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Bawse said:
I know some forum owners have multiple forums in similar niches. I only have one forum, so I'm not one of them.

Do you own multiple forums? Are any of them of the same niche?
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I have 9 forums, LOL.

I always create more than one. I'm too much into forums to just create one.

It's not overwhelming. Some are just starting and will take a while to catch on.

I try not to make them in the same niche as I have before.

I have a storm spotter forum that focuses on spotting all over the country. It was a big board before it was all said and done. I even bought out my competition. I also have a storm spotter forum for Illinois, the state I live in. Both forums were big and active so I kept both alive.

I've restarted my storm spotter forum, but I'm not restarting the state one.
 
I have 2 off topic forum, Chicago Bears fan forum, xenforo skins site with styles I make, 2 admin forums, .net programming forum and a couple tech blogs to go with my 3 tech forums.

Each tech forum with the exception of 1 were given to me when the owners got sick. I couldn't merge them because of the agreement I made. At some point they will be merged.
 
AWS said:
I have 2 off topic forum, Chicago Bears fan forum, xenforo skins site with styles I make, 2 admin forums, .net programming forum and a couple tech blogs to go with my 3 tech forums.

Each tech forum with the exception of 1 were given to me when the owners got sick. I couldn't merge them because of the agreement I made. At some point they will be merged.
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Oh yeah, implied in a PM to me you’re selling both FPCH forums I believe?

What about the 2 OT forums - what’z the motive for that? :P
 
Shawn Gossman said:
Heck if you have two forums of the same niche and they're both doing well - I would be keener to let them both remain as is and keep doing well.
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Ngl i’d struggle with being indecisive as to which forum to post my thread on :P And duplicates reduce SEO don’t they?
 
~ True Legend ~ said:
Ngl i’d struggle with being indecisive as to which forum to post my thread on :P And duplicates reduce SEO don’t they?
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While I do think SEO is an important part of promoting a forum, I do think we shouldn't hold it on such a high pedestal. Forum content is mainly use generated. We can never expert our members to be SEO posters. I wouldn't even expect it here on a forum where most of know SEO and how important it is. So, we need to make sure we're not dictating everything on a tactic that doesn't work very well for forums most of the time.
 
Shawn Gossman said:
While I do think SEO is an important part of promoting a forum, I do think we shouldn't hold it on such a high pedestal. Forum content is mainly use generated. We can never expert our members to be SEO posters. I wouldn't even expect it here on a forum where most of know SEO and how important it is. So, we need to make sure we're not dictating everything on a tactic that doesn't work very well for forums most of the time.
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💯 but i’m just saying if you create duplicate content on 2 sites you own SEO would ve massively reduced.

Also I don’t recommend SEP tining all user generated content as SEO tools these days are smart enough to pick up on such tactics
 
~ True Legend ~ said:
Oh yeah, implied in a PM to me you’re selling both FPCH forums I believe?

What about the 2 OT forums - what’z the motive for that? :P
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The tech forums are sold. I had an off topic forum and sold it. The person I sold it too bought it because he didn't agree with what some of the users were saying. He deleted all the content and left an f-u as the domain index.

I started Just BS violating my NDA as an f-u to him. Most of the same users found the site so his motive to close the site thinking they would beg him to reopen was over. He threatened legal action and wanted his money back. Sent some bogus emails from a made up law firm. When that didn't work he joined Just BS and bad mouthed me saying I scammed him. There is a thread that has to the whole thing.

In the end he turned the domain back to me and I reopened that site. The domain expired while I was sick and I reopened it as Off Topic Free Speech Forum.
So that's how I came to own 2 off topic forums.
 
~ True Legend ~ said:
💯 but i’m just saying if you create duplicate content on 2 sites you own SEO would ve massively reduced.

Also I don’t recommend SEP tining all user generated content as SEO tools these days are smart enough to pick up on such tactics
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It can actually boast SEO if both sites are directly linking to each other.

You can also make sure that there isn’t any duplicate content being repurposed on both forums as well.

Also, the search engines are smart enough to know which topic was posted first and which topic to “rank” accordingly on the subject matter & relevancy.
 
AWS said:
The tech forums are sold. I had an off topic forum and sold it. The person I sold it too bought it because he didn't agree with what some of the users were saying. He deleted all the content and left an f-u as the domain index.

I started Just BS violating my NDA as an f-u to him. Most of the same users found the site so his motive to close the site thinking they would beg him to reopen was over. He threatened legal action and wanted his money back. Sent some bogus emails from a made up law firm. When that didn't work he joined Just BS and bad mouthed me saying I scammed him. There is a thread that has to the whole thing.

In the end he turned the domain back to me and I reopened that site. The domain expired while I was sick and I reopened it as Off Topic Free Speech Forum.
So that's how I came to own 2 off topic forums.
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Sad story - sorry you had to go through all that :(

I don’t understand about you selling the tech sites - @AWS was and always has been listed as site owner. If he’s just posting under your username it’s pretty misleading ngl LOL

I’m also curious about the username @AWS :D
 
~ True Legend ~ said:
Sad story - sorry you had to go through all that :(

I don’t understand about you selling the tech sites - @AWS was and always has been listed as site owner. If he’s just posting under your username it’s pretty misleading ngl LOL

I’m also curious about the username @AWS :D
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As far as I know no one is posting at all. There are some RSS feeds that I had activated that posted with my account. Maybe that's what it is. I'll shut them off.
 
Cpvr said:
It can actually boast SEO if both sites are directly linking to each other.

You can also make sure that there isn’t any duplicate content being repurposed on both forums as well.

Also, the search engines are smart enough to know which topic was posted first and which topic to “rank” accordingly on the subject matter & relevancy.
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This man knows what he's talking about ^
 
Mike30 said:
I don't know how you guys can make it with so many forums. Running one it's a lot of work, I can't imagine 3-9 forums.
I may open another forum for one of my companies, but it's a different niche. I still have some months to think about it.
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I have 9 of them running. But only about 5 are serious.
 
Shawn Gossman said:
I have 9 of them running. But only about 5 are serious.
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I do not have a team at the moment, maybe that's why I feel all the work on my shoulder and can't get my head around more forums. I have been invited as admin and as moderator, but I can't really take on those responsibilities. (I currently have a lot on my plate)

Do you have team? how big is it? So I get some reference.
 
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