Worth build a forum 2019?

[faustvasea]

Hi.

I got a vbulletin 5 license . And I was wondering if is still worth building a forum in these days?

I already build for my photography website. But I'm thinking maybe I can find more better purpose for it.

Or if someone got some ideas and want to cooperate, I would be happy.

Thanks.

 

[fisicx]

How many people are member of your photography forum? How often do they post?

The answers to the above should tell you if it's worth building a new forum.

 

[faustvasea]

How many people are member of your photography forum? How often do they post?

The answers to the above should tell you if it's worth building a new forum.

I've got around 15 members. I just build it up.
I'm thinking maybe I use the license for more useful idea.

 

[shabbadoof13]

I would say yes.

I run a Xenforo forum with over 7000 UK users and over 139,000 forum posts.

If you can cultivate a community then people WILL come. Sure you might have to use 'contests' or other gimmicks to get them then but it's well worth it as you have a pre-disposed audience for your affiliate links and that's where the real money is

 

[faustvasea]

I would say yes.

I run a Xenforo forum with over 7000 UK users and over 139,000 forum posts.

If you can cultivate a community then people WILL come. Sure you might have to use 'contests' or other gimmicks to get them then but it's well worth it as you have a pre-disposed audience for your affiliate links and that's where the real money is

I've already installed my forum on new domain. I will see the outcome from my forum.

It's takes a while to get users anyway.

 

[shabbadoof13]

I've already installed my forum on new domain. I will see the outcome from my forum.

It's takes a while to get users anyway.

It does but with good SEO and social media promotion people will find you naturally

 

[KyushuTravelAgent]

I've got around 15 members.

You may want to consider a Facebook group instead of a forum. Facebook is pushing groups in the algorithm these days and it's where uses like to congregate.

 

[faustvasea]

You may want to consider a Facebook group instead of a forum. Facebook is pushing groups in the algorithm these days and it's where uses like to congregate.

So you saying that's there is not big point to build a forum in these days?

 

[fisicx]

So you saying that's there is not big point to build a forum in these days?

Only if it's for something where there are lots of people all needing help.

I use a couple of coding forums and UKBF. There are well established and popular.

Another forum I dip into has almost zero traffic except for Indian spammers.

There are other popular forums but they were established long before social media was a thing.

If you want to launch a forum you need to spend a lot of time, effort and even money attracting new members. But if you are competing with other similar forums then this is going to be doubly difficult.

 

[faustvasea]

Only if it's for something where there are lots of people all needing help.

I use a couple of coding forums and UKBF. There are well established and popular.

Another forum I dip into has almost zero traffic except for Indian spammers.

There are other popular forums but they were established long before social media was a thing.

If you want to launch a forum you need to spend a lot of time, effort and even money attracting new members. But if you are competing with other similar forums then this is going to be doubly difficult.

Mmm. I will build it anyway, as everything is ready. Just need to do some coding on my forum and add more channels.

I've tried for my website. But that's a bit useless. So that's why I was thinking to use it for an other purpose

Social media they are easy to acces because everyone has an account, but I think forum are more well build.

 

[fisicx]

OK...

So what is the forum for? Who are you targeting? How do you plan to market the forum?

 

[faustvasea]

OK...

So what is the forum for? Who are you targeting? How do you plan to market the forum?

Targeting anyone. Forum will be for any discussion. Is not a specific category for what I'm building it. I'm thinking to advertise on Facebook.

 

[fisicx]

That's never going to work.

There are zillions of sites when people can discuss their chosen topic. They aren't going to seek out a free for all forum.

A forum works when it's focused on a specific area. This forum for example

Or a forum for Mac users
Or Tropical fish
Or Running a smallholding
Or landlords

 

[faustvasea]

That's never going to work.

There are zillions of sites when people can discuss their chosen topic. They aren't going to seek out a free for all forum.

A forum works when it's focused on a specific area. This forum for example

Or a forum for Mac users
Or Tropical fish
Or Running a smallholding
Or landlords

Mmm

I was thinking about politics, and debates. What do you think about that?

 

[fisicx]

Again there are zillions of established and respected site where you can already do this

And why would FB advertising work? The likelihood someone discussing the US shutdown is already posting on FB, why would they want to visit your forum to do the same.

 

[faustvasea]

Again there are zillions of established and respected site where you can already do this

And why would FB advertising work? The likelihood someone discussing the US shutdown is already posting on FB, why would they want to visit your forum to do the same.

People always looking for something new. I've checked couple of forums, yeah they are not well developed, and most of them using old versions of forums which are not designed to access from phones, I mean you can, buy it will be like desktop page.

