There are so many webmaster forums out there these days, is it even worth trying to compete? How could a new webmaster forum be different or unique and attract members?
It's not like that. There are millions of website, few thousands are related. Obviously they didn't think that there are plenty of related sites - why we should make new one? If you can deliver useful contents then why not it will be worthy ?
It's all too easy to set up a forum.. getting people too it and using it usually takes many many many years.... They are one of the hardest things to get off the ground, especially if thousands in the same niche already exist.. This one has been going for a long long time.. as you can see from the amount of users.. But yeah, good luck to you if you should give it a go.
Building up any forum is very challenging. I have been working on one for a few years now wjnj.com and the amount of spam you have to deal with can be demoralizing sometimes. At work I have built up a pretty good forum with some hard work and advertising dollars but growth is quite slow. I think a webmaster forum would be even harder than most because of the competition and that potential for slews of spam. Start of small and be patient, maybe you can grow it over a few years.
Simply NO I would be very interested in a forum without dumbs and so called "experts" In a forum where you are not allowed if you don't earn let's say 1k/month Online And ideal in a forum with all the Indian/Bangladesh etc so called "experts" That would be an interesting forum ... But sincerly there are to many very much hard work and money would take to even build let's say a 50k members forum ...
I suppose a forum which addressed the issues commonly expressed among the majority of them would/could be successful. I always say, when in doubt, go niche.
Good advice, what niches within the webmaster category would you suggest? I think coding/design etc are too saturated.
I'd keep an eye out for whatever the popular tech news sites are currently obsessed with. Right now, I think Ajax and jQuery are hot topics... but then, you don't want to ignore seemingly unrelated areas either. Take the iPad and iPhone for example. People just won't shut up about those things. Fortunately, that subject can be tied into "webmastering" by discussing building mobile compatible sites.
if you are confident you could deliver something good, why not. number of webmasters is increasing day by day. so i guess it will have some chances.
If you provide something better from here i would use your forum. That's how forums work all you need is quality users that will share good info!