I have no idea what VMF trending is!! If it goes back to the vintage Mustang forum, I haven't been there in several years. There were a some that I could have faith in the answer, but not all. Can't stand the new format either.

I agree that the Facebook groups get a lot of exposure with few good answers. The moderators need to stay on top of the posts for most of the groups I joined. Mustang Restorations is the only Mustang specific one I joined. I have joined a bunch of others dealing with ford cars and trucks. I don't know if you can go back and search those groups for relevant information, haven't tried it. That leads to a lot the typical questions being repeated. I like it here. Great format and people willing to share information. When was the last time you had to rattle the cage to get folks calmed down cause a discussion turned into a pissing match? 

I don't think its the forums that are dying......think about the average age of our group and when these cars were built. None of us are getting any younger. If people are doing google searches, then something we have posted should show up as relevant in there search. It might take a marketing person, but I've been told there are ways to get bumped up toward the top of search engines. Food for thought. 

This is the best forum I've ever been a part of, frankly I don't see any need to change.  More traffic/members is just going to mean letting the chaff in whit the the wheat.  I don't have anything against younger members, and people of all experience levels should be welcome, so long as they don't just parrot incorrect information or talk about stuff they know nothing about.  What makes this forum so great is that no one does that here.

Also, a lot of the forums degenerate into pretty rivalries between members, name calling, etc.  The other great thing about this forum is that never happens. 

There is a field known as SEO (Search Engine Optimization).  You can have a consultant look at ways to move your site higher up on the list when people do searches.  Typically though it costs money.  One of the most powerful tools is Google Adwords, but you pay for where you are ranked if you want to be near or at the top. 

I keep hearing about people "tagging" businesses on Facebook, passing referrals that way, etc.  I can tell you that some of that is valid, but how much junk are you dealing with for one good referral?  I've built, and grown my business with old fashioned word of mouth marketing.  The people I talk to are serious about having work done, and I typically close 80-90% of those referrals.  Its why my business survived the recession and others did not.  At some point I think your reputation becomes your most valuable asset in terms of generating new business.  I've never been interested in being the biggest business out there for what I do.  I take pride in being the best at what I do.  I see our forum along the same lines. 

I love this forum because it's not like the other places. While I wish there were more questions and answers for me to learn from, the lack of wrong answers, bickering and political fighting is well worth the lower amount of traffic.

Forums in general are good. This one is one of the GOAT's* of forums. Groups in FaceBook suck as forums due to the unsearchability (A New Word) as mentioned by Bentworker. With that said, I do follow quite a few groups in FB and have been enlightened on many things; Why did I not think of that?
I also do not watch TV. Yes I do stream movies but that is not watching TV or the news. I get all my news from FB! Not!
I do read the latest news online, read the headline, make up my own story. My story is as good or better than the news media wrote anyway. There is way too much BS out there anymore.

*GOAT Greatest Of All Time

This site probably gets similar traffic to the Aussie mustang site ..... and there's no Barnetts here ... I know where I'm gunna stay. 

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Ive made some stupid statements on here I know and have never been made to feel stupid for it. Wellllll mostly. It aint that way on the other forum. There is a different level of maturity here mixed with fun that I never saw on the other ones. I am a member of the 69/70 mustang group and the 69/70 convertible group on FB. There is not much knowledge there. I can usually answer more questions there than I can here. But that's not something I do very often. Seems like the people there are more interested in "butchering" their cars than preserving them. Im not really into that. 

I found that some folks just can't be helped, because they already had there minds made up before hand, but they still ask the question, and other will only be happy if they can spend the most money. That where I don't fit in with some groups,  but I do tune in here each morning  with my morning coffee because it's is a bit different here.

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I wish I was enthusiastic as I once was.  It's a mind and heart battle for me.  That said, each forum has its advantages.  Here it's organization and archivability.  The face***k forums have an advantage of ease of accessibility and picture posting.   The threads do tend to break down there into pissing matches, but that could happen anywhere someone doesn't stay on top of the forum.  Last night you posted the burn out with the old 351w.   I saw that within a few minutes of you posting it.  If there was a way to combine the two...

I own a 64 falcon, I along with your help from this forum have helped others with both falcons and mustangs. I feel a bit bad because I feel as If I am cheating by getting on here, BUT since they are so closely related the information is pertinent. I have bought from you the t5 conversion kit for my car (still waiting to install). one falcon site that I did use is now gone. the way I see it if I want reliable information go to the source that has served you well, the ones that have been around the longest. anytime there is something new out there people, mostly younger, are going to flock to it. doesn't mean the information is going to be correct. this site helps more than just mustang owners, and the people on here are eager to help, GOOD JOB.

Like "val fulesday" I don't currently have a Mustang.  Sold my 66 Coupe last year to fund another project a 1953 Studebaker Starliner Coupe.  ​   It It is almost complete and I am starting on a 1962 Falcon and look at  FYIFORD daily for good ideas and see what everyone is working on.  I will start posting progress of the Falcon on the forum.  Dennis
 

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This the FIRST site I go to when the old computer "clickz-on". Lotsa priceless info about almost any car butt especially Mustangs/SBF's.

Everybody seems to get along and we have fun with each other. That's more important to me than "who's got the biggest.....shinyest....most expen$ive....or what eeeeeverrr!...Mustang or Ford."

I do look at the H.A.M.B. site (although I can't post a picture of my Mustang...cause its too new)! They have a larger group of guys and alot are a bunch of old  curmudgeon guys on there (maybe a little like me?! Pretty amusing posts sometimes but A LOT of pictures and projects under construction.

As far as SBF stuff there are a ....few.. Ford guys that know what they are talking about but NOTHING like the specialized info we have on here.

Like Ron68.......don't get any ideas about pulling-the-plug on  FYI Ford, Steve!!

This is my first (and best) stop going into "computerland"(not to be confused with ..........'..there's a signpost up ahead.......ding-ding-ding-ding.....straight ahead.......The Twilight Zone.......da-da-da-daaaaa!
6sally6

I agree with 6sally6 my PC automatically comes to this site every day