People on Facebook won't talk a lot of things, as is might affect their identity. On forums you can talk about anything. No one will know you.

 

[Neromare Works]

Hi.

I got a vbulletin 5 license . And I was wondering if is still worth building a forum in these days?

I already build for my photography website. But I'm thinking maybe I can find more better purpose for it.

Or if someone got some ideas and want to cooperate, I would be happy.

Thanks.

A forum would be pretty much dead nowadays since almost everybody is on Facebook, Twitter. But a forum will have more loyal fans, not just biorobots. And a forum will index in Google much better than a blog/website... most of the times.

Cons is you will have a ton of spam, and you'll need staff to clean it regularly. Nobody likes pron images and junk virus links.

 

[faustvasea]

A forum would be pretty much dead nowadays since almost everybody is on Facebook, Twitter. But a forum will have more loyal fans, not just biorobots. And a forum will index in Google much better than a blog/website... most of the times.

Cons is you will have a ton of spam, and you'll need staff to clean it regularly. Nobody likes pron images and junk virus links.

Mmmm, I know. Probably I will se it I won't find an idea.

 

[fisicx]

A forum would be pretty much dead nowadays since almost everybody is on Facebook, Twitter.

Really?

There are loads of very busy and well subscribed forums. You joined one of them today.

 

[Neromare Works]

Really?

There are loads of very busy and well subscribed forums. You joined one of them today.

Yes, but they've been established long ago. Today the Internet is overloaded with information. It's hard to market yourself if your forum will be English. 80% of the Internet is English.

 

[faustvasea]

Yes, but they've been established long ago. Today the Internet is overloaded with information. It's hard to market yourself if your forum will be English. 80% of the Internet is English.

Mmm, so if you had a forum licence, would you open something? Or not really

 

[Neromare Works]

Mmm, so if you had a forum licence, would you open something? Or not really

I use phpBB. I have purchased forum skins and a ton of plugins for it. I use it for my customers. Most of them start well but later leave it, don't really clean it.

I also had an IPB board, but I moved away from it because of the price.

Anyways, on your question: there's a very good compromise. You can go with a forum, which would be ideal for SEO purposes, and you can narrow it down, make it very specific, and don't put a lot of subcategories in it. You can even lock it down, approve new users manually.

Something like that forum, simple. Take a good look:
www. dover. uk. com/forums/

I'm a new user and can't post links. Remove the spaces around the link.

 

[AllUpHere]

Mmm, so if you had a forum licence, would you open something? Or not really

If you are going to start a forum simply because you have a licence for forum software, you will definitely fail.

 

[Neromare Works]

If you are going to start a forum simply because you have a licence for forum software, you will definitely fail.

Can't agree more. Design or license don't matter. Content matters. Purposeful information matters. He needs to be the absolute master in his area and provide good relevant counsel.

 

[justinaldridge]

These days forums can work for more niche topics. For example, I participate in forums about different cars that I own as they are very dedicated and useful forums with like minded people who know a lot about the cars.

I agree with the comment above that setting up a forum just for the sake of it is never going to work.

I built up a big forum many years ago and now has 80,000 members...but it was a massive effort to get users in the first place. I spent the first few weeks with multiple profiles just talking to myself

No one wants to use an empty forum.

 

[TheWebDesignCompany]

It might be worth starting with a Linkedin Group first to test the waters.
A forum is much harder work than people seem to realise.

 

[faustvasea]

It might be worth starting with a Linkedin Group first to test the waters.
A forum is much harder work than people seem to realise.

I already build a forum.

You can have a look at the link below.
https://worldpoliticsforums.com

What do you think about it?

 

[kkfcXHzmCc]

I already build a forum.

You can have a look at the link below.
https://worldpoliticsforums.com

What do you think about it?

You clearly haven't listened to ONE piece of advice. Your forum is littered with ADS for you to "try to make money" and it looks so generic. I wouldn't and WON'T be using it.

 

[fisicx]

I already build a forum.

What do you think about it?

What a pointless waste of time.

 

[Ian J]

A forum would be pretty much dead nowadays since almost everybody is on Facebook, Twitter. But a forum will have more loyal fans, not just biorobots. And a forum will index in Google much better than a blog/website... most of the times.

I disagree strongly. I am a regular visitor to several forums on a daily basis covering business (this one) to a couple of footie forums.

I use Facebook to chat to close friends and family but never read any of the general rubbish on it and I read Twitter when I remember but mainly just a quick look to see if there are any decent gins on special offer