I've launched a new forum and added a "Content" section which is linked to at the tabs at the top. As the traffic is fairly low (just building a few links at the moment), obviously the member base is small. I was just wondering if people think the articles are good enough to bring in/drive members to the forum?
Hi To get people to your site to read articles you need two things: 1. Good optimization in the articles for reasonably popular keywords. That should help people find your articles. 2. Quality content so that people will want to come back. The problem is, quality is a subjective thing. What I consider quality, someone else might not. So maybe a better question to ask might be do these articles add value or answer some burning questions. Having said that though, forums are about people interacting rather than articles. For a forum to be successful you need to be able to build a community. What's your Unique Selling Point (USP) for your forum? What makes it different from all the rest? Who are you planning to attract to it? Answering these questions will get you a lot further to attracting visitors than worrying about article content. Hope that helps Ray
Am I going mad here today, or is nobody listening to a word I'm saying. The question was not how to write articles for SE's or what I need to do (create quality content blah blah), it was to I was just wondering if people think the articles are good enough to bring in/drive members to the forum? That is the question
They're OK as far as they go. They perhaps lack some of the passion that you've put into this thread. I assume you've posted these on some quality article directories?
Thanks for the input. I don't use automated software and note sure how this would help. Also...I've not submitted them to directories...I don't want low quality backlinks or pointless traffic This site is a hobby...I want the content on my site...not someone elses!