Ever wanted to start your own webmaster/search engine forums?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Glen, Jul 11, 2006.

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  1. #1
    Is it just me??

    IM considering it, i know it will be hard to get them active etc

    Just wondering if anyone here would be interested in such a venture, or have actually thought about doing so

    Thanks

    w00t my first thread :p
     
    Glen, Jul 11, 2006 IP
  2. Skinny

    Skinny Peon

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    #2
    Well I would but then I'd have to compete with DP. ;).

    Skinny1
     
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  3. Glen

    Glen Peon

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    #3
    Its never to late too try ;)
     
    Glen, Jul 11, 2006 IP
  4. brunozugay

    brunozugay Peon

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    #4
    I have been thinking about it for a long time, since there's always room for improvement.

    However, I always get discouraged by the amount of spam going around.
     
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  5. Glen

    Glen Peon

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    #5
    Spam is stoppable though

    and yeah, theres room for improvement, but theres also room for "more", at the rate the seo, and search engine, internet based discussions and practices are growing so rapidly

    pm me ;)
     
    Glen, Jul 11, 2006 IP
  6. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #6
    There's always room for more/better... Digital Point was started WAY after all the big forums were established for years (webmasterworld, SEO Chat [at the time was big], SitePoint, etc.)

    So yeah... if done right, you can not only be successful, you can overtake the others (including this one). You just have to do it better is all.
     
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  7. GFX^^

    GFX^^ Well-Known Member

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    #7
    i am pretty interested in this, pls pm me
     
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  8. mdvaldosta

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    #8
    I've thought about it, but then decided since there are already many good one's there is not need trying to re-invent the wheel. Best of luck if you try it though.
     
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  9. Glen

    Glen Peon

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    #9
    hey digitalpoint, thanks for your coming in on this thread, must be a pretty famous guy these days? ;)

    mdvaldosta, yeah i see what you mean, i certainly dont think of it as trying to re-invent the wheel, as i have started forums before on a popular base, where there was lots of forums for that category, but it worked
     
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  10. Art

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    #10
    You'll need (or it'll be convenient to have) a site with an existing userbase to spring the forum onto them. You won't be too successful if you just start an empty forum and hope people will join (although if you have a few influential people promoting it for you, you may work out well). Webmaster tools etc. are always handy.
     
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  11. Obelia

    Obelia Notable Member

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    #11
    I notice a lot of people here with competing webmaster forums. I've never personally been tempted to start one, even though it's a topic that interests me. The trouble is, it's something that all web builders have some interest in, so the competition is unusually high for what is really quite a niche audience.

    I don't know the story behind all the other successful forums, but Shawn said on an earlier post that he didn't start DP from scratch, it had a lot of traffic already for the webmaster tools. So I imagine you need something special to offer before you get to that critical mass of users that allows the site to take off.
     
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  12. Tyler Banfield

    Tyler Banfield Well-Known Member

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    Nope, DP is enough for me for now ;)
     
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  13. Glen

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    #13
    i agree, it does help, but its certainly "do-able" from scratch

    i started a new forum about 2 and a half months ago, had a base of about 10 members for a long time, now theres 3,000 members, this was also a "niche" where theres a tonne of forums competing, so i can sure make it work :p
     
    Glen, Jul 11, 2006 IP