Amazing News:
Alexa.com, the Organisation that monitors websites popularity, has just listed the i9Forum as one of it’s top 1,000,000 websites.
We came in at 757,980 and considering the are approximately over 100,000,000 websites out there, we came in very high. We must also remember that the i9Forum only began in August 2008, some 4 months ago.
Day by day we are growing.
| Date 2008 | Pages Viewed | Unique Visits | First Time Visits |
| December 21 | 857 | 662 | 455 |
| December 20 | 808 | 577 | 391 |
| December 19 | 777 | 582 | 403 |
| December 18 | 647 | 495 | 337 |
| December 17 | 461 | 360 | 228 |
| December 16 | 310 | 244 | 194 |
The i9Forum was started in August 2008 and in its few months of life has achieved some outstanding results.
The membership has grown day by day to a staggering 2400 members. Many of them actively posting questions and answers that helps all.
The knowledge database now hold some 4100 posts covering 850 topics.
We had to recently allow access to members only as the drain on our server was huge.
To also help our server, we plan to migrate the i9Forum to a brand new server, dedicated solely for the i9Forum.
This planned for in December and may mean a loss in service for a couple of days while we rebuild the knowledge base. No information will be removed and we will take a full backup before conducting the migration.
We would like to thank all our members for their understanding of this and will inform all members before the server is taken off line.
We are please to welcome "Darkonus" as a new i9Forum Administrator.
As the i9Forum is grows we thank Darkonus for all his support and help over the past few months.
He brings much knowledge to the forum.
Due to the popularity of the i9Forum, we have noticed a huge drain on our servers recourses.
To help over come this issue, we now only allow registered members access to the site.
Welcome to 10hostingproviders.com as a new i9Forum sponsor.
Read the facts and figures that helps you make the correct choice when looking for a Web Hosting Provider.
Click Here for more information
I would just like to welcome HostDevil.co.uk as one of the i9Forum sponsors.
Very cheap hosting that starts from only £0.99 per month.
For those who are interested, here are the current Statistics for the i9Forum:
| Number of posts: | 3513 |
| Number of topics: | 809 |
| Number of users: | 1349 |
| Number of attachments: | 59 |
| Posts per day: | 35 |
| Topics per day: | 8 |
Some people wonder why you need to become a member when you can easily read the information as a guest.
The answer is very simple. As a member of the i9Forum, you can ask questions and reply.
Another good reason is that soon, the i9Forum will no longer offer guests read only access.
Soon we will lock all forums and only allow registered members the rights to the forums.
Amazing news!
We have just increased or growing memberships to over "1000".
I'm please to welcome Fastcardtech as a new sponsor of the i9Forum.
Fastcardtech.com
Our company deals with the trade of telecommunication products. such as mobile phone, Gps,and other cool communication products. Our company has been engaged in the field of international trade from June, 2002. The clients all over the world trust our products because of our good quality and services.we support much USA EU SELLER on ebay or his shop.Our super low price depend on agents sell out super number in every weeks.We have companies in China and USA.
For those who are interested, here are the current Statistics for the i9Forum:
| Number of posts: | 2845 |
| Number of topics: | 657 |
| Number of users: | 947 |
| Number of attachments: | 47 |
| Posts per day: | 33 |
| Topics per day: | 7 |
After a request from an i9Forum member and see so many threads concerning firmware for the i9, a new "Firmware" forum area has now been created.
You can find this in the "General Help" section.
Several members have not been able to download the PC Suite and Drivers from Benephone.
The files have now been upload to the i9Forum and can be found in the "Downloads/Tools" area.
The i9Forum is now ranked "17" in the Best Forum guide.
To see the placing and to view other forums, please use the link here...
Recently I updated my Internet browser to "Internet Explorer 8".
Please be aware that using IE8 does cause some unusual effect when viewing many website. This also includes the i9Forum.
Some dropdown menus do not appear in the correct place or your screen may appear to freeze.
These are issues with IE8 and not with the i9Forum.
To overcome this problem, press the "Compatibility View" button in the address bar of IE8.
This solves the problem.
Today we had to take the i9Forum off line for 5 mins.
This was for routine maintenance and we expect this to last for 1 hour. Thankfully our work was completed faster than expected.
Sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused.
For those who are interested, here are the current Statistics for the i9Forum:
| Number of posts: | 1947 |
| Number of topics: | 458 |
| Number of users: | 567 |
| Number of attachments: | 32 |
| Posts per day: | 31.38 |
| Topics per day: | 7.38 |
I've had a few members ask for a new forum to help sell their i9 accessories etc.
The new forum is called "For Sale" and is placed in the "Accessories" category.
It's worth noting that the i9forum has no responsibilities over the items sold in that forum.
As I sat here today, I began to wonder how many other people in the World currently own an i9 smartphone and can not find support from the manufacturer.
Well, who is the manufacturer? A question, one day will may get an answer to.
Anyway, back to my thought. How can I reach those people and let them know about our amazing i9 community?
I could try using “Google Adwords” however, that cost money and basically I do not have the funds needed to drive a successful Adwords Campaign.
The i9Forum is obviously free for it members but this does not mean the forum is free to run. You see the cost of hosting the i9Forum is quite high as it now uses a large amount of bandwidth and that costs.
I had to find a way to reach those un-supported i9 owners without costing money. Sure I could ask for Donations but as you can image, not many members actually donate a dime to the upkeep of the service.
I also do not have the time to investigate a free marketing campaign.
My only option is to ask the i9Forum members to help spread the word.
So if you are able to help spread the word about our community, I would really appreciate it.
You can do this by adding the i9Forum web site URL to your email signatures or by pointing your friends to the website.
The more people who join ensures the i9Forum will continue. Plus, more members means more knowledge to share.
Current Stats:
- Over 480 members
- Over 395 topics
- Over 1640 postings
- Over 15,000 visits
Recent Additions:
- New site layout.
- The i9Forum now offers it’s members a host of independent video reviews of the most popular smartphones on the market with RSS feed.
- RSS feed for the complete i9Forum.
- Revised accessories listings.
How to create a Screen Saver for the i9
Posts
All Comments
