(22-11-2014, 12:28 PM)Steady the Edward Wrote: The sad thing I feel is the short sighted ness of their actions , lack of insight to how things work , some one just coming in to biking catches the TT on tv and thinks wow that looks good I want some of that ! So what do they do they go on hooogle Google and put in Iom TT and up comes the list of sites and top of the list is IOMTT.COM  the Official TT web site , now they used to click on it and see all the sections and adverts and saw the forum and wanted advice so signs up and gets the advice they want , now they have no one to ask , and the one word that takes them there is the word OFFICIAL and as good as this site and Malcolm's welcome is we will struggle to be what we were long term , but then how long will the TT be what it is in the hands of the DED and that is what they don't like being told , but taking down one platform does not stop people like us speaking  our  minds , the only way to stop us is to be open with us all the secrecy and cloak and dagger rubbish only serves to kindle the fire of corruption,

May not be exactly what you refer to, however if you insert ttwebsite into Google - Up comes this website at number 1 and number 2 with the "other" site at number 3.

If you put in iomtt as you suggest, that website come up at number 1.

Reason for both being at number one in those respective instances is that you are using the actual website name as a search clause.

It is highly unlikely that someone who has never been to the TT or knows nothing about the TT would know to put iomtt into the search box, it is more likely to be something along the lines of ttwebsite first in my opinion. Or Isle of Man to start with and then who knows where they would go from there.

Just my opinion Eddy

Malcolm