Is Adwords Good For Forums?

conorod · 21-07-2008 10:58pm #1

Is adwords effective for getting traffic and signups to forums?

zAbbo · 21-07-2008 11:40pm

You're going to have to expand on the question.

What kind of forums, contextual or search targetting?

Post what you want to do...

conorod · 22-07-2008 12:07am

OK basically I have set up a new forum (link in my signiture), and I don't get very much traffic at the moment. I was wondering if adwords would help with this.

mneylon · 22-07-2008 8:55am

conorod wrote: »

OK basically I have set up a new forum (link in my signiture), and I don't get very much traffic at the moment. I was wondering if adwords would help with this.

Get a proper domain and proper hosting

There's no point wasting money on a free subdomain forum that you have no control over

conorod · 22-07-2008 1:53pm

I plan on upgrading to paid hosting at some point, but for now the free host gives me all the resources I need, and I have complete control over the forum.

mneylon · 22-07-2008 2:09pm

Unless you have 100% control and ownership of the domain you have nothing.

Bob the Builder · 25-07-2008 9:38pm

and even if i do end up on your website, i would leave again.

any forums, other than the php support forum, that leaves the phpbb headers there is, in my opinion, lazy... you mightn't intend to be, but thats what your website is suggesting.

if i was you, i would invest money in a proper domain at the least, rather than rushing into adwords/adsense...

conorod · 30-07-2008 11:36pm

I have changed the skin and I will be upgrading to paid hosting and a domain at a later point when I have a bit more money.
Anyway this post is going a bit off topic, I was just curious if any forum owners had any success with adwords, I son't plan on using it right now.

Is Adwords Good For Forums?

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