getting people to my forum

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Re: getting people to my forum by CountZero (Bishop) on May 28, 2006 at 08:51 UTC
How do you get people visiting your new restaurant? Advertise in the neigbourhood, provide "good value for money" food and throw a big "We are opening today!" party (preferably with free samples of the food to taste). CountZero "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law	[reply]
Re: getting people to my forum by Gavin (Archbishop) on May 28, 2006 at 10:35 UTC
I think you would have had a more positive response to your question if you had not posted anonymously. I have found that if you are prepared to put your name to something the Bretheren are more likely to give assistance and good advice.	[reply]
Re: getting people to my forum by displeaser (Hermit) on May 29, 2006 at 08:56 UTC
Hi, here's a link that you may find useful: http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/41/building-a-forum-community/ Hope this helps. Displeaser	[reply]
Re: getting people to my forum by TedPride (Priest) on May 29, 2006 at 09:51 UTC
I could probably write a long essay on this topic, but: People only come if you have useful information. Collect as much info as you can on topics applicable to your forum and post it. If you can't figure out what info to look for, give up - you shouldn't be trying to run a forum in the first place. People only come if they can find you in search engines. Submit yourself to all the major search engines, and make sure that the title for each page contains at least your site name and the post topic. The most important search engines are: http://www.google.com (powers most other site searches as well) http://search.yahoo.com http://search.msn.com http://www.ask.com (you have to be linked to from a site ask.com already spiders, you can't request that you be spidered) People only come if your forum is clean and safe. Registration with email verification is a must, and some form of graphical verification is probably a good idea as well. Plus you'll need to visit the forum fairly often. If you can't do this, forget the forum idea.	[reply]