We are looking to increase the interest on a photographic forum to run with this one... it's on our website and would really like people to come across and join in for fun and camera talk etc.... totally free...
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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Needs some help to increase traffic...
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sunshiinedays
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Traffic is always difficult to get at first unless you're buying it....
Read up about how to get listed in the search engines.
Use your META tags effectively.
Make lots of extra pages and link them to your main page/site.
Exchange links with other sites.
Update your site often so that people will want to return.
Web rings.
Directories.
Add your url onto your signature in email and on forums.
Read up about how to get listed in the search engines.
Use your META tags effectively.
Make lots of extra pages and link them to your main page/site.
Exchange links with other sites.
Update your site often so that people will want to return.
Web rings.
Directories.
Add your url onto your signature in email and on forums.
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I know how to get traffic to the main site - it's just no one seems interested in joining our photographic forum 
anyone interested ??? www.rtellis.co.uk/forum
anyone interested ??? www.rtellis.co.uk/forum
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sunshiinedays
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You could try some of the following...
On your forum page:
Your meta keywords contain words that promote the script you are using instead of your photography forum. Is that part of the agreement with the script provider? If not, I'd take out those words and add in a couple more of your own.
Your meta description contains your title. You could beef it up by making it a bit longer, and adding more keywords in it.
If possible, put in a small block of text at the top of your forum, describing your forum, also containing keywords.
You could also add a couple of subforums, black & white, for instance, landscape, portraits, etc. and start some threads to get people talking. Post some photos not posted elsewhere on your site for feedback, whether they should be included or not.
Put up some photos on free photo album sites like flickr or photobucket and link back to your site in your profile. You can point out your website to anyone you meet through these places.
On your main page:
Your links don't stand out very well... not nearly as brightly as the blue text on white background in the middle table cell.
The thing that most captured my attention about your site was the beautiful image at the top of the main page of the tiger and sunset. I don't know what your skills are for website design... are you using a template? If it were my site I would create a table with a one pixel black border, that image on the top, and have all your information below. I would make the links stand out the most and use several of your best photos, but smaller in size in the middle, like on your photo gallery page, which looks great btw.
I'm really not trying to criticize what you've done. I did web design for a few years. I just want to give you practical advice. You've got a great concept I hope you do well!
On your forum page:
Your meta keywords contain words that promote the script you are using instead of your photography forum. Is that part of the agreement with the script provider? If not, I'd take out those words and add in a couple more of your own.
Your meta description contains your title. You could beef it up by making it a bit longer, and adding more keywords in it.
If possible, put in a small block of text at the top of your forum, describing your forum, also containing keywords.
You could also add a couple of subforums, black & white, for instance, landscape, portraits, etc. and start some threads to get people talking. Post some photos not posted elsewhere on your site for feedback, whether they should be included or not.
Put up some photos on free photo album sites like flickr or photobucket and link back to your site in your profile. You can point out your website to anyone you meet through these places.
On your main page:
Your links don't stand out very well... not nearly as brightly as the blue text on white background in the middle table cell.
The thing that most captured my attention about your site was the beautiful image at the top of the main page of the tiger and sunset. I don't know what your skills are for website design... are you using a template? If it were my site I would create a table with a one pixel black border, that image on the top, and have all your information below. I would make the links stand out the most and use several of your best photos, but smaller in size in the middle, like on your photo gallery page, which looks great btw.
I'm really not trying to criticize what you've done. I did web design for a few years. I just want to give you practical advice. You've got a great concept
I hope you do well!
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Bevlina
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This looks an interesting forum! There are tons of photographers out there.
Make sure you have tested your meta tags though. You can do that online.
Make sure you have tested your meta tags though. You can do that online.
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