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	<title>Forum Doc &#187; 101 Tips and Ideas</title>
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	<description>Practical Advice for Running an Online Forum</description>
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		<title>The Value of Facebook Advertising for a Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/the-value-of-facebook-advertising-for-a-forum/1339/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/the-value-of-facebook-advertising-for-a-forum/1339/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 04:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just checking the metrics for one of the forums I run and was surprised to see that Facebook was second to Google as the referring site. Given the recent Panda update that Google did that did affect traffic to a large number of sites, the need to diversify traffic sources is important as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling advertising space on your forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/selling-advertising-forum/1161/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/selling-advertising-forum/1161/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openx]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are many options to monetize a forum, from Google Adsense, to affiliates such as eBay and Amazon. The direct selling of advertising space is another option. This requires more active work than the more passive methods such as Adsense and affiliate programs. Here is how I go about it: In an spreadsheet I keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monetizing a Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/monetizing-a-forum/1113/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/monetizing-a-forum/1113/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adsense]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openx]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Forums cost money to run and they take time to run (see a day in the life of a forum admin). If you are in it just for the passion or the money, there are a number of ways to recoup the expenses and cover your time involved in running the forum, and if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redirect the non-www to the www url?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/redirect-the-non-www-to-the-www-url/1049/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/redirect-the-non-www-to-the-www-url/1049/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Should you redirect the non-www url to the www url for your site? For example http://www.forumdr.com tends to be treated as a different site to http://forumdr.com by the search engines. This sort of handling of domains by the search engines may mean different rankings between the two versions and it may be treated as duplicate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consider editing the &#8216;instant email notification of new post&#8217; email</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/consider-editing-the-instant-email-notification-of-new-post-email/1035/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/consider-editing-the-instant-email-notification-of-new-post-email/1035/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I always make sure that the Default Thread Subscription Mode is set to Instant email notification (this is the vBulletin terminology, but the principle is the same for other forum software). This means that when a reply is made in a thread that the member has either posted in or has subscribed too, they get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware of the dog!</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/beware-of-the-dog/966/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/beware-of-the-dog/966/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my RSS reader this morning was a blog post:  My “Beware Of Dog” Don’t Spam Me Sign from Danny Sullivan. He was getting frustrated about the idiocy of the spam attempts on his blog. It struck a chord with me as I have had my views on forum spam. This is an ongoing battle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Analytics</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/twitter-analytics/960/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/twitter-analytics/960/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those who use Twitter to promote your forum might be interested in a new service from Ad.ly who provide some metrics data on your twitter account and your followers. Some data is free. More comprehensive data can be purchased. They let you log into your Twitter account to determine how many of your followers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should a visitor always need to register to post on a forum?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/should-a-visitor-always-need-to-register-to-post-on-a-forum/930/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/should-a-visitor-always-need-to-register-to-post-on-a-forum/930/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Member Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[register]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it always desirable that you have to be a registered member of a forum to post a message? In most circumstances we want visitors to join as members (see converting the visitor into a member); we want them to engage with the site. BUT, what if your forum is on the sort of topic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bounce Rates and Forums</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/bounce-rates-and-forums/921/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/bounce-rates-and-forums/921/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=921</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The bounce rate is one metric that can be used to analyze what is happening on your forum. It is defined as the percentage of visits to a single page on your site and they leave your site from that page without clicking on another link – they only see one page and leave. You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books as a competition prize and revenue generator</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/books-as-a-competition-prize/905/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/books-as-a-competition-prize/905/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you run competitions on your forum? (its all part of the convert members to posters plan). What do you offer as a prize? Try this as an idea: Keep an eye out for any new books that are published relevant to your niche. Use that as a prize for some sort of competition. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Converting the member into a poster</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/converting-the-member-into-a-poster/854/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/converting-the-member-into-a-poster/854/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[90 9 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=854</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the 90 9 1 theory of forum participation, getting visitors to convert to being a registered member (the 90) is one thing; once a visitor  has registered then the challenge is to convert them from being a lurker into a poster or participant (the 9). A certain number of visitors will join [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Converting the visitor into a member</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/converting-the-visitor-into-a-member/832/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/converting-the-visitor-into-a-member/832/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[90 9 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[register]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the 90 9 1 principle or theory of forum participation, one of the strategies is to convert the visitor to the site into a member (ie convert them to the 90). Getting the visitor by a variety of promotional means is one thing, converting them is another. What can be put in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Welcome Committee to engage the newbie&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/the-welcome-committee-to-engage-the-newbies/810/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/the-welcome-committee-to-engage-the-newbies/810/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the forums I admin, all new members get an automated welcome email and a welcome PM (private message). As part of that, they are encouraged to stop by the Introductions Forum to introduce themselves and make their first post (this is one of the important steps in converting the 90 to the 9 in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reading for beginners</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/reading-for-beginners/794/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/reading-for-beginners/794/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=794</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have had a couple of emails about some background reading on running forums for beginners. I suggest everyone starts out with Patrick O’Keefe&#8217;s Managing Online Communities. You can browse our Table of Content&#8217;s for information. For a free read on search engine optimization (SEO), start with Google&#8217;s own Guide to SEO. There are also [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Monetizing your forum with eBay</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/monetizing-your-forum-with-ebay/614/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/monetizing-your-forum-with-ebay/614/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openx]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=614</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The eBay Partner Network (EPN) affiliate program offer another potential revenue stream for forums. It is especially useful to get some feeds of eBay auctions that are relevant to the niche of your forum. There are several ways to integrate eBay affiliate links into a forum: One way, that is a little risky from a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Keeping on top of ideas for new threads</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/keeping-on-top-of-ideas-for-n/535/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/keeping-on-top-of-ideas-for-n/535/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[threads]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Visitors