Re: Embedded forum
Posted by Gary Lewis on
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Embedded-forum-tp7601038p7601116.html
I haven't truly been part of this conversation, but I've been kibitzing so will now chime in.
My forum is essentially one year old and I have 170 users, and growing by 1 or 2 a week. The forum is embedded in a website that is the world's best for information on Ford's "Bullnose" (1980-86) trucks. [There's no other such website so mine must be the best.
] So, as Greg said, the website is for a very narrow "market".
And, I've done a lot of reading about SEO, meaning Search Engine Optimization. That's certainly helped and I get about 64 visitors a day from just Google searches - and I know that by having embedded a set of code in the footer from Google so I can use their Analytics. That lets me not only see what they are searching for and from whence they've come, but also how high on the page my site is in the search results, and many other things.
Further, I "market" my site via Facebook. I tried using their advertising services but that didn't do much good, so I've joined over 10 different Facebook pages that cater to Ford trucks. And I watch for people asking questions which my site can answer, and then I give them a link to the correct page on the site.
But recently I set up a poll on my forum asking my users how they found us. Currently there have been 18 votes:
12 found us from another forum where people have shared a link to my site and decided to join
On those results I'm about ready to discontinue the Facebook effort. I think I've learned that there are "forum types" and there are "Facebook types", and they don't change.
Anyway, hope that helps.
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Embedded-forum-tp7601038p7601116.html
I haven't truly been part of this conversation, but I've been kibitzing so will now chime in.
My forum is essentially one year old and I have 170 users, and growing by 1 or 2 a week. The forum is embedded in a website that is the world's best for information on Ford's "Bullnose" (1980-86) trucks. [There's no other such website so mine must be the best.
] So, as Greg said, the website is for a very narrow "market".
And, I've done a lot of reading about SEO, meaning Search Engine Optimization. That's certainly helped and I get about 64 visitors a day from just Google searches - and I know that by having embedded a set of code in the footer from Google so I can use their Analytics. That lets me not only see what they are searching for and from whence they've come, but also how high on the page my site is in the search results, and many other things.
Further, I "market" my site via Facebook. I tried using their advertising services but that didn't do much good, so I've joined over 10 different Facebook pages that cater to Ford trucks. And I watch for people asking questions which my site can answer, and then I give them a link to the correct page on the site.
But recently I set up a poll on my forum asking my users how they found us. Currently there have been 18 votes:
12 found us from another forum where people have shared a link to my site and decided to join
4 found us from a search for info, like via Google or Bing, and decided to join
2 voted for "other", and that turns out to be people I've specifically invited
0 have to come to us from Facebook.
On those results I'm about ready to discontinue the Facebook effort. I think I've learned that there are "forum types" and there are "Facebook types", and they don't change.
Anyway, hope that helps.
I'm not Nabble support, but have Nabble running on my Weebly website: http://www.garysgaragemahal.com/
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