Developer diary: rootdb is our new international IT forum

Hello users,

The previously announced new international forum is now live:

rootDB.com

The idea of a bilingual site on administrator.de with only one domain failed for us. Neither Google nor other search engines supported it. No matter what we tried, the English articles were usually not found by the search engines. We were always only seen as a German site.

Now we are launching this new international forum with a .com domain that fits the topic well: https://rootdb.com is our new home for establishing an international IT forum. Everything on rootDB will be in English only. The domain rootdb.com is easy to remember and consists of only a few characters. It can be entered quickly. In addition, similar to the term ‘administrator’, it represents the topic of the website.

All English content has been deleted from administrator.de and imported into rootDB. Existing users who have posted or commented in English or registered on the English site have been transferred and can log in as usual. A separate message will be sent to these users. We have done this to ensure that existing content is not lost. The forums are now completely separate. This applies to everything: database, notifications, newsletters, etc.

New users will need to register again.

I hope you like our decision and the new site and look forward to your feedback or a click on the heart.

Best regards,
Frank