you have googled casa right?
I hope he did, because otherwise, we're in for a world of **** with the REAL casa.
Sorry I can't think of anything to add here, but at least somewhere on the website the following should appear?
We maintain no position regarding FDA approved Nicotine Replacement products.
Too bad e-cigs aren't legal in Mexico. I can get .MX domains cheap and I'm bilingual (you can't tell by looking at me) so we could have a Spanish version too.
All the more reason to get this going in Mexico. After all, our amigos south of the Rio Grande need this help even more than we do, BECAUSE it is illegal there. I don't know anything about Mexican law, but you aren't selling vaping products on the site, just giving them a voice to help change their laws.
Even if you can't, still put up a Spanish version on a US website. They'll find it, plus there are plenty of Americans that only speak Spanish that'll benefit.
but uv cussss, mi amigo.
CASAA.ORG I can definitely get to the top of Google. The .net belongs to the Carmel All-Age School Alumni Association and a cybersquatter has CASAA.COM (not necessarily a bad thing for SEO, as anyone hitting it will KNOW that isn't the URL)
Google indexes every 11 1/2 days, so (pending CASA winning the vote of course) I can probably have us showing up at #1 in a direct search within a few days and we can work on other keywords and landing pages after that.
Too bad e-cigs aren't legal in Mexico. I can get .MX domains cheap and I'm bilingual (you can't tell by looking at me) so we could have a Spanish version too.
Certainly works for me. I'd imagine disclaimers will be all over our site and TOS.
I really like the Consumer Reports concept too. I'm a subscriber and wouldn't think of making a major purchase without consulting CR first.
Incidentally, I'll have a first stab at the TOS and Privacy Policy out just as soon as soon as we close the name and have let everyone have a chance to debate the key objectives. At this point, I dont want to spread the discussions to far apart.
One other note, SJ has agreed to set us up our own subforum on par with ECA. All of these threads will be moved there soon. My thanks to all the moderators who have done so much work on ECF. Without them, none of this would be happening.
This is exactly what's going to get you into trouble: trying to piggy back off of well known orginizations...it gives the appearance of shifty/shady practices, and given the already "contraversial" nature of your organization, that's the last thing you need. CASA is a well known organization who works directly with the Judicial systems (aka Superior court judges who may be making decisions in upcoming cases regarding issues your interested in) If you're interested in higher ratings and hit counts, there is more than one way to skin a cat. I just want to see this organiziation succeed and I think a unique task specific name will prove to be less troublesome in the future...you are going to be dealing with a ton of cynics, better not give the appearance of unscrupulous tactics. IMHO
I don't know anything about Mexican law, but you aren't selling vaping products on the site, just giving them a voice to help change their laws.
AZ, I think you misunderstood my comments. I am trying explicitly NOT to ride the coattails of any organization. If you can find a 3-4 letter acronym thet isn't already a group - please let me know. Web Development and SEO is what I've done for the past 15 years as a living. If we wanted to play up to an existing organization I would have gone with something like FDAA.org
THAT would be tempting the powers that be.
This does bring up the point that it must be well understood by all that no attempts at selling or even recommending a particular product or vendor can be allowed as it will be seen in places where e-cigarettes are currently (but hopefully not forever) illegal.
everything is looking good, I haven't posted this thread in awhile, but I have been lurking. webby make sure I am on a contact list or PM me when it's going live