Comments on: Web 2.0 genealogy site Geni.com hits 5M profiles http://iloveteh.biz/web-20-genealogy-site-genicom-hits-5m-profiles/ Writing for writing's sake Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:41:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: James Westfall http://iloveteh.biz/web-20-genealogy-site-genicom-hits-5m-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-632 James Westfall Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:32:15 +0000 http://iloveteh.biz/web-20-genealogy-site-genicom-hits-5m-profiles/#comment-632 @nicko11: I didn't say there were 5M users nor did the analytics. There are 5M profiles. I had an entire paragraph dedicated to explaining this and why 5M profiles does not equate to 5M users. @nicko11:

I didn’t say there were 5M users nor did the analytics. There are 5M profiles. I had an entire paragraph dedicated to explaining this and why 5M profiles does not equate to 5M users.

]]> By: nicko11 http://iloveteh.biz/web-20-genealogy-site-genicom-hits-5m-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-628 nicko11 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:03:29 +0000 http://iloveteh.biz/web-20-genealogy-site-genicom-hits-5m-profiles/#comment-628 Geni privacy statement says "We will not spam you or your relatives. Detailed account settings allow you to control which emails you receive from us." However, Geni will spam your familymembers email accounts using your name until your relatives validates their email accounts and sign up to change the "notification" setting and make the spamming stop. That's how they got 5 million users in 5 month!! 4.8 million gave in to nuisance spam, turned it off and will never return!! Geni privacy statement says “We will not spam you or your relatives. Detailed account settings allow you to control which emails you receive from us.”

However, Geni will spam your familymembers email accounts using your name until your relatives validates their email accounts and sign up to change the “notification” setting and make the spamming stop. That’s how they got 5 million users in 5 month!! 4.8 million gave in to nuisance spam, turned it off and will never return!!

]]> By: Kevin http://iloveteh.biz/web-20-genealogy-site-genicom-hits-5m-profiles/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Kevin Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:45:29 +0000 http://iloveteh.biz/web-20-genealogy-site-genicom-hits-5m-profiles/#comment-606 You might also be interested in www.LivingGenealogy.com, another new web 2.0 genealogy site, but is more focused on collaboratively building myspace or facebook-like pages about our ancestors and their hometowns. You might also be interested in http://www.LivingGenealogy.com, another new web 2.0 genealogy site, but is more focused on collaboratively building myspace or facebook-like pages about our ancestors and their hometowns.

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