Comments for The BIGGEST Boards BLOG http://thebiggestboards.com/blog ..........................................Size Matters Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:23:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Post Contest with $75 in cash prizes! by videoay http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/09/14/post-contest-with-75-in-cash-prizes/#comment-73 videoay Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:25:23 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=97#comment-73 Thank you for article. I will check out the contest now! Thank you for article. I will check out the contest now!

]]> Comment on Welcome to The Biggest Boards Blog by Thomas P http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/05/03/welcome/#comment-72 Thomas P Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:39:04 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=9#comment-72 One month later: Any updates or news on this? Thomas Ps last blog post..<a href="http://www.mcseboard.de/windows-forum-ms-backoffice-31/windows-sbs-2003-pop3-connector-manager-141632.html" rel="nofollow">SBS - Windows SBS 2003 - Pop3-Connector-Manager</a> One month later: Any updates or news on this?

Thomas Ps last blog post..SBS - Windows SBS 2003 - Pop3-Connector-Manager

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]]> Comment on Welcome to The Biggest Boards Blog by Thomas P http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/05/03/welcome/#comment-64 Thomas P Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:49:55 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=9#comment-64 Any news on accepting different languages? Thomas Ps last blog post..<a href="http://www.mcseboard.de/windows-forum-lan-wan-32/vpn-2003-server-bintec-r1200-139857.html" rel="nofollow">2K3 - VPN auf 2003 Server über Bintec R1200</a> Any news on accepting different languages?

Thomas Ps last blog post..2K3 - VPN auf 2003 Server über Bintec R1200

]]> Comment on Why do most online communities fail? by Soundboy http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/07/23/why-most-fail-comm/#comment-40 Soundboy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:49:45 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=20#comment-40 Im talking about free forum makers like http://www.makeforum.org/ and http://www.freeforums.org/. Not free hosts, only free forum hosts, they are limited and hardly anyone will sign up! Im talking about free forum makers like http://www.makeforum.org/ and http://www.freeforums.org/. Not free hosts, only free forum hosts, they are limited and hardly anyone will sign up!

]]> Comment on Why do most online communities fail? by Exochat http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/07/23/why-most-fail-comm/#comment-39 Exochat Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:06:25 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=20#comment-39 Very good article and I would agree with much of what is said. The only thing I would add is that forums can succeed on Free Hosting plans but they are harder to make a limited success and unlikely to ever make you the admin any money from it. Some free hosting plans offer the opportunity to not have advert banners and some offer a lot of features that you would normally have to encode yourself. My advice would be to look around and set up a test forum with different hosting companies until you find the one that suits you the most. For every quality free host there are a dozen that are unprofessional or have hidden problems waiting to spring on you at a later date when you have already commited. With a quality free host that doesnt do banner adverts (or very limited ones) and has a good software then you can start your first community and build towards a successful one (I did with some success) but you will always feel like Big Brother is watching over you to make sure your moderation is impeccable and I would say that you should only ever use a Free Hosting company for building your first community until it reaches to such a size that you are ready to pay for the hosting and go your own route to expansion. Very good article and I would agree with much of what is said.
The only thing I would add is that forums can succeed on Free Hosting plans but they are harder to make a limited success and unlikely to ever make you the admin any money from it. Some free hosting plans offer the opportunity to not have advert banners and some offer a lot of features that you would normally have to encode yourself.
My advice would be to look around and set up a test forum with different hosting companies until you find the one that suits you the most. For every quality free host there are a dozen that are unprofessional or have hidden problems waiting to spring on you at a later date when you have already commited.
With a quality free host that doesnt do banner adverts (or very limited ones) and has a good software then you can start your first community and build towards a successful one (I did with some success) but you will always feel like Big Brother is watching over you to make sure your moderation is impeccable and I would say that you should only ever use a Free Hosting company for building your first community until it reaches to such a size that you are ready to pay for the hosting and go your own route to expansion.

]]> Comment on Why do most online communities fail? by Sue Massey http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/07/23/why-most-fail-comm/#comment-38 Sue Massey Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:01:03 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=20#comment-38 Hello. I like your site and wanted to know if you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links. Thanks in advance Hello.

I like your site and wanted to know if you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links.

Thanks in advance

]]> Comment on Over 400 Forums Submitted by thebiggestboards http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/06/19/over-400-forums-submitted/#comment-37 thebiggestboards Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:58:10 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=19#comment-37 Up to 700 forums now and rising fast. In addition the members on the forum have been actively participating and the discussion has been very productive. More to come. Up to 700 forums now and rising fast. In addition the members on the forum have been actively participating and the discussion has been very productive. More to come.

]]> Comment on New Update Times For The Big List by thebiggestboards http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/06/08/new-update-times-for-the-big-list/#comment-36 thebiggestboards Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:19:21 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=15#comment-36 thanks for the idea. we will look at it. and thanks for adding the other forums. Do you need any help adding the other 30 or so you are associated with? thanks for the idea. we will look at it.

and thanks for adding the other forums. Do you need any help adding the other 30 or so you are associated with?

]]> Comment on New Update Times For The Big List by Brandon http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/2008/06/08/new-update-times-for-the-big-list/#comment-35 Brandon Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:38:39 +0000 http://thebiggestboards.com/blog/?p=15#comment-35 I just submitted 5 more forums and one thing I can think of that would be Wonderful! Is if you can click a button and the meta description is automatically added to our edit field. Then if we want to add to it or change it a little, it's already written out. Anyways, just an idea I had that would make it easier for forum owners to add their forums. *maybe keywords as well* cheers -Brandon I just submitted 5 more forums and one thing I can think of that would be Wonderful! Is if you can click a button and the meta description is automatically added to our edit field. Then if we want to add to it or change it a little, it’s already written out.

Anyways, just an idea I had that would make it easier for forum owners to add their forums.
*maybe keywords as well*

cheers
-Brandon

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