When a guest is signing up to be a forum member, do you require that they confirm their email address? And, does this cut down on spammers and automatic registrations?
Have you ever been so desperate for new posts on your forum (as forum owner) that you opened fake accounts and posted discussions/responses just to stimulate forum activity and get forum members involved? Did this idea ...
Do you ever find that new members use fake signatures on your forum? If so, how do you deal with this? Do you ban the member?
What should you do about a staff member who is perpetually disrespectful to forum management/ownership or rude to forum members?
Is it worthwhile to buy a forum that has many thousands of posts already up? Or, do you prefer to start a forum and build your own community? Which is easier or more worthwhile, from a financial point of view?
Do you put the advertising on the home page, above the menu links? Or, do you place ads in the footer? Where do ads go on your forum? And, which place works best for ad placement?
Some forum members rush around posting one or two word responses to boost their post count so they can earn signature line privileges. Do you you tolerate this type of activity on your forum? How do you deal with low q...
What are the attributes of a quality forum post? For instance, do you consider length of the forum post or just content when judging the forum post quality?
I love visiting a forum where Youtube videos are allowed to be posted. It's always fun to share Youtube music and tutorials. But some forums don't allow this. Does your forum allow Youtube videos to be shared?
If you were going to hire a forum moderator, what traits would you look for?
If a forum goes inactive with no posts daily, is it ever possible to recover the forum and make it look active again? I'd really be interested in hearing your thoughts on how to make an inactive forum look alive again.
Wish I'd known before starting a general chat forum how hard it was going to be to get new members. There are just so many successful (as in huge) general chat forums already up. And, mine is just a tiny fish in a very...
Sometimes, we get an accidental double post on the forum and that's easily dealt with by deleting the copy. Other times, I see where a new member will copy a very old discussion and repost as new. I'd prefer they take ...
When my forum first opened, we had a very thriving forum game section. Unfortunately, the other sections of the forum suffered to the point where we got no new posts in them daily. So I shut down the forum games sectio...
Bing Social Search is based on recommendations by your Facebook Friends. This video puts a very happy face on Social Search. But it all boils down to Bing being allowed to exploit your friends (and your) Likes for thei...
If you've been blogging on the same topic for a long time, it might be possible to run out of ideas. How do you keep the fresh ideas going? Is there a way to break through creative writing block and post fresh content ...
Do you pay a ghostwriter to create unique blog content? Or, do you write all the blog posts for yourself?
I've run a forum before and it's so much harder work than maintaining a blog where all you do is put up a post a day. The forum has so many members to manage, where as the blog only has one. For me, a blog is easier...
Here's a fun video with top executive from Bing on what it's like being the second best search engine (compared to Google Search). [media=youtube]AUdAM0p18BU[/media]
Which platform is best for blogging: Blogger or Wordpress? Which one ranks higher in search engines?
With an 'About Me', you can share details about your history, such as how long you've been blogging; other interests; links to favorite blogs, etc. Do you have an About Me page for your blog? If so, why do you use and...
A very simple way to get a blog post up in minutes is by making up a top ten list. The list can be about pretty much anything that relates to your blog's theme. So for instance, if you have a gaming blog, you could pos...
An easy way to get a blog post is by simply reviewing a site/product. You can write a review of just about anything on your blog. Here are a few suggestions: Products Websites Books Movies Music Restaurants Hot...
My best ideas for blogging come from news stories in my own niche, also topical general interest articles about the niche. Where do you get your best ideas for blog posts?
Currently, I own three blogs including one on Blogger.com and two Wordpress blogs. The blogs are my primary income source. I'd like to start more niche blogs. But, that would require a huge investment of time and reso...
Most times, my Google searches are related to a freelance writing assignment or personal interest (music, health, games, etc). In the past week, I've searched Google for a variety of subjects including: social ma...
Since my work involves research, I spend at least an hour actively using Google search everyday and most times even leave up a Google search tab in the background for reference. How much time do you use Google search d...
Facebook has indicated they might block Google from indexing their pages. But, it seems that Google News has a Facebook page. Is this real? Is it possible that Google and Facebook can co-exist? http://www.facebook...
Hello Seocheckout users! Today's tutorial is going to be on Subscriptions and how they work. Are you a level 2 user or over? Have you been wondering what that little Subscriptions option is on your services? This tutoria...
I heard this on a podcast and it makes a lot of sense. You should treat your blog/website like you would your house. Visitors come to your house and you want it to be clean, organized and nice looking. You want to leave ...
Facebook lets you change your name several times. But, many times i see fake names from users such as Kitty LuvsU (as the username) or some other made up name. And, you know that's not a real name. But these accounts ...
My first step is to do thorough keyword research so that i have the right words to target in my on page content (articles, menu links, alt tags, meta tags/descriptions/titles). What's your first step toward good SEO?
Of course, there are lots of people using Twitter successfully for blog/site promotion. That is where you post a headline and then a link. But that's just advertising. But if you think about it, the confined space i...
Have you noticed how you can sign into Facebook and get socially relevant results in your Bing search engine results side bar? Or, at least you can find out which ones of your friends are talking about what you are looki...
