Okay first of all, your forum was never "alive". You only have 133 members after 3 years, you know your not doing something right. That was rude, I have you know your alive may and is probably different from others. Just because I don't have 1 million members, doesnt mean it wasnt a live at one point to me.
Consider:
Writing professional articles about cars on sites like Ezines, and have links that lead to your site embeded within the article. I have. I have written my own, I have posted others, and I have had others post up. I still do this.
Join other forums and start posting, include in your signature your forum link I do. But I can not join similar forums because they charge you for vendoring. Or just ban you so you don't come back.
Definately change the sites look. Especially for new forums, looks is what will get people looking an exttra second, then you'll need content. Why should ppl choose your site for info? Im in the process of this. Im finding paid help to hurry the process up
Make it feel like home. Grey is not the best color :P I have had bright colors, people said its to LOUD and bright, I have had mixture of brights and neutrals, and people just said eh not my choice. and I have had what I have now. You are prolly the 20th person who said my colors then and now were wrong lol. I can't have colors for everyone would be nice to please everyone.
Backlinks, backlinks, backlinks. The more you have, the greater the chance of someone landing to your site. Also google will count them up and compare them to other car forums. Whoever has more gets placed first.
05-21-2010, 05:22 PM
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