Anyone with Forums experience + adsense
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An opportunity has been presented to me to be able to host a forum for a semi popular celebrity. Very excited about that
I have never had a very forum and would like to know what kinds of experienced has anyone had with a popular forum
From what I hear if you can have a popular forum its pretty much a cash cow (adsense) especially if its reputable and is a great long term thing, because of returning visitors and the loyalty you establish with the users.
- Anyone in this boat who can shed some light for me?
- What should I expect?
- Best software/themes for this for user-ability as well as adsense?
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Hi Cesar,
I run a forum with over 30k threads, 187k posts, and just south of 92k members, and from my experience (good/bad), find a hosting company that specializes in hosting forums. Yes, there are companies that cater to forum hosting and forum maintenance. You should expect to pay a premium for the service, but it's well worth the seed investment, especially if you are planning to monetize the traffic long-term. Plan on isolating the forum from any other websites you might want to host on the same server (dedicated or virtual), as this will keep issues to a minimum.
Also, pick a forum software that has regular updates, patches, and access to active supporting members of that software. Going with a free forum software is not always so attractive, when issues arise. Some issues include corrupt databases, hacks, and forum membership difficulties. The company I host my forum with today even assisted me with exporting, transferring, and reconnecting my very large MySQL database.
So, hosting a Forum is just a bit different than a Wordpress website, but if you take care of the upfront investment, things will work out just fine for you. Good luck with celebrity and let us know who it is, when you can announce
Suggestions, as you have requested:
- Forum Software: http://www.vbulletin.com
- Forum Themes: There are lots to pick from, but you might look into a custom theme for your celebrity.
- Forum AdSense: I've hand coded Adsense into the include file, to keep it simple and clean. Similar to Wordpress, there are plugins that make it easy for vbulletin ad placement too.
- Forum Hosting: Private message me and I'll make a suggestion.
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