Everyone have a look at
this site..
It's more or less a website of a collection of links people have found elsewhere.
So perhaps instead of posting entire articles in a posting, maybe just reference the article via a link. Seems like articles get posted here, then google sees the complete article and then I'm hosting content for the entire open internet.
I think at least 30Gb of the normal 100Gb of bandwidth this website uses is little more than other aviation websites linking in to read an entire article posted on jetcareers. It doesn't add any more content, but once the googlebot hits the site, good lord, now I'm hosting material for the DNC, RNC, ATA, Air Nairobi, that 'girl who's putting her virginity on eBay' et al.
See an interesting article? Post the link, but when you cut-n-paste copyrighted material in it's entirety, I'm not too sure I'm happy with being a 'mirror site' for the world.
I really don't mind the search engines trolling the forums for data, but when most of the referals jetcareers have been receiving have been for political discussions, news articles and about nothing else, it gets annoying...
and expensive
So post the
link not the
article.
Great Example for saving Doug bandwidth:
Article
Great Example of Jetcareers becoming a 'mirror site':
News Article
And no offense to people that were involved in either.