Managing Online Communities
Written on 16 Oct, 2009 at 22:33 in Forum Management | viewed 2,616 views times | 0 Comments
If you are new to managing an online forum or want to get involved with one, then this book, Managing Online Communities, is well worth it. The author Patrick O’Keefe has a lot of experience in running online forums and... (Continue reading)
Article Directory Submission
Submitting articles to article directories is another one of the link building strategies that can be used to build links for a forum. There are 100’s of article directories available and most are not worth it, as the search engines... (Continue reading)
Submitting to Web Directories
Submitting to directories is one way of building backlinks to a site that are needed to rank well in the search engines. Is submitting to web directories worth it? Not a day goes by in which many people in SEO... (Continue reading)
The importance of the Long Tail search phrases
The so called Long Tail is an important concept in understanding the keyword phrases that can bring in traffic to a website. The Long Tail is probably more important to forum’s traffic than a regular website. Here is a video... (Continue reading)
How to get a forum listed in DMOZ
Written on 9 Oct, 2009 at 3:32 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Promotion | viewed 11,702 views times | 2 Comments
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... (Continue reading)
Would you delete a user on request?
Written on 25 Sep, 2009 at 4:47 in Member Management | viewed 2,915 views times | 0 Comments
Alongside the issue of who owns forum posts, is the issue of what do you do if a member wants to have all their posts and their account deleted. More and more people are increasing their consciousness of their internet... (Continue reading)
Who owns Twitter posts?
Written on 25 Sep, 2009 at 1:17 in Legal | viewed 2,328 views times | 0 Comments
Twitter have updated their terms of service to make it clear that whoever posts the tweet owns it. This is timely as I just wrote about who owns forum posts. See the Twitter announcement here. Apparently the reason for clarifying... (Continue reading)
Getting the search engines to index all of your threads
Written on 23 Sep, 2009 at 22:20 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Promotion, SEO | viewed 6,623 views times | 1 Comment
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... (Continue reading)
Using member profiles as a source of traffic.
Written on 23 Sep, 2009 at 15:08 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Promotion | viewed 2,504 views times | 0 Comments
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... (Continue reading)
Treat each thread like a baby or like gold
Written on 9 Sep, 2009 at 19:51 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Management | viewed 5,139 views times | 0 Comments
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... (Continue reading)
How to get Twitter followers, so you get forum traffic?
Written on 3 Sep, 2009 at 0:54 in Forum Promotion | viewed 3,692 views times | 0 Comments
Other posts have discussed the Twitter basics and how to put for forum RSS feed onto Twitter. Once you have it on Twitter, you need to get followers so they can see the new threads in your tweets and come... (Continue reading)
Who owns forum posts?
Written on 2 Sep, 2009 at 23:49 in Legal | viewed 11,314 views times | 2 Comments
Who owns the content of a post posted on your forum? How do you respond if someone demands “their” posts be deleted and they threaten legal action if you don’t, but removal of the posts ruins a valuable thread? Where... (Continue reading)
Forums Admins Unite: Lets get rid of the fluff posters!
Written on 2 Sep, 2009 at 3:27 in Member Management, Security and Spam | viewed 12,532 views times | 0 Comments
I have this huge desire to make every thread on the forums I work with a valuable resource on the topic of the thread. Imagine a new visitor coming from a search engine to a thread and its full of... (Continue reading)
Send your forum RSS feed to Twitter
Written on 27 Aug, 2009 at 21:20 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Forum Promotion | viewed 14,585 views times | 2 Comments
The easiest way to get your message across on Twitter is to use Twitterfeed. It simply posts your new threads via your RSS feed on to Twitter. Set up a username with your main keyword, so anyone searching for it will... (Continue reading)
Should you post messages as ‘Admin’?
Written on 26 Aug, 2009 at 17:34 in 101 Tips and Ideas, Member Management | viewed 6,119 views times | 0 Comments
Should you post messages as Administrator? This comes up from time to time in admin communities. Should you post messages as Administrator or under some other username (such as your own name)? Personally on the forums I admin, I have... (Continue reading)
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