keep coming back if the latest information for your niche is on your site. If they like what they see, they will join as a member. What methods can be used to find content and to get the breaking news first? Try these: Use Google alerts to monitor blogs, web search and news for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>All forums should nofollow external links</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/all-forums-should-nofollow-external-links/461/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/all-forums-should-nofollow-external-links/461/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nofollow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The spam and fluff posting is getting out of hand on many forums. Too many messages get posted for promotional purposes and to link drop signatures because of advice from SEO Kiddies that this is a good way to build backlinks to a site (its not). These kinds of posts add nothing of value to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Yahoo! Answers as a Source of Traffic and Members</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/yahoo-answers-as-a-source-of-traffic-and-members/440/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/yahoo-answers-as-a-source-of-traffic-and-members/440/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yahoo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Participating in Yahoo! Answers not only contributes to the community and helps people, it is also a potential source of traffic to your forum and a potential source of new members. Do a search for the keyword(s) related to your forum and look for questions that need to be answered. Answer them. Add a link [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Getting through the Admin tasks a bit quicker</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/getting-through-the-admin-tasks-a-bit-quicker/436/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/getting-through-the-admin-tasks-a-bit-quicker/436/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it frustrating getting through some of the Administrative and Moderation tasks that need to be done in the background. Isn&#8217;t it more fun being involved in the forum and promoting it and building it? One tip I got a while ago was to make use of the multiple tabs in Firefox as your home [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Intelligent use of the tags</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/intelligent-use-of-the-tags/407/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/intelligent-use-of-the-tags/407/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most forum admins activate the tags but do not really pay much more attention to them than that. I pay a lot of attention to them. Here is what I do with them: 1. I have a predetermined list of thread tags that we prefer to use on each forum (even though thread starters can [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forum Directory List</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/forum-directory-list/300/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/forum-directory-list/300/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web directories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Building backlinks are an important part of forum promotion for traffic and search engine ranking. Submitting to key web directories is important and submitting to a wider range of directories will also help a site somewhat. It is also probably important to submit your forum to the niche forum directories. Here is a list of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Adding a favicon to your forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/adding-a-favicon-to-your-forum/292/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/adding-a-favicon-to-your-forum/292/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[See how many sites have an image next to the URL in the address bar? When you click on your bookmarks, notice how some have an image beside the site name? These are called favicons &#8211; which is short for favorites icon. They look cool, but do not help your site in any way except [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to find a good banner designer?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/where-to-find-a-good-banner-designer/241/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/where-to-find-a-good-banner-designer/241/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design & Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have used many over the years and never seem to stick with one for long. A good banner designer that you have a good relationship with are hard to find. I use $20Banners for my own banners and use them to offer to advertisers as part of the service to advertisers who want to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get a forum listed in DMOZ</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/how-to-get-a-forum-listed-in-dmoz/161/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/how-to-get-a-forum-listed-in-dmoz/161/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dmoz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web directories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Directory Project or DMOZ is the largest web directory on the internet and is generally considered a directory that is worth getting a site listed in. It is run by a large army of volunteers and is owned by AOL. There is more than a fair share of DMOZ bashers on the SEO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the search engines to index all of your threads</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/getting-the-search-engines-to-index-all-of-your-threads/140/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/getting-the-search-engines-to-index-all-of-your-threads/140/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[threads]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recall reading somewhere that something like 20% of the searches in Google are for phrases that have never been searched for before. It is one thing to target and SEO a forum (or any website) for one or a few popular keywords, it is another to get your site in a position to capture [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using member profiles as a source of traffic.</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/using-member-profiles-as-a-source-of-traffic/134/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/using-member-profiles-as-a-source-of-traffic/134/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profiles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you considered that member profiles may be a sources of traffic? If your forum is the sort of forum where many use their real name (especially the case in some specialist niche or industry specific forums) or a name that they are well known by, then this is a potential source of traffic. If [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is your favorite Youtube clip? (off topic thread idea)</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/what-is-your-favorite-youtube-clip-off-topic-thread-idea/121/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/what-is-your-favorite-youtube-clip-off-topic-thread-idea/121/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mybb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off topic ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phpbb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[threads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vbulletin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How is this for an idea for an off-topic thread at your forum? Install a plugin or mod to insert YouTube clips into posts. Start a thread asking member to contribute their favorite YouTube clip. See this example. Make it a sticky thread so it never ends. Here is the simplest way to do this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Google alerts to find ideas for new threads</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/use-google-alerts-to-find-ideas-for-new-threads/100/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/use-google-alerts-to-find-ideas-for-new-threads/100/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[threads]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=100</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sign up for Google alerts for several keywords or phrases related to your forums niche or industry and get a daily email of news, blog posts and web information related to that niche or industry. The alerts monitors activity for the keyword or phrase. Mine the links for ideas to start threads or post the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Treat each thread like a baby or like gold</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/treat-each-thread-like-a-baby-or-like-gold/83/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/treat-each-thread-like-a-baby-or-like-gold/83/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[threads]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=83</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nurture each thread into being a great resource on the topic of the thread, so when visitors come to the site, they are impressed; they stay and look around; they join as a member; they contribute; they happy; they click on the advertisements on your site! How do you do that? Consider doing some of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Submitting to link directories and social bookmarking sites</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/submitting-to-link-directories-and-social-bookmarking-sites/54/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/submitting-to-link-directories-and-social-bookmarking-sites/54/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web directories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=54</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Link building is time consuming and can often feel unrewarding for the effort that is put in. It  is still an important way to improve traffic to your forum and to help with the link popularity that is so important in a web site&#8217;s ranking in the search engines (ie building backlinks). There are many ways [...]]]></description>
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