I agree. The advertisement site should employ SEO techniques. When you google the word carrionfields, you get this site. When you google the word MUD, well we're not in the first 10 pages. Haven't tried Dungeons and Dragons, but you get the point. People looking for Muds to try are googling MUD. I also wouldn't oppose bringing in some of the content from that other site into this one or the advertisement site, and wrapping it in a litte "beginner's package" format. I find some of the things on that other site helpful.

This text-based world is often intimidating to start with. The first question I'm asked when someone sees me playing is consistently "How in the hell do you know what's going on?" Followed immediately by "How do you know where you are, or where to go?" There has to be something (if even small) that we can do to lessen the learning curve just a little without changing game mechanics.