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	<title>Forum Doc &#187; Forum Management</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>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></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>OpenX Adserver book</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/openx-adserver-book/1307/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/openx-adserver-book/1307/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what I reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have already talked about the huge benefits from the use of the OpenX Adserver and why I use it here at ForumDr and all my sites. One problem with OpenX was the steep learning curve when you first start using it. I have no doubt that the learning curve is well worth what you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to get traffic to your forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/how-to-get-traffic-to-your-forum/1286/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/how-to-get-traffic-to-your-forum/1286/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[90 9 1]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the 90 9 1 principle of forum participation, getting traffic to the site is of prime importance to build up the 90, so the 9 builds up and then the 1 (ignore that actual numbers, as it’s the principle or framework that counts). You have got your forum up and running, you [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openx]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1161</guid>
		<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>Suicide threats made in a forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/suicide-threats-made-in-a-forum/1150/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/suicide-threats-made-in-a-forum/1150/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Member Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you had a suicide threat on your forum from a member? Chances are you haven’t and most forums probably will not have to deal with it. Some forums will and do have to deal with these. What­ will do you do if a member of your forum makes comments about committing suicide? Are you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nulled vBulletin</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/nulled-vbulletin/1140/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/nulled-vbulletin/1140/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design & Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vbulletin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nulled vBulletin is not a different version of the forum software vBulletin. Nulled vBulletin is a version of the software that has been hacked to remove the license information. The nulled means it has been pirated and everything that could identify the owner of the licence has been removed or deactivated (however, sometimes the hacker does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using a Paid Forum Posting Service to Kickstart a Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/using-a-paid-forum-posting-service-to-kickstart-a-forum/1126/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/using-a-paid-forum-posting-service-to-kickstart-a-forum/1126/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[threads]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to kickstart a community. One option in the early days is the use of a paid forum posting service &#8211; that is paying people to post to get that initial content. There are plenty of sites offering this service and packages for a variety of prices (see below). On a number [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openx]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1113</guid>
		<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>Monetize a forum with Adsense</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/monetize-a-forum-with-adsense/1072/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/monetize-a-forum-with-adsense/1072/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openx]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google’s Adsense program is probably one of the more effective ways to monetize a forum. Essentially, you place the Google Adsense code on your forum in the template for where you wish to show the advertisements, Google then displays contextually relevant advertisements from their pool of Adwords advertisers. If your visitors click on them, then [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Monetize your forum with Amazon</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/monetize-your-forum-with-amazon/974/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/monetize-your-forum-with-amazon/974/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geotarget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[openx]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com offers an associate (affiliate) program that can be used by forum owners to monetize their forum. Reports I have read from forum owners on this are mixed. It will work on some forums and not on others. In some niches, people are more likely to buy books or the types of products that Amazon [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=966</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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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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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The curse of the profile spammer</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/the-curse-of-the-profile-spammer/891/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/the-curse-of-the-profile-spammer/891/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[profiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seo myths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snake oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spam and fluff posting on forums are as old as forums. What is getting worse lately is profile spam, mainly because the SEO Kiddies think that forums links are worth it. This is done by those who join forums or social network sites just to create a profile so that they can add a profile link [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>How much does it cost to run a forum?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-run-a-forum/864/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/how-much-does-it-cost-to-run-a-forum/864/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The costs to run a forum can vary substantially. What the actual costs of running a forum will depend on how much you do yourself; how much you want done; and how much you pay for other services. The costs include: Hosting: It could be free forum hosting or a paid host. As for paid [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do forum signature links help a sites ranking?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/forum-signature-links/846/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/forum-signature-links/846/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nofollow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seo myths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=846</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Listening to the SEO kiddies on some SEO forums, you can&#8217;t help but notice how they heavily promote posting in forums to link drop signatures and profile spam as a way to help build backlinks to a web site to improve its rankings. This kind of advice has significantly increased the fluff posting, nonsense posts [...]]]