How Do I Make My Site Easy To Find?

[Former Member]

I created a site, but you can only find it from a specific link! You can't type in the name or even the link as normal text! 
How are people supposed to find it?

[Pebbles]

Aug 24, 2017 10:36:01 GMT -8 @henny4315 said:

I created a site, but you can only find it from a specific link! You can't type in the name or even the link as normal text! 
How are people supposed to find it?

are you talking about a proboards forum? and where can you not type it? i got no clue what you on about honestly
or do you mean on here?

people can find your forum through google and other search websites like that eventually, depending on certain factors 

[Former Member]

Aug 24, 2017 13:06:49 GMT -8 Pebbles said:

Aug 24, 2017 10:36:01 GMT -8 @henny4315 said:

I created a site, but you can only find it from a specific link! You can't type in the name or even the link as normal text! 
How are people supposed to find it?

are you talking about a proboards forum? and where can you not type it? i got no clue what you on about honestly
or do you mean on here?

people can find your forum through google and other search websites like that eventually, depending on certain factors 

I made a proboards forum and you can't find it on any search engines. How do I fix that?

[Pebbles]

Aug 24, 2017 13:40:23 GMT -8 @henny4315 said:

Aug 24, 2017 13:06:49 GMT -8 Pebbles said:

are you talking about a proboards forum? and where can you not type it? i got no clue what you on about honestly
or do you mean on here?

people can find your forum through google and other search websites like that eventually, depending on certain factors 

I made a proboards forum and you can't find it on any search engines. How do I fix that?

there is nothing you can do about that really, the only way google is going to find it is if you got enough content on your forum 
that is relatable to the subject of your forum

though when it comes to my own, people only find mine when they search for ''kpop forum'' but without the word forum in the search it does not pop up ever really i think

do you actually have content on your forum or is it empty?

if your forum does not have got any members yet and you want people to find it, you need to advertise it in different ways because waiting for people to find it through google is not going to get you members

start by advertising it on here and get affiliates

[Tumbleweed]

@henny4315,

Put a link to your forum in your signature here. Bots are crawling ProBoards all the time and that should get the search engines to index your site at least and be sure to add new content every day or as often as you can, even if it seems you are talking to yourself. Also adding it to ProBoards directory can help some.

[Former Member]

Aug 25, 2017 2:53:42 GMT -8 Pebbles said:

Aug 24, 2017 13:40:23 GMT -8 @henny4315 said:

I made a proboards forum and you can't find it on any search engines. How do I fix that?

there is nothing you can do about that really, the only way google is going to find it is if you got enough content on your forum 
that is relatable to the subject of your forum

though when it comes to my own, people only find mine when they search for ''kpop forum'' but without the word forum in the search it does not pop up ever really i think

do you actually have content on your forum or is it empty?

if your forum does not have got any members yet and you want people to find it, you need to advertise it in different ways because waiting for people to find it through google is not going to get you members

start by advertising it on here and get affiliates

Well I saw many websites that were very easy to find without a link!  
You be the judge to that! Become a member!



forumofcolumbo.boards.net

[Former Member]

Aug 25, 2017 3:52:14 GMT -8 Tumbleweed said:

@henny4315 ,

Put a link to your forum in your signature here. Bots are crawling ProBoards all the time and that should get the search engines to index your site at least and be sure to add new content every day or as often as you can, even if it seems you are talking to yourself. Also adding it to ProBoards directory can help some.

Thanks!  

[Pebbles]

Aug 25, 2017 6:56:05 GMT -8 @henny4315 said:

Aug 25, 2017 2:53:42 GMT -8 Pebbles said:

there is nothing you can do about that really, the only way google is going to find it is if you got enough content on your forum 
that is relatable to the subject of your forum

though when it comes to my own, people only find mine when they search for ''kpop forum'' but without the word forum in the search it does not pop up ever really i think

do you actually have content on your forum or is it empty?

if your forum does not have got any members yet and you want people to find it, you need to advertise it in different ways because waiting for people to find it through google is not going to get you members

start by advertising it on here and get affiliates

Well I saw many websites that were very easy to find without a link!  
You be the judge to that! Become a member!



forumofcolumbo.boards.net

you have to understand, getting members to sign up on a forum , it is not all about google, seo 

there comes more to it, such as;
- promoting, advertising it elsewhere
- making it look appealing, looks/theme wise i mean
- making it attractive by having up good content / boards

and those are a few of the main things that really plays into the factor of gaining more people 
it is not just all about seo, trust me
because yes, there are a lot of forums you can find when you search for certain forums/things on google, made by proboards or other free forum hosts but most i find through google are deserted and not active at all so yeah (9 out of 10 i find through google are forums that did not do anything to make their forum look attractive either way either so yeah)

versus finding forums that affiliate with others and promote on social media and other forums etc, are mostly the ones that are active  

[Former Member]

Aug 25, 2017 7:17:57 GMT -8 Pebbles said:

Aug 25, 2017 6:56:05 GMT -8 @henny4315 said:

Well I saw many websites that were very easy to find without a link!  
You be the judge to that! Become a member!



forumofcolumbo.boards.net

you have to understand, getting members to sign up on a forum , it is not all about google, seo 

there comes more to it, such as;
- promoting, advertising it elsewhere
- making it look appealing, looks/theme wise i mean
- making it attractive by having up good content / boards

and those are a few of the main things that really plays into the factor of gaining more people 
it is not just all about seo, trust me
because yes, there are a lot of forums you can find when you search for certain forums/things on google, made by proboards or other free forum hosts but most i find through google are deserted and not active at all so yeah (9 out of 10 i find through google are forums that did not do anything to make their forum look attractive either way either so yeah)

versus finding forums that affiliate with others and promote on social media and other forums etc, are mostly the ones that are active  

Dude, trust me! I've promoted and advertised my site a lot! Not just here! 
As I said: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think my site LOOKS AMAZING and from the stand point of my viewers, they think the same as well! I have good content! Look at the forum! 

