really , I am starting a new community forum , right now it is growing slowly and i am getting bored

and I was curious , how did a website like daniweb started , how long did it take them to reach this good rank , what ways of marketing did they use , how may users registered in there first month , how much do they make from Google ad sense :eek$$ .....

Does anyone know?

Most of the story is told here, which is the "About Us" link. You won't be told how much ad revenue the site makes, ever. First, because that's none of anyone's business (including mine), except Dani, and secondly, because divulging such information violates Google's TOS.

about the google ads part , this is just a joke , i realy don't want to know .....and i didn't read the google TOS ,

A word of wisdom = Read the Google TOS if you use AdSense

I've actually gone into some pretty long rants within this forum if you do a little digging.

I found an interesting article by googling: its an interview with Miss Dani about daniwebs success

http://w3reports.com/index.php?itemid=796&catid=12

I have a thread about it somewhere

That was a year ago *oh, the memories*

wow, daniweb has really come on since then
remember the old-style forums? (bluey colour scheme?)

Hehe, yup!

yeah its changed alot

general idea is still awesome though, a place (free) where people can get help, advertise for work or just talk about technology related issues

i hope daniweb continues this tradition as every day i see more and more things like "experts exchange" where tyou have to play, spring up across the net

Yeah, I'm not a fan of Experts-Exchange although I am a fan of the broad array of IT-related topics they cover and the way they were able to attract a targeted audience of IT professionals.