what can I do to get more people to use my website and forum?
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Just Have a Link Exhchange
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I got most of these tips from Lissaexplains.\n\nFirst of all, you want your forum to look memorable, welcoming, and loads fast for dial-up users. Try creative designs. \n\nAlso, encourage your members to post more and be kind to each other. If visitors see your members in friendly conversations, they're more likely to join. On the other hand, if the forum had no posts for weeks, visitors might think there's no one at the forum anymore. \n\nEven though your forum already get so many hits, perhaps it's still not enough. Try seeing how popular your site is compared to other websites at Link Popularity Check.\n\nThis is more for websites than for forums, but another tip I found is this: Sign guestbooks. A lot of webmasters are influential people and many people visit their sites. A lot of guestbooks have a place where you can put an URL, put your forum's URL there, and take the time to give the webmaster an excellent feedback. It's worth the time.
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you need to have more designs layouts with the web. some visitors find more attraction with nicer designs. In able for you attract people to go to your site. Make the site more lively and more amusing to register too. good luck
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Provide unique content that can't be found anyplace else.  Link to many other similar fansites - they may link back to you.  Provide for some sort of user interact.\n\nThe number one way to make your site more popular though is to make it stand out apart from all the other Guild War fansites.
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it looks like a nice site, i just went to see what it was about so im not an active member, you have a preatty decent crowd 8145 people online??? i wish my site had half .. lol
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One of the best ways is to interact with other people's web pages, forums, and blogs such as this. As you can see, my website will now show up on this message and might possibly drive additional traffic to my site. Also, having original, useful information over a long period of time will help you be found in in the search engines.
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You're on the right track, good promo of your site. I checked it out, love the background image. You have to figure out what you want to do and say, and I think it's all about connecting. Figure out what you want to connect with, and whom. Set up an RSS feed so others can subscribe to your page and get notified when there are updates. Tell all your friends and family.\n\nJust be careful with too much personal information though, most people are good but there are plenty who are just looking to take advantage of (you, everyone) and they're getting slicker about it all the time.\n\nCommon sense prevails.\n\nHave fun with it.
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If you hope to get a load of returning visitors, you have to have content that poeple like and tell their friends about, and keep updating it with new things that make people want to keep going to it,  and it's gotta look good. \n\n The better looking, the more people want to be affiliated with it.  Also, make friends, and share links.  Join web rings, give the links to your friends who are interested,   and  an interactive element like a message board, or such, will (if handled correctly) keep people coming back.\n\n\n    \n1. Link to other pages,  and  have them link to you. \n2  Use relevant  META tags for keywords and description\n 3. Submit the site to:  = http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/\n                                  ................        Add your URL to google =         http://www.google.com/addurl.html                 =   \n      4.  Announce your website in many online forums. \n5.  Register your url with google and as many other search engines as possible. \n6.  Update your site often  to have repeat visistors. \n7.  Add your url  in your email  signature. \n8.  Do a search on google, then at the bottom of  the page is "Disatisfied with results? Help us improve" link. Just fill out the info. and the spiders will go to your site.\n9.  Add your url  to your business card and  pass them out.\n\n10.  Put a link in your  signatues so that every email/post you make will be seen by search engine bots and taken into account. Be sure that it's properly labeled  "+18 Warning"  if the link goes to adult material. \n\n   \n Add it here = http://dmoz.org\n\n  http://www.selfpromotion.com\n\nhttp://www.google.com/webmasters\n\nhttp://www.google.com/ads\n          http://www.google.com/addurl.html \nhttp://camtech2000.net/Pages/submit.html   \n         http://www.itools.com/internet/     \n              http://www.submitcorner.com/Tools/Submit/    \n        http://www.isubmit.com/      \n          http://www.irnis.net/soft/golden/ \n         http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/26488    \n                   http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.php
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Participate in forums, comment on others' blogs -- and always include the link to your website with your signature.\n\nPut some good content on your website.\n\nSubmit your site to search engines: http://tools.addme.com/servlet/s0new\n\nIf you have money, advertise (in newspapers, or on search engines), run promotions on your site, and use professional search engine submission ( http://www.submitter.net/addme/ )
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Make more friends.\n\nAdvertise yourself.\n\nI'll add ya if you want. I'll give you a comment too.\nLook me up by my address adamgordon12061977@yahoo.com
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For more traffic you need to be high in the search engines when people search for what your website provides.\n\nRead through this excellent tutorial http://www.seo-blog.com/tutorial.php
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Sometimes sites do well with lots of information...others do well with information about popular series. The best way to do it is to write a site you like and would want to promote to others. Another good way to promote your site is to get some people to come to it then have them link though varies things, like for example, there's a lot of groups on LJ that are into anime, if you could find one of those group journals and post it there you could get a following.
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We had trouble getting users on to our Intranet site and so we put things that were up to date a relevant on there.  These included 2 sections, one section for work, and one to entice them:\n\nWork Related:  Maps to locations, Daily Sales, Announcements, Calendars, Hot News, Presentations, Phone List, Policies, New Products, Company Information.\n\n\nEnticements:  For Sale Board, Holiday Bookings, External News, Work Dos, Share Information.\n\nWe found that if you start by keeping it easy and then build it up when it's already live this works much better.  Easy links are the key.
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Go to a place that hosts forums and set one up invite your friends advertise your board and hope people show up and discuss. Good luck!!!
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First of all, try getting your website listed in directories like Yahoo! Directory and DMOZ. Not only will more people be able to find your website, but it will increase your search ratings.\n\nUse your web address as your signature if you post on any forums. In Yahoo! Answers, include your web address in your profile.
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you could set up a website or do an e-mail campaign. also try surveying people in the street. it really depends what audience you want to attract.
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do you have myspace?\nif you do then just find random peoples pages and send them a message and tell then that your forum is new and you'd like them to join and so on and so forth\n\n\nOk Member , Im letting you in on a little secret :)\n\nI just opened a website called http://www....com \non 11/19/06 \n\nIm seeking to enlarge our small but rapid growing community, If you would like to be one of the first to be in something big... Then hit us up.\n\nAlso In 1-2 weeks I will be looking at the top 7 members and asking them if they would like to become Moderators, and Ill be also promoting the ..1 member to a Co-Admin. If your not interested in a high profile spot then just be a member and hang out with us!\n\nthats an example of promotion but tell me what more you would like for the forum? ill check it out now and see what I think and tell you more