Surprising how many big sites still use vb

Discussion in 'vBulletin Discussions' started by Lee G, Jul 14, 2014.

  1. Lee G

    Lee G Regular Member

    Joined:
    May 2, 2014
    Messages:
    165
    Likes Received:
    33
    Location:
    Costa Blanca Spain
    First Name:
    Lee
    There was a thread on vb.com started in 2002 with sites having over 1million posts
    The first post, listing the sites was last updated in 2009
    http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/foru...4-huge-vbulletins-1-million-posts-and-greater

    Its surprising just how many of the sites listed are still running vb and how many have not been on the latest upgrade train. Either running the latest 3.7, 3.8, 4 series etc
    They find a version that works, does what they need and stick to it

    Something I also noticed was a lot are on the standard, out the box look
     
    Lee G, Jul 14, 2014
    #1
  2. Jack Rouse

    Jack Rouse Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2014
    Messages:
    147
    Likes Received:
    19
    I think it goes back to what a few of us have been saying all along, the mass migration of big boards to Xenforo is a load of Spherical Objects, there are far more sticking with the "it's not broke so why fix it mentality" than there are with the jump on the bandwagon mentality, and I still say that time will be the true test.
     
    Jack Rouse, Jul 14, 2014
    #2
  3. Terry

    Terry Regular Member

    Joined:
    Oct 12, 2010
    Messages:
    112
    Likes Received:
    66
    You will find that the majority of big boards jumped from vb4, some day soon those on vb3 will have to jump ...Honest Sir!!
     
    Terry, Jul 14, 2014
    #3
  4. Lee G

    Lee G Regular Member

    Joined:
    May 2, 2014
    Messages:
    165
    Likes Received:
    33
    Location:
    Costa Blanca Spain
    First Name:
    Lee
    Something else you notice with some of the sites, they reached over 1 million posts and look dead.
    So they could well have been hit by google penalties over the years
    Methods of ranking that used to work, got them a decent amount of traffic, then got them slapped further along
     
    Lee G, Jul 14, 2014
    #4
  5. AWS

    AWS Administrator

    Joined:
    Feb 1, 2010
    Messages:
    1,616
    Likes Received:
    692
    Location:
    Joliet, IL U.S.A.
    First Name:
    Bob
    I haven't looked at that list in a while. I had 3 sites on the list. 1 is still on vbulletin 3.8 because the new owner has abandoned it and the loyal users that still post there, 1 was shut down shortly after I sold it by the new owner and 1 is now being revived back to health by the third new owner and still runs vbulletin 3.7.
     
    AWS, Jul 14, 2014
    #5
  6. Dillon Lawrence

    Dillon Lawrence Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2014
    Messages:
    77
    Likes Received:
    16
    In some ways the "it's not broke, so why fix it" mentality may hurt them in the long run.

    I guess (as stated) only time will tell.
     
    Dillon Lawrence, Jul 15, 2014
    #6
  7. Tyler

    Tyler The Badministrator

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2007
    Messages:
    3,079
    Likes Received:
    63
    Location:
    Long Island, NY
    First Name:
    Tyler
    When I think of a forum I immediately think of vB 3.

    I don't know how many other people are like this but when I do a Google search for forums I generally:

    -Never see xenForo
    -Hardly ever see IPB
    -When I see phpBB or something custom I keep looking
    -vB 3 means it's good to go
    -When I see vB 4+ I throw up first and then usually still use the forum because sometimes it's inevitable (forums.mtbr.com is my main vB 4 forum)
     
    Tyler, Jul 16, 2014
    #7
  8. Shaggy

    Shaggy Regular Member

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2013
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    6
    What's crazy are there are some on the list that are now just parking pages. Crazy how a 1 million plus from can turn into a parking page.
     
    Shaggy, Jul 18, 2014
    #8

Share This Page