RIP petrolhead...

@ de NAAM 'begrafenisondernemer' : HAHA!!

@ Petrolhead
Het lijkt me erg demotiverend om 'zo veel' tijd in de site te steken om wekelijks met een overzicht te komen, terwijl er zo weinig bezoekers zijn en die enkele bezoeker toch grosso modo alleen een negatieve reactie achterlaat.

Ik ben dan ook erg benieuwd naar jullie visie voor de toekomst van Petrolhead.nl
Is er nog enig perspectief ?!
Of is het niet gewoon beter om de hele site op te doeken?

In afwachting van een antwoord,

R.S.V.P.

@ olivier:

Inderdaad, een goed plan maken hoe je het wil aanpakken en dan kan het weer heel goed worden. Desnoods het roer helemaal omgooien en het radicaal anders doen.

Maak iets van een blog met onderwerpen die mensen echt aanspreken, of verzin een soort wekelijkse quiz over auto's.

Dit zijn dingen die ik zo snel kan bedenken, en de inspiratie komt wel een beetje van andere auto sites, maar ik denk dat het idee duidelijk is.

@mark:
Maar dat kost geld en is niet iets wat je heel makkelijk vaker kan gaan doen. Terwijl je best wat onderwerpen toe zou kunnen voegen.

Ok, een reactie dan maar eens.

@Lezer
Ja, het is soms demotiverend. Negatieve reacties zijn niet erg, maar met reacties als "Site is dood" en "trek de stekker er toch uit" kan ik vrij weinig.

Het lijkt me weinig zin hebben om de stekker er uit te trekken. We hebben een archief met mooie filmpjes van Sjoerd en Jeroen en het zou zonde zijn als dat verdwijnt. Verder hopen we dat we ooit weer herstellen en de site weer terug kunnen brengen op het oude niveau of iets wat daar in de buurt komt.

Er zijn wel toekomstplannen, ook met video, maar we zijn nu nog bezig dat financieel rond te krijgen. We willen ook niks beloven, waarvan we niet 100 procent weten dat we het waar kunnen maken. Dat is in het verleden al een paar keer gebeurd en leidt alleen maar tot teleurstelling. Maar zodra dingen zeker zijn, zal ik het laten weten.

Ideeën zijn tot die tijd altijd welkom. Een video maken waarin we een Veyron tegen een space shuttle laten racen gaat nog niet lukken, maar andere dingen misschien wel.

@Guuz
Ik waardeer het ook heel erg dat je van je laat horen, ik snap ook dat de reacties niet altijd even leuk zijn en dat je er soms niks aan hebt.
Dat er toch plannen zijn om weer iets van de grond te krijgen qua filmpjes vind ik ook goed nieuws om te horen, en ik kan me voorstellen dat dat nog erg lastig is, niet alleen financieel. Je moet toch ook de juiste mensen zien te vinden voor het presenteren, editten en filmen.

@lezer
Dat is wel een goed idee, een topic aanmaken waar iedereen zijn ideeën kan plaatsen. Dan kan je daaruit een paar dingen proberen.
Als je dan weer andere dingen aan de site kan toevoegen dan is het al een site met meer dan alleen het nieuws over auto's, en volgens mij is dit zonder al te veel financiële moeite te bereiken.

Laten we er met z'n allen weer wat moois van maken.

Mattias begrijpt de reactie van Petrolhead niet helemaal, geloof ik....

@Sander:
Dat is nog niet eens zo'n gek idee, een auto van de week. Als er dan elke week een sportwagen of een supercar wordt genomen en er de hele week berichten en topics zijn over die auto. Lijkt me wel een leuke en nuttig toevoeging.

Dan heb ik het niet over eco cars, maar over supercars als de murci, 458 en de zonda, maar ook wel over auto's als de Z4 en RS6. Je kan dan vast allerlei dingen verzinnen om die auto te belichten en bijvoorbeeld de techniek uit te lichten en gewon leuke filmpjes ervan te lanten zien.

@Rienk:
Dat ben ik niet met je eens, het gaat ook niet om hits. Het gaat erom dat dit een site wordt waar mensen weer graag naartoe gaan, en een van de middelen om dat te bereiken is inderdaad door videos. Maar omdat dat moeilijk is proberen we juist iets te bedenken wat makkelijker te bereiken is en ook iets toevoegd.

Ik moet zeggen dat Petrolhead toch 1 vd betere NL autosites is. autoblog en autojunk hangen alleen 12 jarige kinderen rond, autoweek is leuk als je smult van de nieuwe Suzuki Alto en Carros is helemaal 3x niks, das gewoon geen mening hebben en het persmateriaal van de fabrikant online zetten. blijft Petrolhead over. filmpjes van Sjoerd zijn goed, grappig en eerlijk. daarnaast is Sjoerds stem wel aan te horen, niet dat nassale van Ruben (autoblog), autos hier zijn vaak de leuke, meestal onbetaalbare autos. kortom precies wat we willen. hoop dat jullie gewoon lekker doorgaan!

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