My Forum is dieing!!!!

[SpeedJunkyz]

Originally Posted by Rickeo

Does the server normally run that slow just took like 3/4 minutes to load the front page I got bored of waiting lol.

Not normally. We are gonna fix that I hope hahaha

Originally Posted by vbenhancer

the calculation will be simple... the more you want that site to raise, the more you will have to invest. coders like me are simply doing what you are unable to do... if you are not ready to pay for your site, let someone else start a competing site and he will be successful on his own.

it is not always a simple question of codelines, it is also ellaborate a real process to become famous... if it'd be that easy with a 10$, everybody would be famous for 10$.

Oh no i understand, im not ignorant to ones profession....Much like where one person cant repair cars...I am there to do it for them lol...I just need to figure this outbudget wise.

[vbenhancer]

budget-wise... hum, 500 to 5000$ can be affordable... rofl

if someone request you a 50$ to restructure your site and make you famous, start to laugh and run

[SpeedJunkyz]

lol ouch lol that forum better generate some serious cash if one pays someone 5k for it loolol

[kNeeLy]

go to www.adminaddict.net or www.theadminzone.com. they can help.

One word of advice, there's a MILLION car forums on the net.....make "something: on yours different/stand out.

[daveaite]

Okay first of all, your forum was never "alive". You only have 133 members after 3 years, you know your not doing something right.

Consider:

Writing professional articles about cars on sites like Ezines, and have links that lead to your site embeded within the article

Join other forums and start posting, include in your signature your forum link

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?

Make it feel like home. Grey is not the best color :P

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.

[SpeedJunkyz]

Originally Posted by daveaite

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.

Ok help me with this. Whats a backlink?LOL!!

[daveaite]

Well I wasn't trying to be rude, more of a wake up call lol

Some forums pick up 130 members a day, so your degressing atm,

Look up the word, Search Engine Optimization Tips, or "key word density" articles, and that will help you write your articles for the web. Write about something people Will want to read, rather than an article that looks like its an advertisement.

Repeating certain keywords in your articles lets google know what your talking about. It will also help seperate your forum from the rest of the internet car articles, hopefully.

A backlink, is just a link thats on another site that leads to yours.

[SpeedJunkyz]

ok will do thanks