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 dave@swb L Plate Warrior
Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Karma :    
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 Posted: 02:24 - 02 Mar 2004 Post subject: New Website |
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Hey people.
Just to let you know I have started a new website called www.southwestbikers.com, it's mainly for users in the UK but anyone can join and ask questions, or answer posts etc...
Please check it out...
F.A.O Site Mods,
I know this is advertising but i'll put a link to your site in my 'Related Links page'
Thanks ____________________ Click here to vist my site
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 Posted: 08:48 - 02 Mar 2004 Post subject: Re: New Website |
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People around here generally consider it rude to come on and give the impression you are trying to 'steal' users.
Add to that we have had a lot of people come on and advertise their brand new phpbb forum with hardly any members on and little reason to post. None of these seem to offer anything this forum doesn't and often there seems to be no reason for creating them, apart from the admin wanting some imagined 'respect'.
I am suitably impressed that you are able to use punctuation, as opposed to many that come on here to advertise their sites, so you've got an explanation why people don't like your post ... that and the fact you did admit it was 'advertising'.
Some thoughts:
If you want more visitors: What does your site offer that others don't? This site started as a forum on nsr125.com, which offered advice on the NSR that you couldn't get elsewhere, only when it became popular did it get made bigger and better.
Most, not all such popular 'forum' sites have actually sprung up from a related website or sites based on a common theme etc already, even a 'guestbook' on a site that has then grown when the site actually has lots of visitors.
Also, if you want more posts: start small, having a hundred different categories will mean you have 95 categories with no posts in, people will be loath to post in these categories because there isn't any current discussion so it looks unlikely they'll get an answer or response.
Also: how would you like it if I came onto your site if/when you get a few visitors and told them about another site that actually has posts and is a decent technical resource? How would you feel if a load of your users decided they didn't like your site as much as the one I was 'advertising'? |
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 dave@swb L Plate Warrior
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How would I like it...
I wouldn't mind, i'd move it to the links page though..
I was going to add a link to this site, which I will be doing very soon.
And i'm not trying to 'Steal' your visitors, just trying to get some interest out of the users in the south west.
I admit the forums are too large at the moment, most of these I will hide soon, untill I get more posts...
P.S I'm not in competition, I want to work along side your site.
Didn't mean to give the wrong impression  ____________________ Click here to vist my site
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As G said, it's giving the impression you want people from here to go there and use that forum instead of this one. I don't know if you've noticed but there is an Outing and Excursions forum here which hasn't had much going on in the South West area, so I'm not so sure if there are many potential users to steal.
Try and take a different line on your website, and give us a reason to want to go there. If I want to just talk general stuff I see no reason for me to go there as I'm quite happy here.
Having said that, www.hull-bikers.co.uk started off as a similar site and has actually got users on it now, so you never know.
Oh yeah, welcome to BCF.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 21 years, 142 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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