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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Setting up and running a website is getting easier and easier, and it's wonderful to see so many
new site owners sharing their voices with the world! For you as a webmaster it's pretty easy
going... until you run into an issue that you just can't seem to solve on your own. Maybe some
technical issues were flagged in yourWebmaster Toolsaccount; maybe you're just trying to get your robots.txt toblock a certain part of your site;
or maybe someone reported that theygot a viruswhile visiting your site (gasp!).
All of these issues can come up and sometimes it's helpful to have a helping hand when diagnosing
and solving it.
OurGoogle Webmaster Help Groupis a great place to get help. There are many site owners active in our group, friendly and ready
to help others, often with first-hand experience. They can show you what might be wrong, show you
how you can find answers in the future, and point you towards a solution that you'll be able to
use.
Just recently a site owner came into the groups with a website that was having strange problems.
Less than 20 minutes later, one of our dedicated members replied and pointed them tohidden contentthat was placed on their site by someone else. Finding that is bad enough; but not finding it
is even more frustrating.
While there are lots of helpful people in our groups, we have some that really stand out as being
exceptionally active, helpful, competent and friendly. They volunteer time and energy to help
build a great community and to help webmasters all around the world. In order to more publicly
recognize their contributions, we're calling them ourBionic Posters.
We want to highlight their outstanding efforts and thank them for the sound advice they've offered
to so many.
We wanted to take a minute and send a shout out to our Bionic Posters:
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This group offers support from experienced site owners, providing solutions and future guidance. The \"Bionic Posters,\" exceptionally active and helpful members, are publicly recognized for their contributions. These individuals, including webado, Phil Payne, cass-hacks, and others listed by name and website, volunteer their time. They are being recognized for providing valuable advice and helping create a strong community to webmasters all over the world.\n"],null,["# Bionic Posters help site owners worldwide\n\nWednesday, March 26, 2008\n\n\nSetting up and running a website is getting easier and easier, and it's wonderful to see so many\nnew site owners sharing their voices with the world! For you as a webmaster it's pretty easy\ngoing... until you run into an issue that you just can't seem to solve on your own. Maybe some\ntechnical issues were flagged in your\n[Webmaster Tools](https://search.google.com/search-console)\naccount; maybe you're just trying to get your robots.txt to\n[block a certain part of your site](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots/intro);\nor maybe someone reported that they\n[got a virus](/search/docs/monitor-debug/security/malware) while visiting your site (gasp!).\nAll of these issues can come up and sometimes it's helpful to have a helping hand when diagnosing\nand solving it.\n\n\nOur [Google Webmaster Help Group](https://support.google.com/webmasters/community)\nis a great place to get help. There are many site owners active in our group, friendly and ready\nto help others, often with first-hand experience. They can show you what might be wrong, show you\nhow you can find answers in the future, and point you towards a solution that you'll be able to\nuse.\n\n\nJust recently a site owner came into the groups with a website that was having strange problems.\nLess than 20 minutes later, one of our dedicated members replied and pointed them to\n[hidden content](/search/docs/advanced/guidelines/hidden-text-links)\nthat was placed on their site by someone else. Finding that is bad enough; but not finding it\nis even more frustrating.\n\n\nWhile there are lots of helpful people in our groups, we have some that really stand out as being\nexceptionally active, helpful, competent and friendly. They volunteer time and energy to help\nbuild a great community and to help webmasters all around the world. In order to more publicly\nrecognize their contributions, we're calling them our\n[Bionic Posters](https://support.google.com/webmasters/communityweb/google-webmaster-help-bionic-posters).\nWe want to highlight their outstanding efforts and thank them for the sound advice they've offered\nto so many.\n\n\nWe wanted to take a minute and send a shout out to our Bionic Posters:\n\n- [webado](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=Bwk3vi8AAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZOYy7vl0V6Wiu-7kiDtlGCNyquXRioEQ36gDaLSFyPfU) (Christina from [www.webado.net](https://www.webado.net/))\n- [Phil Payne](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=nykrXTwAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZPXdKDYuSU4jI-e4k0TpN03kQDm5YYQAOiT1hULWIT3aHrWZjt4iounepE6FMYRck) ([www.isham-research.co.uk](https://www.isham-research.co.uk/))\n- [cass-hacks](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=7NvlHTcAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZv_HeRkkRekwq5yuHx98InW6c35L4nLp1ZqYcPETKBxF4M27fpdsypU4zjOmH7itB) (Craig from [cass-hacks.com](https://cass-hacks.com/))\n- [abracadabra](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=KZoi0jwAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZyXws_lVkw2RBYf4rwfIVwgLtbSBOCGNbLqDIdisM_AB1HNSoHJgdkB0dQCRIbKsc) (Tim from [www.aitechsolutions.net](https://www.aitechsolutions.net/))\n- [Aaron Pratt](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=9E3RzDkAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZOC5Pg9YEMTkylrYBvht0WF7evQJuI90MB2ZuH_Syl9DcIsukBVUAY7Z82h0c00ps) ([www.ne-design.net](https://www.ne-design.net/))\n- [Cristina](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=SdPNqT4AAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZl3jYGmnVjulu2kBDU1KqG3e0216uj6t62Ejd4bYn5Yx6CsHMf11kBABi5zMsco0n) ([www.asymptoticdesign.com](https://www.asymptoticdesign.com/))\n- [Robbo](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=0U_C_TsAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZE7VctEXBr2g3627bw5jNEMGeJx7A4uG2faRRaBgnqSfxFGY9AB6Gvijal92QSE0f) (Vince from [www.tesol-direct.com](https://www.tesol-direct.com/))\n- [JLH](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=_MuG3TAAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZKfj6kBAvQv7lP4BbS0uOvMoe68QBJH_RySTVmHahkXs) (John Honeck from [www.jlh-design.com](https://www.jlh-design.com/))\n- [dockarl](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=RnqmqzIAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZCEBXcIHOmmCIKjFd4ilCGMVkRDH7tNEx1fiMxPKZu64vPp-8dun_mzBPI6iup1z0) (Matt James from [www.utheguru.com](https://www.utheguru.com/))\n- [IceGiant](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=FBXpmDUAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZQarsWnpIdWjs8uRFTepBaxTyr-5mrQOQtR6b9NeOCMDb5u0WQbmK4w77kJ7wP5Sr) (Sasch from [www.icegiant.co.uk](https://www.icegiant.co.uk/))\n- [MrGamma](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=jmfGsjkAAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZerrm3sSzEoyXNx_fHrqzitUmV2i4ZIyutu_3VAm1-43Cpd7vWZAlNtWagwH6QG_g) (James from [www.sitebyjames.com](https://www.sitebyjames.com/))\n- The anonymous and helpful [seo101](https://groups.google.com/groups/profile?enc_user=VJCBDC8AAAC0ZCEBAysSlShC_gPAdXUZ0pfPHXAsFTfIf7fdVSPr2Fhwp5n7Y7Kfs3bwt7zc7Yo)\n\n\nThank you all for helping to make the Webmaster Help Group such a success!\n\n\nCome and visit the\n[Webmaster Help Groups](/search/blog/2007/11/dozen-ways-to-discuss-webmaster-help)\nand see how you can make a difference as well. Be bionic!\n\n\nPosted by [John Mueller](https://johnmu.com/),\nWebmaster Trends Analyst, Google Zurich"]]
