Listing my site

[johnnylee]

Forum URL: paranormal-world.com/

I was just told my site was rejected because no description, the board name says it all and plus ive been a member here for over 5 years and never had trouble listing my board and where do you want me to put the description of my forum?

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[Scott]

johnnylee - actually the message you received asks for a better description, not that there was no description.

I'm not sure what you had submitted, but generally a request for resubmission happens if one repeats the forum name in the description field.

Think of it this way, when a user searches the directory the forum name is already part of the search key words. What additional information would help users find your forum.


For example, let's say I have a forum dedicated to carbonated drinks.

If I use the description: "This is a forum about carbonated drinks." - while this is accurate, it's a generic description with no keywords thus limiting the chance of it being discovered in a search.

But instead if I say: "Love of carbonated or fizzy drinks known as cola, soda, pop, or seltzer." - this is a better description that uses good keywords for search and tells the user more about the forum.


Don't think of the description as a tagline for the forum, but rather a concise explanation of the forum's purpose or genre.  Like my first example, stating "this is a forum..." is unnecessary as the user knows they are searching for a forum, and it eats away at the 75 character limit.


Hope this helps?

[johnnylee]

No Ive been listed in entertainment since ive used proboards and not sure how it ended up there but did all I was wanting is to switch it to education like I wanted 5 years ago but did not argue and went with it, so where is this description field ive looked and dont see it.

[Scott]

johnnylee -

Go to Admin > Settings > Forum Settings, Directory tab. Select the category from the dropdown and enter the description in the Forum Description field.

[johnnylee]

ok thanks,done.