Yeah, I know that, but I want people to be able to know about it and type it in! That's a huge aspect in advertising!

Look, I see what your saying but I acknowledge everything you said before you said it. All I want is to be able to tell people about my site! There are certain places that don't accept links! I want to say my site name and when they type it in, they can see it! 

[Pebbles]

Aug 25, 2017 7:38:39 GMT -8 @henny4315 said:

Aug 25, 2017 7:17:57 GMT -8 Pebbles said:

you have to understand, getting members to sign up on a forum , it is not all about google, seo 

there comes more to it, such as;
- promoting, advertising it elsewhere
- making it look appealing, looks/theme wise i mean
- making it attractive by having up good content / boards

and those are a few of the main things that really plays into the factor of gaining more people 
it is not just all about seo, trust me
because yes, there are a lot of forums you can find when you search for certain forums/things on google, made by proboards or other free forum hosts but most i find through google are deserted and not active at all so yeah (9 out of 10 i find through google are forums that did not do anything to make their forum look attractive either way either so yeah)

versus finding forums that affiliate with others and promote on social media and other forums etc, are mostly the ones that are active  

Dude, trust me! I've promoted and advertised my site a lot! Not just here! 
As I said: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think my site LOOKS AMAZING and from the stand point of my viewers, they think the same as well! I have good content! Look at the forum! 

Yeah, I know that, but I want people to be able to know about it and type it in! That's a huge aspect in advertising!

Look, I see what your saying but I acknowledge everything you said before you said it. All I want is to be able to tell people about my site! There are certain places that don't accept links! I want to say my site name and when they type it in, they can see it! 

from my point of view, someone who has a lot of forum experience because i been a forum geek for way too long and i have been staff on plenty of forums in the past so i slightly know what i am talking about, as you on about the look of your forum now, your forum ''could'' become ''better'' in my opinion if you change colors because the ones you are using now are kind of hard on the eyes, the bright green and red
(i know you said your members think the opposite of what i just typed but do realise that people are not always honest about what they really think because they do not want to hurt someones feelings.  not saying they are doing so but just stating what people can be like)
also, you say you got good content going on? but it is just not about what boards you got up when i say content.... it is also more about the actual content itself, the threads you post and i just looked at the boards, most of them got 0 posts/threads in them (that makes the forum look a bit less attractive for guests as people often don't bother joining if they see there is hardly any activity going on)


there is more i could say, constructive criticism about your forum, that ''could improve it'' but i have a feeling you not interested in that so never mind , besides this is not the board for it anyways
i hope you not taking my words the wrong way, only trying to help here, good luck with stuff

[Former Member]

Aug 25, 2017 8:53:11 GMT -8 Pebbles said:

Aug 25, 2017 7:38:39 GMT -8 @henny4315 said:

Dude, trust me! I've promoted and advertised my site a lot! Not just here! 
As I said: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think my site LOOKS AMAZING and from the stand point of my viewers, they think the same as well! I have good content! Look at the forum! 

Yeah, I know that, but I want people to be able to know about it and type it in! That's a huge aspect in advertising!

Look, I see what your saying but I acknowledge everything you said before you said it. All I want is to be able to tell people about my site! There are certain places that don't accept links! I want to say my site name and when they type it in, they can see it! 

from my point of view, someone who has a lot of forum experience because i been a forum geek for way too long and i have been staff on plenty of forums in the past so i slightly know what i am talking about, as you on about the look of your forum now, your forum ''could'' become ''better'' in my opinion if you change colors because the ones you are using now are kind of hard on the eyes, the bright green and red
(i know you said your members think the opposite of what i just typed but do realise that people are not always honest about what they really think because they do not want to hurt someones feelings.  not saying they are doing so but just stating what people can be like)
also, you say you got good content going on? but it is just not about what boards you got up when i say content.... it is also more about the actual content itself, the threads you post and i just looked at the boards, most of them got 0 posts/threads in them (that makes the forum look a bit less attractive for guests as people often don't bother joining if they see there is hardly any activity going on)


there is more i could say, constructive criticism about your forum, that ''could improve it'' but i have a feeling you not interested in that so never mind , besides this is not the board for it anyways
i hope you not taking my words the wrong way, only trying to help here, good luck with stuff

Again, POV! Point of View. People look at things differently. It's Mario Bros themed and I didn't create it! If they don't like the colors, they can simply change the theme as there are many options. They didn't lie to me! I didn't survey them, I simply asked them what could make the site better!  Okay, I'll get more posts. It is new, you know? Yeah??? What "constructive" critism do you have?

PS: Another thing stopping guests from coming in, is the fact that they don't bother signing in.

[Pebbles]

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anyways.....very nice that you give members the option to choose from multiple themes , that's good
again, good luck with it

[Former Member]

Aug 25, 2017 12:10:07 GMT -8 Pebbles said:

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anyways.....very nice that you give members the option to choose from multiple themes , that's good
again, good luck with it

Thanks. I also updated it, and  its more organized! All the boards have posts now!  

Also I can't see the image. It doesn't let me.

[Former Member]

Aug 27, 2017 17:08:22 GMT -8 @komickong said:

It would probably help if guests were able to view the forum and its content without having to register an account.

Okay.