Forums are really important & helpful part of SEO. It is the open
source platform for branding, where participants share ideas, thoughts
and ask questions related to given thread/topic and also users can
reply. Forum posting is the off-page SEO and users can add links through
signature and get backlinks.
The opportunities given by forum are limitless, one can easily increase sales, get downloads, new sign ups, readers and even more through simple forum posts. What really matters for webmasters is, the links are do-follow or no-follow?, because Google doesn’t count no-follow links. Natural posts and discussion could help to boost the page rank of website which is much helpful for main site. But remember forums are not oriented marketing so it’s not the best place for someone who just want to promote his products and get labelled as spammers and finally ban from most popular forums.
As the posts from forum appear in search results, you get seen by World Wide Web searchers, also high traffic volume forums get thousands of active users daily. With very few optimization, you can lead most of its users to your website, so don’t miss this single and simple opportunity to boost your site traffic. It’s always wise to concentrate marketing efforts on just one forum, multiple forums will dilute your efforts and you’ll not make considerable gains at the end of the day.
Forums are for driving human traffic to your site, not for boosting your search engine rankings. Visitors coming from forums tend to return more than visitors coming from other sources, have lower bounce rate which mean they view more than page and stay longer than other visitor.
Guidelines to get traffic from forums:
Have a list of forum sites: Choose the best forum within your niche and take time to do this. Build a clean profile so that your potential clients see you as a trusted authority, so make sure to choose your username carefully, put a decent photo and remember to include your up-to-date bio.
Read the Rules: Follow the rules and take time to read some discussions to get an idea of how people converse.
Create Your signature: Before you create your signature you should read signature guidelines about what is allowed your signature to contain, because some forums put restrictions on number of line, links and characters that a signature contain. Whenever you post something on forum, responding to a thread or start new thread you signature will appear below every post.
Intro Post: Make a unique impression on the readers and staff members with your first post, this is where you get banned or make a unique impression and connect with new potential friends.
Post Useful Information: If you establish yourself as someone who has knowledge about the topic of discussion other members will want to visit your blog/website. If you write useless and post unrelated to the topic you will be considered spammer by others in the forum. The more people you help and questions you answer the more traffic will drive to your blog/website via signature.
Make use of old threads: Old thread may contain 20 or more comments so when you join its discussions, all of the subscribers to that thread will be notified with a message. People tend to love sites that solve their issues in an amicable manner. Take advantage of this slot to attract more traffic to your site.
Start new threads: The new thread is not about starting any sort of discussions, it is about starting issue-based topics that touch on important areas, ask genuine questions that you feel many people will be interested to learn about or answer. The power of a thread lies in how good and well-thought the initial post is.
Contribute your expertise: If you have an expert opinion, demonstrate it. Don’t give a half-response to somebody and tell them they can learn more if they follow the link to your page. Contribute highly relevant information in abundance.
Never Go Negative, Be Positive: If someone disagrees with you, respond with a thoughtful rebuttal or thank them for their opinion. Pay more attention to useful information encourage fellow forumers to engage in constructive discussions and debates.
Repeat the strategy: Most importantly remember that online marketing is a continuous process, it requires consistent input and fulltime commitment for it to bear good fruits. If you think that just joining many forums as possible and posting as many times as possible just to have links to your website displayed is all that it takes to have lots of visitors coming to your blog may not be the proper way to do it.
The opportunities given by forum are limitless, one can easily increase sales, get downloads, new sign ups, readers and even more through simple forum posts. What really matters for webmasters is, the links are do-follow or no-follow?, because Google doesn’t count no-follow links. Natural posts and discussion could help to boost the page rank of website which is much helpful for main site. But remember forums are not oriented marketing so it’s not the best place for someone who just want to promote his products and get labelled as spammers and finally ban from most popular forums.
As the posts from forum appear in search results, you get seen by World Wide Web searchers, also high traffic volume forums get thousands of active users daily. With very few optimization, you can lead most of its users to your website, so don’t miss this single and simple opportunity to boost your site traffic. It’s always wise to concentrate marketing efforts on just one forum, multiple forums will dilute your efforts and you’ll not make considerable gains at the end of the day.
Forums are for driving human traffic to your site, not for boosting your search engine rankings. Visitors coming from forums tend to return more than visitors coming from other sources, have lower bounce rate which mean they view more than page and stay longer than other visitor.
Guidelines to get traffic from forums:
Have a list of forum sites: Choose the best forum within your niche and take time to do this. Build a clean profile so that your potential clients see you as a trusted authority, so make sure to choose your username carefully, put a decent photo and remember to include your up-to-date bio.
Read the Rules: Follow the rules and take time to read some discussions to get an idea of how people converse.
Create Your signature: Before you create your signature you should read signature guidelines about what is allowed your signature to contain, because some forums put restrictions on number of line, links and characters that a signature contain. Whenever you post something on forum, responding to a thread or start new thread you signature will appear below every post.
Intro Post: Make a unique impression on the readers and staff members with your first post, this is where you get banned or make a unique impression and connect with new potential friends.
Post Useful Information: If you establish yourself as someone who has knowledge about the topic of discussion other members will want to visit your blog/website. If you write useless and post unrelated to the topic you will be considered spammer by others in the forum. The more people you help and questions you answer the more traffic will drive to your blog/website via signature.
Make use of old threads: Old thread may contain 20 or more comments so when you join its discussions, all of the subscribers to that thread will be notified with a message. People tend to love sites that solve their issues in an amicable manner. Take advantage of this slot to attract more traffic to your site.
Start new threads: The new thread is not about starting any sort of discussions, it is about starting issue-based topics that touch on important areas, ask genuine questions that you feel many people will be interested to learn about or answer. The power of a thread lies in how good and well-thought the initial post is.
Contribute your expertise: If you have an expert opinion, demonstrate it. Don’t give a half-response to somebody and tell them they can learn more if they follow the link to your page. Contribute highly relevant information in abundance.
Never Go Negative, Be Positive: If someone disagrees with you, respond with a thoughtful rebuttal or thank them for their opinion. Pay more attention to useful information encourage fellow forumers to engage in constructive discussions and debates.
Repeat the strategy: Most importantly remember that online marketing is a continuous process, it requires consistent input and fulltime commitment for it to bear good fruits. If you think that just joining many forums as possible and posting as many times as possible just to have links to your website displayed is all that it takes to have lots of visitors coming to your blog may not be the proper way to do it.
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