></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>A day in the life of forum administrator</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-forum-administrator/802/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-forum-administrator/802/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What does the forum admin actually do? Below is my hypothetical list. Its a combination of things from several different forums and a number of the tasks are shared with moderators. It is largely based on what I did today. Not all are necessarily done every day, but they could be. The actual tasks will [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forum metrics to monitor your forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/forum-metrics-to-monitor-your-forum/772/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/forum-metrics-to-monitor-your-forum/772/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What forum metrics do you use? How do you monitor the health and growth of your forum? There are many ways to do this and everyone has their preferences. I use a spreadsheet and for each month monitor: Number of new members (I want to see growth each month; but do not get too excited [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The 90-9-1 Principle Applied to Forums</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/the-90-9-1-principle-applied-to-forums/764/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/the-90-9-1-principle-applied-to-forums/764/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[90 9 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Essentially, the 90-9-1 rule states that in a social community, 90% are lurkers, 9% contribute a bit and 1% contribute a lot. Jake McKee is a strong proponent of the theory and has a whole site devoted to it. Some community managers, such as Angela Connor support the concept, whereas other such as Richard Millington [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing with vBulletin Spam</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/dealing-with-vbulletin-spam/748/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vbulletin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The spam posting and fluff posting on forums is not limited just to the vBulletin software, it is just that I am more familiar with vBulletin, so my comments here are directed at that. However, the principles for other forum software are the same and many of the vBulletin modifications are similar and are available [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>What do you do about competing forums?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/what-do-you-do-about-competing-forums/652/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/what-do-you-do-about-competing-forums/652/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Member Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you do when one of your moderators or one of your valued members departs on good terms (or even bad terms) and starts a forum that is competing with yours? What do you do if they start recruiting at your forum for new members for their forum? It is never pleasant when this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Amendment and the &#8220;Freedom of Speech&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/first-amendment-and-the-freedom-of-speech/628/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/first-amendment-and-the-freedom-of-speech/628/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How often have you had someone try to claim their First Amendment and their &#8220;Freedom of Speech&#8221; rights? They usually come in response to something like the closing of threads or deleting of posts. Most of those who try to claim these &#8220;rights&#8221; are from the USA and they should know better. I enjoy giving [...]]]></description>
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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>
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				<category><![CDATA[101 Tips and Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affiliate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ebay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
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		<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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		<title>Ban these members from your forum</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/ban-these-members-from-your-forum/497/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/ban-these-members-from-your-forum/497/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Security and Spam]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As well as getting rid of fluff posters, get rid of these members if you have them. They have either posted spam messages; or they are joining forums just to link drop a signature link in their profiles; or they used some sneaky trick. I am only including those that get through all the spam [...]]]></description>
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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>
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				<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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		<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>
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				<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>Twitter being used by Google and Bing</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/twitter-being-used-by-google-and-bing/424/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/twitter-being-used-by-google-and-bing/424/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Forum Promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Both Google and Bing this week (23 October, 2009) announced that they have agreements with Twitter to include Twitter updates in their SERPs. Bing have launched their Twitter search (only accessible by those in the USA at the moment). Google&#8217;s announcement is that they will soon have theirs. The importance of this to forum owners, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sneaky tricks used by the spam link droppers</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/sneaky-tricks-used-by-the-spam-link-droppers/418/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/sneaky-tricks-used-by-the-spam-link-droppers/418/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Security and Spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a low tolerance threshold for fluff posters with links in their signature, let alone in the message posted &#8211; I just delete them and ban them as they NEVER become useful members. A number of silly new tricks are being used by spammers and SEO Kiddies to keep under the radar scope. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forum Advertising Software</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/forum-advertising-software/337/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/forum-advertising-software/337/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Forum Monetization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adsense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geotarget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monetize]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many options for software to serve up advertisements on forums. The simplest way to do this is to not use any software and to just insert the code for the advertisement (eg Google Adsense) into the template. It is fairly easy to do this and for many forums this may be all that [...]]]></description>
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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>
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				<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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