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Old 04-05-2009, 08:29 PM
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~~ It's not immediately obvious what your forum is about. I'm going to go ahead and assume it's the Battlefield series of games, but nothing about your forum tells me that much. Take out the standard guest message and use the vB Notices feature to add your own guest message that tells visitors what your forum is for, and what they will gain from signing up.

Use an image and link it to your register.php page like I have done here: http://rockpapernuke.com/forums

~~ Edit the 'Powered by vBulletin' line to contain keywords which will help your search engine ranking. Search in phrases for "x_powered_by_vbulletin"

~~ Edit your meta keywords and description which currently read:

"keywords" content="vbulletin,jelsoft,forum,bbs,discussion,bu lletin board"
"description" content="This is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ ."

~~ Forum layout.

Needs a lot of work. Move annoucements down, get rid of the advertising forum and start getting some real BF related forum in their place. E.G.:

TOP

Battlefield Series
>> BF 1943
>> BF Heroes
>> BF1942
>> BF Vietnam
>> BF2
>> BF2142

Add quality content to each forum. Keep it updated with news, mods, discussions.

~~ Content. Is King. Your OT forum is a spam haven. Clean it up, or clean it out or close it. You have a niche board yet you have essentially general forums.

There maybe more, but it's late and a long day so far. I hope you take this as constructive. I have given improvement ideas for all areas I feel can be improved.
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