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[QUOTE=cscgal]Do you allow guests to access member profiles? Why or why not? Do you think it encourages forum growth and new registrations TO allow or not to? :)[/QUOTE]No, guests are not allowed to view profiles on our forum nor do we display email addresses to members. I believe it helps …

Just like any other marketing method, it works for those who use it effectively.

[QUOTE=Avalon24]One-way RELEVANT links are by far the best way to increase a very important PR and search engine ranking. I can-not stress enough how important it is to get one-way links. It's not easy, but there are sites out there that will give them out free as long as you …

Yes. Free advertising is nice but some places you just can't get to without paid advertising.

Quality Links + Quality Content = Happy Webmaster. :)

You can always distribute articles of interest to your target audience. In this way they might find one of your articles on another site and follow a link back to your website. You could also host a few tutorials that would be of interest to your target audience. Word can …

[QUOTE=cscgal]I don't like writing articles so my favorite way is to get in good with the bloggers. By using various incentives, you can encourage them to mention your site within their writings. It gets me a lead or two within various news entries, articles, press releases, and other content that …

I'm currently running vBulletin 3.07 on both my boards and am anxiously awaiting 3.5. :)

I have the minimum set in vBulletin to ten (10) characters and haven't had any complaints. ;)

I understand where you're coming from. :) Pesonally, with so many options available to a person for promotion I would find a better avenue for getting the word out.

I have a friend who recently wrote, "My daughter is an avid fan of Japanese animation (called anime). She is also a very talented artist and draws anime-like cartoons continuously. She has asked for an animation program for her birthday so that she can use her charaters to create actual …

You might consider a name like vg-forum.com

I believe the minimum requirements are: PHP 4.1.0 MySQ: 3.23.33

I too would love to hear your ideas. ;)

IMO, that will depend on your subject matter and your promotion efforts.

Here are a few ideas you might consider looking into... * Viral Marketing [Freebie from your website] * Search Engine Optimization * Niche Directories * Online Communities [Forums, Blogs, etc.] * Free Reprint Articles * Banner/Link Exchange [Coop Ad Network, etc.] * RSS Feeds [Syndicating Content] * Press Releases [PRLeap, …

[QUOTE=Guerra] How would I go about advertising? (I have no money. Free ideas, please.)[/QUOTE]Here is a post with a few ideas: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/post143812-4.html[/url]

I just noticed the directory and it looks great. I too would be interested in knowing if the Directory is a custom script or if it is available for purchase. ;)

[QUOTE=seobook]...also 301 redirects surely will get abused a bunch more going forward.[/QUOTE]Can you elaborate?