How does a viral link bait, tied to a newspaper article (or tied to every keyword contained in the bait actually 'work' on the internet?
The moment anyone clicks on it, it implodes into the web. Saturating that live link to the newspaper article it is tied to into the worldwide web for all time. Can never be removed and can never be cleaned up.
The only thing one can do is track the keywords. The bait will appear one time only, until clicked on and then it "implodes" and disburses its content when clicked on.
Hot stories are trackable only through setting up alerts on every search engine and doing so with the exact keywords located in that one original bait.
One must download the live bait (if you stumble on it before it is clicked and disbursed) to your hard drive (or) make a hard copy of it. Either one is able to be subpoenaed to find out source of origin.
Hey! How about those PR Web tourism marketing gals hired by GSCRA with public tax dollars and the mass glut of saturation to newspapers, blogs, twitter, facebook all over the nation on behalf of Steve Beckley's new expansion? Boy, that's a huge bonus getting that much 'free' to Beckley advertising.
Combined with the flood of alerts from Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask and other engines; those standard practice viral link baits used by GSCRA and contractors have really done an above and beyond their usual saturation job.
How about you?
How do you feel about the tourism contract dollars for 81601 footing the bill for a select few and their advertising budget?
Come to think of it. How do you feel about the new coaster and how it looks perched up there on top of Iron Mountain?
Great photo in this press release from contracted tourism promoter under GSCRA from PR Web.
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Showing posts with label Glenwood Springs Tourism Lions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glenwood Springs Tourism Lions. Show all posts
June 19, 2012
June 10, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Aspen Daily News "Spanning community polarization in Glenwood"
Actually, the complaints, demands and 'sharp opinions' have grown old and stale.
There is zero feasibility for a 'bypass' and that conclusion was reached years ago.
Unless God moves the Colorado River and Hwy 82 to some other town or far from where they both are naturally....there is only one place for the Grand Avenue Bridge and that is right where it's at.
If Glenwood Springs would simply get up, get proactive about creating infrastructure draws instead of relying on tourism gimmicks and putting the 'Lion's Share' into the pockets of less than 1/2 dozen businesses...'20,000 to 30,000' cars flowing through downtown Glenwood would be prosperous for all.
In reality, the loudest 'sharp opinions' are the ones who have pockets lined just the way Glenwood is and do not want change that brings the highest good for everyone involved.
Pick up the pace and get out of CDOT's way. The sooner they get to buildng, the sooner we have a bridge that is safe and that works for the majority.
Chad Abraham:
"Louis Meyer, a member of the Sunlight Mountain Resort board of directors and CEO of a civil engineering firm in downtown Glenwood, said he was at the meeting because he is very concerned about the city’s future.
“CDOT does a great job of moving traffic from point A to B safely and quickly, but that’s not always in the community’s best interest,” he said. “And I think the community needs to say, ‘Slow down a little bit, this is going to affect us for the next 100 years, let’s do this right.’”
He argued for the bypass alternative — building a new bridge west of the current span — to get traffic off of the main thoroughfare.
“You can imagine having a business on Grand Avenue and having 20,000 to 30,000 cars and trucks a day going right by your business,” Meyer said. “We’ve turned from a tourist- and recreation-oriented community to a community that passes 30,000 vehicles through town to the upper valley every day.”
One man in the audience agreed, demanding that CDOT consider the bypass and “give us back our town.”
But Steckler, Elsen and Gaskill said that proposal is not feasible. Steckler said that in addition to the lack of money for such a plan as opposed to the current funding that’s available, the political will also does not exist...." (Read more? Click title)
There is zero feasibility for a 'bypass' and that conclusion was reached years ago.
Unless God moves the Colorado River and Hwy 82 to some other town or far from where they both are naturally....there is only one place for the Grand Avenue Bridge and that is right where it's at.
If Glenwood Springs would simply get up, get proactive about creating infrastructure draws instead of relying on tourism gimmicks and putting the 'Lion's Share' into the pockets of less than 1/2 dozen businesses...'20,000 to 30,000' cars flowing through downtown Glenwood would be prosperous for all.
In reality, the loudest 'sharp opinions' are the ones who have pockets lined just the way Glenwood is and do not want change that brings the highest good for everyone involved.
Pick up the pace and get out of CDOT's way. The sooner they get to buildng, the sooner we have a bridge that is safe and that works for the majority.
Chad Abraham:
"Louis Meyer, a member of the Sunlight Mountain Resort board of directors and CEO of a civil engineering firm in downtown Glenwood, said he was at the meeting because he is very concerned about the city’s future.
“CDOT does a great job of moving traffic from point A to B safely and quickly, but that’s not always in the community’s best interest,” he said. “And I think the community needs to say, ‘Slow down a little bit, this is going to affect us for the next 100 years, let’s do this right.’”
He argued for the bypass alternative — building a new bridge west of the current span — to get traffic off of the main thoroughfare.
“You can imagine having a business on Grand Avenue and having 20,000 to 30,000 cars and trucks a day going right by your business,” Meyer said. “We’ve turned from a tourist- and recreation-oriented community to a community that passes 30,000 vehicles through town to the upper valley every day.”
One man in the audience agreed, demanding that CDOT consider the bypass and “give us back our town.”
