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Indra Diky — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:46:39 -0000

That's a great idea

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Teejay — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 05:52:24 -0000

Ok. I registered.

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Blog Contests — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:42:16 -0000

Your forums will be VERY hard to get going, but I think you guys have a shot. Good luck!

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madringo — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:38:56 -0000

Congrats on the new forum!

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John Cow — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:04:58 -0000

Thanks Googlelady, we'll have a read and yes, we are planning on getting other forum software soon.

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Googlelady — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:37:18 -0000

Oh and recommend to read this article: The ABC of building a successful forum
http://www.googlelady.com/1...

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Googlelady — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:36:02 -0000

Please don't use PHPBB is the worst forum software:
1. In words of SEO
2. In words of Security
3. In words of server load.

If you are serious in creating a good forum, use vbulletin or Invision power.

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BlogsTheme.com — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 04:44:29 -0000

I see that you already have 29 registred users. Congrats! It's really hard to startup a forum. MooD Luck! :razz:

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Steven — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:58:28 -0000

I've added a few more categories and included an annoucement area for changes to we will be adding. I also included a feedback and suggestion area if you guys have any ideas you want to contribute.

I am working on finding a mod for the avatars. The default one seem to have issues working even though it is enable. I am working on that as well

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Word Hugger — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:47:27 -0000

Sounds good, I registered.

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Mr. Rajawang — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:22:39 -0000

hahaha.. i guess the COW will be as successful as the CHOW in no time! :cool:

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The Monetizer — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:24:03 -0000

Ok I signed up, looks like it will be a good place to exchange discussions, ideas and make moooney...

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Jonathan — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:07:00 -0000

Now you do want to make money online , dont you?. congrats for the new site.
If I had actually quit my day job I would be doing the same.

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Joyce Babu — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:55:37 -0000

If the forum is running on phpBB, why don't you install proSilver theme? It is cool.

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Online Community Building — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 07:29:37 -0000

All very interesting. I don't mean to sound egotistical but you may like to check out my blog for tips and advice on setting up a successful forum. For a start, right now you simply have too many categories - this only draws attention to the fact there isn't much activity. This is something that dissuades visitors from registering.

In any case, good luck with your new venture!

- Martin Reed

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KingJacob — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 05:23:26 -0000

Not sure how well it will work out but you never know.

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Steven — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:49:39 -0000

For the record, I am looking up mods and skins for the forum. The reason it hasn't actually been done is because I actually just got a replacement router around last week. Prior to that, I pretty much had no internet (or very limited access) for a few weeks. So expect to see some great additions as soon as I find everything I am looking for.

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Israel — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:09:34 -0000

good luck with this. if done right you may be able to monetize it. you can always set a limit to the amount of comments made here, then the rest get sent to the forum. you can also make it so you posts about certain things and the discussion is continued at the forum. you can also give stuff away, etc, etc, etc.

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browie — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:02:01 -0000

Should be interesting. We'll see how well it gets received. Nice domain.

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boring bro — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:57:12 -0000

:mrgreen:
Hm.. mooforum has launched..
I will be active at that forum...
Maybe many mooo will give some info at that forum..

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Brian Vaughan — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:51:07 -0000

Cool idea, a few suggestions though, your going to want to go all in or nothing to make a forum takeoff. Right now its just the default install and theme. Which is fine if your just starting a forum, but to try and attach it to something else, in this case your blog it should of started off with a custom skin or at least a non default skin.

Secondly there are way too many forums on it right now, makes the place look deader than it may really be. You want to start small and build up over time, that why parts of the forum don't look totally dead. As the forum grows you add more forums, and move around key posts to the correct categories then. Doing things this way means the new forums arealdy have key posts in them and will spark interest for other people to add to them, or post there own thread.

But good luck with the forums, I'm already registered as Brian.

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Sabrina's Money Matters — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:03:26 -0000

Definitely worth checking out...

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Chris Jacobson — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:58:56 -0000

Good idea. I signed up.

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YC — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:54:05 -0000

Not too bad a move and I hope it goes off - like CQ mentioned it might be easier to comment on the blog itself - but then again you won't be talking about everything here. :)

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Cash Quests — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:50:30 -0000

This is going to be interesting to watch. I've often thought about starting a forum myself but I'm yet to see a (non-Alist) blog that has attached a really successful forum.

Even with the money that BloggingTips.com spends advertising their forum, it's never really taken off...I guess it's just too easy to comment on the blog.

I hope this forum is different and I wish you success Mr Cow!!