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	<title>Forum Doc</title>
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	<description>Practical Advice for Running an Online Forum</description>
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		<title>Why does Google use DMOZ?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/why-does-google-use-dmoz/1265/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/why-does-google-use-dmoz/1265/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dmoz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web directories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Firstly no one except Google has any idea of what a listing in the web directory DMOZ has on the ranking of websites in the search engine results. Many people like to believe that a web site listed in DMOZ is at an advantage over a site that is not listed. Others like to claim [...]]]></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>

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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 a list [...]]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1150</guid>
		<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>What signals do self-promotional links tell the search engines?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/what-signals-do-self-promotional-links-tell-the-search-engines/1090/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/what-signals-do-self-promotional-links-tell-the-search-engines/1090/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[link building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snake oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web directories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1090</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
We all know the importance of building links to web sites to improve traffic and improve search engine rankings. For forums, building links to individual threads is a great way to take advantage of the long tail part of the search spectrum.
There are many ways to get links to a site. The best types of [...]]]></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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		<title>What is DMOZ? Understanding DMOZ</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/understanding-dmoz/1055/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/understanding-dmoz/1055/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dmoz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web directories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DMOZ or the ODP (Open Directory Project) is a web directory that so many want to get their websites (or in our case, our forums) listed in to build a backlink to their sites from a site that the search engines may consider an authority site.
We could get into the silly allegations about corruption, paying [...]]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1049</guid>
		<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 content [...]]]></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>Let me Google that for you&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/let-me-google-that-for-you/1024/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/let-me-google-that-for-you/1024/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whatever]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[members]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever get frustrated when a thread is started on the simplest or dumbest question that a quick Google (or another search engine) search would provide the answer? I do&#8230;but I am also torn between the frustration and the principle of the 90 10 1 and how to convert the poster of that question into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are links from .edu &amp; .gov sites worth more?</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/are-links-from-edu-gov-sites-worth-more/1011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/are-links-from-edu-gov-sites-worth-more/1011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seo myths]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=1011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The simple answer is NO. There are many SEO myths out there and this is one of them. There is a popular belief that backlinks from .gov and .edu sites carry more weight than other top level domains. Google have made it clear that they do not (see this interview; and this video &#8211; around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimize the welcome message for the visitor and the search engine</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/optimise-the-welcome-message-for-the-visitor-and-the-search-engine/990/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/optimise-the-welcome-message-for-the-visitor-and-the-search-engine/990/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serps]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is always a good idea to optimize a site primarily for a few main keywords that you are targeted for a search engine ranking, but at the same time implement strategies to get all your threads indexed so you can bring traffic to a forum through long tail searches. There are a number of [...]]]></description>
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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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		<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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		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=960</guid>
		<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>Who wants what from web directories</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/who-wants-what-from-web-directories/943/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/who-wants-what-from-web-directories/943/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dmoz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web directories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forumdr.com/?p=943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the web directory industry out of control? (many commentators think it has been for a while). Just look at all the new directories being announced by the SEO Kiddies at webmaster forums like Digitalpoint and on sites like Directory Critic. For example, every man and his dog is buying expired domains with Google PR [...]]]></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 can [...]]]></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 buy it [...]]]></description>
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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>

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		<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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		<title>mozRank and mozTrust</title>
		<link>http://www.forumdr.com/mozrank-and-moztrust/871/</link>
		<comments>http://www.forumdr.com/mozrank-and-moztrust/871/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google’s Page Rank is updated on a daily basis internally and a snapshot is exported to the Google Toolbar for us to see on a somewhat irregular scale (see the dates). What we get in the toolbar is a historical representation. It is not the true PR that is used by Google in the rankings.
Google [...]]]></description>
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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 hosting, [...]]]></description>
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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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		<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[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security and Spam]]></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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		<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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		<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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		<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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		<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 a couple [...]]]></description>
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