Back on Track!

I know it’s been a while since my last post, so here’s a quick update on the latest happenings within the ubertramp.com world of webgeekery.

In short, ubertramp is finally going great guns again and is all systems go – and, right now, I must thank all the readers who’ve been popping back from time to time to check for updates and see how things are panning out. All the kind comments and emails have encouraged me and spurred me on to keep me at it until the wee hours on many an occasion. Thank you.

So, what’s been going on, then? What have I been up to geek-wise? Well, the biggest change on ubertramp has to be the addition of the ubertramper community. It’s taken much tweaking and head scratching but we’re getting there slowly but surely.

I must thank everyone who’s become part of this so far and, of course, our ubertramp advertisers and sponsors who’ve made it possible for me to hire coders and purchase various utilities that’ve transform the site from what it was into what it has become. And the best news of all is that there’s even greater functionality and travel friendly gadgets on the way!

Of course, all this change has regrettably made for a few short term casualties. Although search engine results, visitor numbers and page views took a big hit initially, thankfully they are now back on track!

Of greater concern, however, was the loss of comments from several posts as part of the migration to the new CMS. To make up for this I invite everyone who has been kind enough to take the time to comment on articles in the past to place a link to their site (and a quick overview of it, if they want) on the new dedicated links page. I’ve kept the registration and subsequent link submission process painfully simple and quick. Hopefully, these links will get those Google-juices flowing again. So far there are only a handful of links up there.

Also, travel webmasters who register (all free, still) can take advantage of another link offer from the site by way of their new dedicated profile page. The more active a member is, the more they will benefit from a link placed here since almost all onsite activity (comments, messages, emails, article submissions etc) point back to your member profile – and more profile visits mean more visits to your own site!

The next few posts I’ll be explaining some of the new features within the community to give you all a better understanding of what it’s all about, and to share with you a few of the nifty little travel gadgets I’ve got going on there.

If you can’t wait until the next post to find out what I mean, follow this link and become an ubertramper today!