But Steckler, Elsen and Gaskill said that proposal is not feasible. Steckler said that in addition to the lack of money for such a plan as opposed to the current funding that’s available, the political will also does not exist...." (Read more? Click title)
May 10, 2012
SandBoxBlogs: Grand Junction Daily Sentinel "Job of relocating coaster to Glenwood filled with twists, turns"
(See related story and local public commentary here)
A 'well done' shout out goes to the area's avatars in commentary who not only were strong enough to raise their voices in protest of the 'free pass' style that Garfield County Commissioners gave to Steve Beckley and Glenwood Adventure Park's latest expansion; they have been courageous enough to go direct to source and express concerns about safety.
From their comments, most then opted to give Beckley another chance. See what he would do.
Buy a deeply discounted roller coaster, haul it in and install it without engaging all the channels of government entities that have authority over that kind of endeavor? Or be the Steve Beckley they all know and respect and do things the right way.
Looks like Steve stepped up.
Leaving, after another estimated million dollars out of pocket, the need to meet his obligations to answer the concerns over wildlife, vibration related to rock slides over the canyon highway and noise impact with a roller coaster that pumps out an "80-second, 1,600-foot-long trip with speeds up to 34 mph".
Dennis Webb:
"....Glenwood Caverns started out with cave tours in 1999......
.....But its biggest addition is the former Windstorm coaster, which it is renaming the Cliffhanger because of its location. Perched near the top of Iron Mountain and on the edge of Glenwood Canyon, it will offer breathtaking views of the canyon and the Roaring Fork and Colorado river valleys as riders experience thrilling drop-offs and tight curves during an 80-second, 1,600-foot-long trip with speeds up to 34 mph. At 7,160 feet high, it’s the highest-elevation adult roller coaster in the world, Heard said.
Getting the coaster to the mountains first involved shipping the coaster cars to Florida to be tested, and their wheels and bearings replaced. The disassembled track likewise has undergone testing, refurbishing and sandblasting and will be repainted......
.....Now the parts and pieces are being shipped to Glenwood Springs in what is expected to take about a dozen trips by semi trucks.....
...Although the coaster came with operating and maintenance manuals, that wasn’t the case when it came to assembly instructions. And that’s where Litts comes in.....
“The ability to find someone like that is huge,” she said.....
.....Heard said the coaster purchase and installation probably will cost about $1 million when all is said and done.
“We’ll probably spend $50,000 just in bolts, in hardware,” she said.
Old bolts and fasteners—about 2,000 of them—must be replaced with new ones in order to properly meet specifications for torque, or tightness.....
....Glenwood Caverns had a concrete base installed for the coaster, but included drains into underlying gravel. That way, the concrete won’t keep precipitation from feeding into the extensive caverns system beneath Iron Mountain and continuing to contribute to the underground ecosystem and growth of other-worldly formations...."
(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
A 'well done' shout out goes to the area's avatars in commentary who not only were strong enough to raise their voices in protest of the 'free pass' style that Garfield County Commissioners gave to Steve Beckley and Glenwood Adventure Park's latest expansion; they have been courageous enough to go direct to source and express concerns about safety.
From their comments, most then opted to give Beckley another chance. See what he would do.
Buy a deeply discounted roller coaster, haul it in and install it without engaging all the channels of government entities that have authority over that kind of endeavor? Or be the Steve Beckley they all know and respect and do things the right way.
Looks like Steve stepped up.
Leaving, after another estimated million dollars out of pocket, the need to meet his obligations to answer the concerns over wildlife, vibration related to rock slides over the canyon highway and noise impact with a roller coaster that pumps out an "80-second, 1,600-foot-long trip with speeds up to 34 mph".
Dennis Webb:
"....Glenwood Caverns started out with cave tours in 1999......
.....But its biggest addition is the former Windstorm coaster, which it is renaming the Cliffhanger because of its location. Perched near the top of Iron Mountain and on the edge of Glenwood Canyon, it will offer breathtaking views of the canyon and the Roaring Fork and Colorado river valleys as riders experience thrilling drop-offs and tight curves during an 80-second, 1,600-foot-long trip with speeds up to 34 mph. At 7,160 feet high, it’s the highest-elevation adult roller coaster in the world, Heard said.
Getting the coaster to the mountains first involved shipping the coaster cars to Florida to be tested, and their wheels and bearings replaced. The disassembled track likewise has undergone testing, refurbishing and sandblasting and will be repainted......
.....Now the parts and pieces are being shipped to Glenwood Springs in what is expected to take about a dozen trips by semi trucks.....
...Although the coaster came with operating and maintenance manuals, that wasn’t the case when it came to assembly instructions. And that’s where Litts comes in.....
“The ability to find someone like that is huge,” she said.....
.....Heard said the coaster purchase and installation probably will cost about $1 million when all is said and done.
“We’ll probably spend $50,000 just in bolts, in hardware,” she said.
Old bolts and fasteners—about 2,000 of them—must be replaced with new ones in order to properly meet specifications for torque, or tightness.....
....Glenwood Caverns had a concrete base installed for the coaster, but included drains into underlying gravel. That way, the concrete won’t keep precipitation from feeding into the extensive caverns system beneath Iron Mountain and continuing to contribute to the underground ecosystem and growth of other-worldly formations...."
(Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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