Two objections regarding TM-Town related advertising

Tom in London wrote:

2. I agree that the description "A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL TRANSLATOR"is misleading and may well be illegal, certainly here in the UK.

Jo Macdonald wrote:
If you search for a translator here on Proz, after you get the results for a certain specialization a box is shown in the top left corner above the search results.
It says
New Search Option: Get matched to the best experts for your job with Nakōdo
It's a hyperlink that opens the Nakodo search engine on TM-Town.

Imo whether Nakodo works just as well still has to be proved and until this is proven I would prefer to see the two systems kept separate rather than encouraging clients who are searching for a Pro on Proz to use Nakodo to find someone who has uploaded a load of TM data.

Can you remove that Nakodo link from the Proz "Translators" search page please?

Michael J.W. Beijer wrote:

However, what about Proz users who are on TM-Town? What do you think they would prefer (if asked)? Indeed, these people would probably not mind so much if a new link that might lead to their TM-Town profile were placed here and there on the Proz.com site.


Michael

Sheila Wilson wrote:




May be unrealistic to request its complete removal, IMHO. But surely its wording is tantamount to telling our potential clients that only the dross will be found here, while the real experts hang out at TM-Town. Thanks ProZ.com - great value for my ProZ.com subscription and participation!

In fact, nothing is further from the truth. Not that some experts aren't to be found there, I wouldn't know - but the Nakodo search engine won't find them as a result of their expertise. It will find them on the basis of volume and machine-matching of keywords. That doesn't denote expertise.

A note to Michael: Do you know if clients searching on TM-Town get a similar message saying the experts can be found on the ProZ.com site?

Jo Macdonald wrote:



Hi Micheal,
I'm on both sites and would prefer potential clients looking for translators on Proz to see Translator search results of paying Proz members who are top-ranked kudoz contributors in that field displayed without a link encouraging them to look for someone else on Tm_Town.



[Edited at 2016-06-15 15:31 GMT]

Michael J.W. Beijer wrote:
I don't really know either of them personally, but I don't think that either Henry or Kevin are out to get us in any sinister way. I think they're just trying to integrate the two sites in ways that might benefit us users.

Henry Dotterer wrote:

Hi folks,

Thanks. I'll look into the matter of the text appearing in the profile.

Henry

Jo Macdonald wrote:



Hi Micheal,
I'm on both sites and would prefer potential clients looking for translators on Proz to see Translator search results of paying Proz members who are top-ranked kudoz contributors in that field displayed without a link encouraging them to look for someone else on Tm_Town.

Michael J.W. Beijer wrote:
I think they're just trying to integrate the two sites in ways that might benefit us users.

Mirko Mainardi wrote:



That's the magic word. "Integration".

However, two different websites, two separate (and basically competing...) directories and two alternative (paid) memberships don't seem to go exactly in that direction, IMHO...

writeaway wrote:

I too hope you will decide to either remove the link to TM-Town or give us the option to have it removed. I also hope the wording regarding the P-holder certification claim on TM-Town will be changed to make it more accurate and clearly indicate that the 'certification' stems from and is tied to Proz.com.
I must say I am a bit surprised and disappointed to see that this posting has been removed from the 'recent forum posts' pages and is now completely out of sight.