Well, I offered to buy it before July last year sometime when Cindy stepped down and went into hiding and GPWA was going through “reorganization”, and I kept the offer standing for a long time.
Today, with most of the major affiliate programs gone and a good number of the remaining ones telling me that their presence is a non profitable media buy, plus the Alexa ratings which have been going downhill ever since last July, I am definitely passing.
While the concept was a very good one, and I spent much of my energy to benefit GPWA and its members for over a year, Arkyt is right.
The “brand” has suffered so much that it would be more likely to find success in starting a new brand. You can’t have a professional organization whose leader is so belligerent that she gets banned from all major message boards. The word of that and some unsavory conduct at sucks has spread throughout the industry, and the name is tainted.
The database is huge but also very outdated – current posting by knowledgeable people has shrunk to a mere trickle compared to CAP.
Back links – good idea. There is some value in that.
GPWA was an era – but it has little value anymore.
Me thinks I will leave things as they are.
This isn’t the first time Cindy has called it quits – I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t just another attempt to get attention.