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fdm1000 Dec 13, 2017 12:20 am

What's happened to "Head for Points" website
 
Has HFP gone off line, latest posts seem to be from 11/12/17, is it my iPad or has it moved?
Regards
Fdm

florens Dec 13, 2017 12:25 am


Originally Posted by fdm1000 (Post 29168261)
Has HFP gone off line, latest posts seem to be from 11/12/17, is it my iPad or has it moved?
Regards
Fdm

Not sure what you mean? I see 3 posts from today and 3 from yesterday and it works fine.

IAMORGAN Dec 13, 2017 12:25 am

Hi, just tried & works for me!

PeacefulWaters Dec 13, 2017 12:32 am

Google it, click through and then save the new link.

They've done some IT stuff over the weekend.

sunshinebob Dec 13, 2017 12:42 am

https://www.headforpoints.com

now https but working fine

BAGoldBoy Dec 13, 2017 12:43 am

/They changed their IT hosting over the weekend. Perhaps you are still seeing the temporary old site they had up on Saturday

Raffles Dec 13, 2017 1:26 am

Sorry about that. Looks like your system has cached the server address - unless it looks it up again it won't know we have moved.

Reboot your internet router. That should clear it up.

If not, do a full cache clearance in your browser.

Rob

fdm1000 Dec 13, 2017 1:30 am

Thanks,
Got it now. Keep up the good work.
Regards
Fdm

Fitch Dec 13, 2017 2:32 am

The site is working fine but the content has been a bit thin for a while :(

No disrespect to Rob & Anika, it just seems great deals are rather scarce these days !

fartoomanyusers Mar 12, 2019 6:25 am

Headforpoints.com commentary [merged]
 

Originally Posted by Raffles (Post 30876534)
Trust me from my own experience. Readers are not stupid and readers know a bad deal when they see one. I can pretty well predict what sort of traction an offer will get when I write about it. I also know that trying to promote stuff which I know is rubbish and, more importantly, that the readers will know is rubbish is pointless - you don't get any conversions anyway and the readers stop trusting you so you get a poorer response when the next genuinely good deal comes along.

Tesco cc <cough>

s1362083 Mar 13, 2019 2:59 am


Originally Posted by Raffles (Post 30876534)

Trust me from my own experience. Readers are not stupid and readers know a bad deal when they see one. I can pretty well predict what sort of traction an offer will get when I write about it. I also know that trying to promote stuff which I know is rubbish and, more importantly, that the readers will know is rubbish is pointless - you don't get any conversions anyway and the readers stop trusting you so you get a poorer response when the next genuinely good deal comes along.


Originally Posted by fartoomanyusers (Post 30876716)
Tesco cc <cough>

Monese <cough>

Raffles Mar 13, 2019 7:02 am


Originally Posted by s1362083 (Post 30880810)
Monese <cough>

Monese was a sponsored article and clearly marked as such right at the top!

s1362083 Mar 13, 2019 7:22 am


Originally Posted by Raffles (Post 30881319)
Monese was a sponsored article and clearly marked as such right at the top!

I'm sure you're not suggesting that you would publish stuff which you know is rubbish and leads to readers stopping trusting you just because someone is paying you for it.

Raffles Mar 14, 2019 1:38 am


Originally Posted by s1362083 (Post 30881385)
I'm sure you're not suggesting that you would publish stuff which you know is rubbish and leads to readers stopping trusting you just because someone is paying you for it.

But this one proves my point.

A quick Google search will show that Monese pays publishers £16 per sign up to its free account. I could have made a few quid writing about its new Avios partnership and saying it was great - but I deliberately chose not to.

Monese then decided it wanted to reach our readers and chose a sponsored article, clearly flagged as such, over banner ads. We only get a flat fee from that. This allowed a good debate in the comments about the pros and cons of Monese vs other challenger banks.

If you think I’m stupid enough to risk the good reputation we have built up over 7 years for the sake of a few quid then you’re wrong.

I also bet that, if Monese does what it has implied and starts awarding Avios on debit card spend soon, you will be rushing to sign up .....

holtju2 Mar 14, 2019 11:14 am


Originally Posted by s1362083 (Post 30881385)
I'm sure you're not suggesting that you would publish stuff which you know is rubbish and leads to readers stopping trusting you just because someone is paying you for it.

What wouldn't someone headless do for a pound or two?


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