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seo
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Hosting a forum. What are pros and cons? Discuss ...
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rmwebs
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Well pros are that you have full control, its yours, and you can basicly edit anything.
Cons: cost, security, etc
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seo
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| rmwebs wrote: |
Cons: cost, security, etc |
Why does it cost much? What if you use free BBS like phpBB?
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highpeak
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Pro's
- expert in your field
- information website, a central point for members
- connected 'main' website that offers products linked to the interest area of the forum, mine is money saving tips/financial discussion, the main site is for comparing deals on finance products - so both are VERY linked.
Con's
- devotion of lots of time answering posts
- getting people to actually register
- ejecting people registering on the forum with only the intention of SPAMMING
I think the benefits of a forum out-weigh the con's
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seo
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It takes tremendous amount of time and effort to get forum up and running. That's for sure.
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seo : i see yours growing quite well .... just make those new forums goddamnit ! 
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Camron
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| use your own host, forum hosts usualy suck too!!!! |
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seo
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| Camron wrote: | | use your own host, forum hosts usualy suck too!!!! |
A lot of people start from free hosting or cheap hosting plan with forum hosting option. I think that's totally fine, but from what I hear and read, there are number of restrictions. You kind of need to have your regular hosting plan and host your forum in the end.
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what about $$$? Has anyone been successful making money with advertising in a large forum?
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Always host your own - to be able to have full control over your board, and to not look unprofessional, don't go for a free forum host.
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I can only find pros. I had my share of sleepless nights, I have thousands of work hours put into them. Still I love all this, I love the thrill of creating a new one, of seeing new members, of creating a nice thread and seeing it being replied to. I have learnt a lot and met some great people on my way 
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seo
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| dojo wrote: | | I can only find pros. I had my share of sleepless nights, I have thousands of work hours put into them. |
I encountered number of problems, when I got my first dedicated server. I was actually doing a lot more than just hosting a forum though. Web server went down for variety of reasons, and it was quite frustrating every time. My server has been stable for some time now though.
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