Site Name: Talk Budgies

URL: http://www.talkbudgies.com

Topic: Budgies (a type of pet bird)

Software: vBulletin 3.5

Launch Date: January 21, 2006

Stats: Threads: 1,666 / Posts: 18,184 / Members: 380

Other Info: Talk Budgies was opened in January of this year. So far it's done really well and is currently nearing 20,000 posts. We have a very friendly community and a great memberbase. (The only problem we've really had so far is spam.) Our site has some active forums, budgie journals, and a popular budgie photo gallery. We also hold a Budgie of the Month contest, in addition to various other competitions. Our site is listed on several topsite lists, and we're doing well on them. We rank high on many keywords in the search engines as well. We're growing daily and we're one of the main forums online for budgie owners.

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Talk Budgies - a site for budgie owners to talk about budgies
Talk Parrotlets - where parrotlet enthusiasts come to talk about parrotlets

Initial Impression
I really like the skin and header...great job! Main page looks good, not too cluttered.


Organization and Feel
I really like how you have your site laid out! It's very easy to navigate and find things I am very impressed with your whole site! The only things I am going to suggest is combining the Site-Related Discussion and the Site Feedback forums into one. Those are pretty much the same thing anyway and this way you can save space. Then I would add the Competitions forum as a sub forum under Chit Chat like you have for forum games
I would definitely register on your site if I had any birds! It feels very welcoming

Skin and Modifications
As I said above, I love your skin, the colors are great! The header..wow! Awesome job on it I like your Welcome Guest Header, very nice touch. Also the random picture make it more professional looking.
Now, the FAQ's...most people forget to customize them for their site, but you didn't! You have obviously taken the time to make this a great site and it shows. Well done. I also think you have just the right amount of extra's to keep your members faithful and coming back for more


Guidelines and Staff
Every new member that I saw recieved a welcome from a staff member, which to me is really important..great job staff! Your rules were very easy to find and very detailed and to the point.


Recommended Changes

• Combine Site-Related Discussion & Site Feedback into one forum
• make Competitions into sub forum under Chit-Chat

Over all I am very impressed and think all of your hard work has paid off! Keep it up

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Wow thanks for all the nice words! I'm glad you like my site.

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Talk Budgies - a site for budgie owners to talk about budgies
Talk Parrotlets - where parrotlet enthusiasts come to talk about parrotlets

I like it a lot. The only problem I have is with the many banners in the footer. Try to organize them horizontaly. Other than that .. looks quite sleek

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