Hey guys, am new. This is my first post there is something that has been on my mind for awhile now and that is Forum advertising. Am not talking about advertising on your own forum but about shall I say spamming other forums? Such as: -Find forum that allow image link sig -Post spam for awhile then post a link to your website in the disguise that you're just post a cool link and not your site -signup to as much forum as you can and post as much as you can for the purpose of link popularity -stick to a few forum, build a name people remember you by so they visit your website Would this be a good way to get traffic to your site?
The best way to do it(an least annoying) is to join other forums and actually post. Even if it's BS at least act like you are a part of the conversation. And if you have a legitimate point to add, more power to you. Nobody is going to click your link when your post is spam (IE, "check out this new cool site...that i made")
It's very hard to create forums nowadays, the market is so crowded. I know. I own a forum. I've even blogged about it. http://www.krazyness.net/2006/03/11/difficulty-in-creating-forums/ Edit: looks like vBulleting likes to shorten my links to: "eating forums"!
Forum has always existed since the early age of Internet. It was the first best thing to be on the net .. Nowadays this has changed to more sophisticated ones ... Submitting your forum to directories is good.
Spamming forums is a bad idea these days. Most forums have Moderators and they quickly get hold of you and may be throw you out --- BANNED !! Be Careful. Seo Ocean
Yep, it's a waste of your time, and time is money, therefore you're just wasting money spamming forums.