Creating a website is something I've always wanted to do but thought it to be much too difficult for somebody with such limited computer knowledge. I had some free time though so I figured I'd look into it and see what I could create.
The Snuff Review is the site I came up with, it is a pretty simple site which I plan to use to share all of my opinions on the various snuffs. It also has a page that links to the online shops you can purchase from, as well as a page that links to the truly great snuff related sites (like this one) out there. Other than a guestbook, guestmap, and an interactive poll it is just a site to read snuff reviews, at this time I havn't added any, but within the next few days I hope to have a few up, and just steadilly add as much as I can.
I hope Alex won't mind me posting it here, if you prefer I do not mention my site here feel free to take this post down. If not, thanks for allowing me to mention my site here. Also if anybody has eny suggestions for my site feel free to let me know.
Look forward to checking it out. The guest map is good, I would like to see one here on snuffhouse. And I like the interactive poll. How about a monthly contest to win a trip or something? LOL :~)
Well I checked it out, and bookmarked the site, pretty cool Poo-Diddy. I signed your guest book & map. Were you going to leave out Red Seal, Levi & Honest again from Lil' Brown. LOL
the site is looking goody poo-diddy, and that map is a good idea. I signed it, and waved to Brian as i passed overhead. You'll have to paste up the reviews you did wrote for the thread here. Congrats on making the site. looks to me like you've figured out web design
i like the new review format (hedges l260) its easy to read and done well like all ur previous ones. The links straight to the snuff is a nice touch too. good job mate
Nice job Poo-Diddy! Got you bookmarked for easy access. Knew you had it in you when I saw that spreadsheet. Will there be a link to the spreadsheet? If it is already, I must have missed it...if not, I think it would go well with what you're doing. Also, as a fan of Levi Garrett, I too would hate to see Lil' Brown left out. Keep up the good work and terrific reviews.
Thank You very much to everybody for visiting and also the kind words. I'm having alot of fun creating it.
Troutstroker - Thanks for stopping by, I have added Lil' Brown Snuff Shack to my shops page, I will add the missing American Brand snuffs in the near future also. Thanks again for informing of such a nice shop.
ausmike - thank you for stopping by and adding yourself to the guestmap. Glad you like the review format. And actually I still have almost no skill, the webhost has some pretty easy to use web building tools, lol...
Satyr - Thank You also for checking it out. I have alot of reviews ahead of me, I'm looking forward to adding them all eventually.
onefortheroad - my spreadsheet is a great tool in helping me with the website, if I ever figure out how to add it on I will be sure to place it somewhere on there. But it already has a great home to be shared here at snuffhouse thanks to Alex. And of course much thanks for stopping by.
Excellent Job!!! Keep it up. Ask for help if you need some assistance keeping it up to date. Don't become a debt beat SysOp, err webmaster (blast from the past, whisper me if you even remember that term)...
thanks for letting us know. You have choosen a nice set of colours there. Feels warm and welcoming from the beginning on. You could also add the link to your profile, so everybody can access it more easily.
Have fun writing and uploading reviews and other content, Alex
poo-diddy. not sure how you're getting all the snuffs, but I wonder if you could write to companies and let them know you have a review site. I'm sure they could send you a bunch for you to try and i'm sure they'd appreciate the feed back, whether good or bad.
i like your reviewing style too. Its casual and easy to read yet still informative. I kinda want to buy "robby's top mint" now, to find out what unkown mint sand is like, but mostly for the tin (which is truly awesome!!).
I think being able to add ones comments, either on your review or a few of their own thoughts of the snuff once you have put a review up might be good. Not really as a forum but just a few comments. Of course you would be able to delete unrelated/spam comments. But i'm happy to pop back into this thread and jot a few down here too :)
also how do you get a spot on google? i tried searching from there but u weren't around??
Mo & Ausmike - As far as making the site interactive, I do not want to open a forum, as I truly believe the ones we have now are already great and for the most part are visited by the same people. But I would like to allow for others to provide feed back on the reviews. So I am thinking of opening a simple forum where you don't need to sign up, but rather just leave a name when you make a post. If it pertains to a particular snuff I will add your comment to the review page of that snuff.
As far as writing all the companies, it's definately something I had not thought of. Although it is going to take some time for me to acquire all the snuffs. I've always felt silly asking for a freebie, maybe after I get more reiviews and established I will try to make some of the companies aware of the site as maybe it could be of some use to them as well.
As far as google, I don't know what I would need to do to start showing up in their search engine. If anybody knows I'd appreciate you sharing with me. I'm thinking maybe I need to purchase the domain name and drop the .bravenet but I'm not sure.
Thanks again to everyone for the suggestions and for visiting.
yea I'm sure Alex would help you with the google thing.
Don't feel bad about asking. I'm sure getting their product advertised for free on the web would appeal. I'm sure you have a large collection now so once your done reviewing what you have and they can see that you will phrase bad reviews positively they'd feel comfortable lol.
Poo-Diddy, You can add your site to Google by using their Add URL Page! And if more snuff related sites have a link to you that will help your site be more recognizable under a search.
You can do a google search on how to get recognized by more search engines. Just type in: add url, and you will see info on how to get on Yahoo etc.
Ausmike - On your suggestion I went ahead and added a simple interactive forum where everyone can share their opinions on already reviewed snuffs. I think it will work out well , at least I hope so...
Troutstroker, thanks for the help with the search engine stuff, I will try to get mine added now.
Thanks for checking it out Filek, I will keep plugging away at reviews as I have probably close to a total of 120 different snuffs on hand already and really enjoy doing the reviews. With work and a pair of sons though freetime is often limited, lol....
Also that is wonderful to hear that the chat room feature is being utilized a bit, I had hoped it would help guys be able to have some real time conversations without having to pay long distance phone charges.
Finally I added gawith.go.pl to my list of snuffsite links also, its a great site
Poo-Diddy, I have a sugestion. You could do a more regular actualization on the site. Something like 3 reviews a week or something like that. In that way your won't be screaming after a month that you don't have nothing to review. Thanks for adding gawith.go.pl. Maybe the graphic isn't a hit, but what you can find on it's really great (like snuff book reviews). Best wishes to you and you web site. Making a snuff site is a great fun, don't you think? :)
Yes Filek, it has been very fun putting the creative juices to work a bit. I don' want to tie myself into feeling like I have to make a certain number of reviews each day or week, seems like the average is about 3 or 4 anyways. I think it will take a long long while to fulfil my dream of trying every snuff and reviewing it anyways.
My pleasure adding your site, and thanks again for the well-wishes.
Just to let you know I have checked out your site and it is very nice!! I will be using it as a reference for future orders, and I greatly enjoy your reviews. Keep up the good work! The only bad thing about your reviews is that they make me want to make orders lol.