 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey all,
I found this new site on resorts around the world. Clean info, good pics and a resort compare tool.
Sweet. Check it out.
http://www.freshpeaks.com 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nice looking site but I can't take it seriously when you (I assume it's YOU Rusta) state things like:
Austria - Arguably the best riding in Europe, with amazing terrain, slick resorts and a price tag to match.
Germany - The poor relation to Austria and Switzerland, but a decent weekend option with resorts just two hours from Munich.
Scotland - High winds and unpredictable snowfall, but a stone’s throw from the very beautiful city of Edinburgh.
I'll leave others you help you editorially 
Oh, forgot... Welcome to Snowheads.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Rusta, I'm going to Madesimo on the 8th of March so I hope their season doesn't end on the 1st of March like it says 
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First post being a plug for another site - now that's subtle
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far too slow to load. If it is not there in 3 secs I turn off. Actually so do most users
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It says that the nearest airport to La Plagne (Les Arcs is not listed  ) is Geneva. Isn't it important for a website like that to get it's basic facts right? Maybe it would have been better for the team that is behind the website to start less ambitiously and focus on areas they know well (Australia for example) and build up slowly?
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Looked at the North American section - little more than a collection of statistics. Same ssems to apply for each resort I have clicked on
very poor. no use to man nor beast.
and as for Switzerland "Trains in Switzerland don't just arrive the second they're scheduled to (something that infuriates the British).... blah blah,"
1st point correct, 2nd point tosh.
Rusta, let us know when you have something useful to offer... 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| It says that the nearest airport to La Plagne (Les Arcs is not listed ) is Geneva. Isn't it important for a website like that to get it's basic facts right? Maybe it would have been better for the team that is behind the website to start less ambitiously and focus on areas they know well (Australia for example) and build up slowly? |
In the world of Webvertising you make the margins on quantity - hence the thin infomercial type look of many sites. Although I've not looked at this one.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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hmmm the footworks site and megamums sites also take on whole new meanings.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Geneva is the closest airport to LDA according to that site. 
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Love Bode Swiller, 's site ..... it also seems to be loads more accurate than the OP.
What a load of tosh ..
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France: "If Austria is the birthplace of skiing, France is its adopted home."
No. The birthplace of skiing would be either Norway/Sweden/Finland or Switzerland IMO.
Haven't we seen this one plugged (and roundly slated) before?? 
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So a few hours drive from any of the ski areas in Scotland makes Edinburgh right round the corner? |
From the perspective of an aussie, yes!
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Just had another look. Can't believe some of the tosh on there. Among many others:
The resorts in Austria are exactly what you'd expect.... Of course you pay for the privilege, more so than in any other country. As to whether you think it's worth it, well, that depends on the cut of the leather on your wallet.
Simply misleading.
So, you stumble upon the site on the Internet, you're new to skiing and decide to book into an Edinburgh city centre hotel "because the skiing is just a stone's throw away". What planet are they on?
Glad everyone preferred the pornolize version. More fun, more accurate and better written.
Rusta, hope we've been helpful
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Bode Swiller, I have a sneaking suspicion Rusta ain't going to be back any time soon...
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Poster: A snowHead
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He didn't want feedback, he wanted clicks. He knew his site was rubbish. I doubt that he's returned to read the replies.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| richmond wrote: |
| He didn't want feedback, he wanted clicks. He knew his site was rubbish. I doubt that he's returned to read the replies. |
No guys, i was actually snowboarding. In Vancouver about to head back to Aus. Thanks for words of wisdom. I shall take them on board. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I flung it through to the team, and they're getting on top of it. I think Scotland has been tweaked.
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| Rusta wrote: |
| I flung it through to the team, and they're getting on top of it. I think Scotland has been tweaked. |
Has it been moved to the Alps ?
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Smokin Joe, You wish 
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| Rusta wrote: |
Hey all,
I found this new site on resorts around the world. Clean info, good pics and a resort compare tool.
Sweet. Check it out.
http://www.freshpeaks.com |
Why lie in the first place about "finding a new site" only to later on state that you will "fling it through to the team" to sort out?
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nightshift, well spotted!
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My bad.
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Rusta, your bad what?
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