM
:)

I'm ok with being on the first page of results -- we've been around for 10 years and have a lot of content for weather enthusiasts to find via search.
Title: Re: Tapatalk plugin updated...
Post by: Jáchym on July 30, 2016, 01:38:17 PM
True, though hard to tell why the Accuweather forum has two links right at the top
Title: Re: Tapatalk plugin updated...
Post by: PaulMy on July 30, 2016, 02:26:53 PM
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Doing a search on Google for "weather forum", we come in as 6th listing on the first page of results
wxforum.net came up 3rd for me... and also for "weather templates" Sararoga-Weather.org - Weather Templates - AJAX/PHP

Komoka weather also comes up 3rd for me :D

Surprising that Jacques WeatherByYou comes in 1st for "weather templates"

Paul
Title: Re: Tapatalk plugin updated...
Post by: saratogaWX on October 17, 2016, 02:45:21 PM
We've updated to Tapatalk 4.4.1 version .. let me know if you experience issues with Tapatalk app access to WXforum.net.

Best regards,
Ken