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Old 12-30-2010, 11:38 PM Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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Dear Webmaster-Talk Users

Exciting news! Webmaster-talk.com has been acquired by Freelancer.com.

Freelancer.com is the world's largest outsourcing marketplace with
over 2 million users worldwide across an enormous range of
professions. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, we are a global
company with regional sites in the United States, United Kingdom,
Australia and New Zealand.

We're really excited about the acquisition. Webmaster-Talk, as one of
the largest webmaster forums worldwide, has a fantastic and vibrant
community. We're going to take things up a notch by becoming the
Internet's premier site for entrepreneurship and online business
building.

It's never been an easier time to start a business. We want this to be the
go-to site for people looking to build successful things on the Internet, with
an active community of experts and seasoned entrepreneurs.

To reflect this, we are renaming Webmaster-talk to Tycoon Talk.

Above all, this is your community and we're honored to be a part of it.
Most, if not all, of the existing forums will continue, albeit with some
rearrangement. We will also be extending the focus with some new
cutting-edge boards.

Finally we will be putting significant resources to work to make sure that
together we make Tycoon Talk #1.

Stay tuned as we roll out a number of new features!

One last thing.. have a great New Year's Eve!!

2011 is going to be the year of the Tycoon.

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Old 12-30-2010, 11:53 PM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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That's really a great news.
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Old 12-30-2010, 11:56 PM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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I've been a member of freelance.com since 2006 (when it was still getafreelancer) & a member at webmaster-talk since 2007. I can only hope that this acquisition goes smoothly and benefits it's long time user base without many hindrances.
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Old 12-31-2010, 01:26 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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I have been member of both of the sites since 2005, I found services and community of both of the sites really wonderful.

PS: By the way it would take me some more time to adjust to the new name "Tycoontalk", I liked WebMater-Talk.

PS PS: Can we get inside into the financial details of this acquisition?
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Old 12-31-2010, 01:31 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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To be frank, I am disappointed with the name change.
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Old 12-31-2010, 03:17 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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Got the message from Freelancer.com and I just joined .
Congratulations.
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Old 12-31-2010, 03:57 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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Congratulations to both parties on the acquisition. However, I'm disappointed in the name change. I think it sends the wrong message, especially to potential users: that this site is only for the big shots or those who want to be big in the web business. It puts off those of us who just do the web thing for fun or as a side business but want to do things right. So again, congrats on the acquisition, but don't change the feel of the community.
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Old 12-31-2010, 06:18 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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Cool stuff. Best of luck with your plans for the new year.
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Old 12-31-2010, 07:55 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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wow, congrats to the new owners I am sure they will enjoy their new purchase
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Old 12-31-2010, 09:03 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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To reflect this, we are renaming Webmaster-talk to Tycoon Talk.
Are you just changing the name of the forum or the domain?
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Old 12-31-2010, 09:25 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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congrats to the both parties. However Name change will not be a good option as we think.
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Old 12-31-2010, 11:12 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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Two great websites. Congratulations!
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Old 12-31-2010, 11:18 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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Will the moderators remain the same? Or is Freelancer.com bringing in their own?
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Old 12-31-2010, 11:18 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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This is a great move for freelancer.com - hopefully this forum will soon be able to compete with Digital Point.
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Old 12-31-2010, 11:21 AM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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Congratulations Matt on Your New Business Venture!

What a great way to start a new year!
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Old 12-31-2010, 12:30 PM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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define: A tycoon, sometimes referred to as a capitalist, czar, mogul, baron, oligarch, or industrialist, is an informal term used to refer to a person who has reached a prominent place in a particular industry (or set of industries) and whose wealth has been derived primarily therefrom.
Strange name change, but I like it, even though seems nothing to do with webmaster's. If the new owners head over to the Domain Name Forum, they will tell you how keywords in domain/title work well for seo.
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Old 12-31-2010, 01:22 PM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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Are you just changing the name of the forum or the domain?
According to Whois records Matt Barrie / Freelancer Technology Pty Limited Owns the domain name TycoonTalk.com, so i would imagine that everything will eventually be moved over to that domain & that webmaster-talk.com with become a redirect for at least 1 to 2 years until everyone's acclimated properly.
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Old 12-31-2010, 02:11 PM Re: Webmaster-talk has been acquired by Freelancer.com
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If the new owners head over to the Domain Name Forum, they will tell you how keywords in domain/title work well for seo.
Unless it's me and I'll just tell that "keyword domains" mean very little.
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Chris... you're SO wrong on that. Exact match domain names DOMINATE on Google.
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It's been over ten years now and I'm still waiting for the demonstration where a site "home" page is ranked ONLY because of the "domain ketwords"
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