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Can a site be successful without a forum?
01-23-2006, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 106 Location: USA  
| Can a site be successful without a forum? Do you believe a site be successful without a forum? As a strong content site, will people still want to return though if they don't really have a "connection" to the visitors as you would if you had a forum? Thoughts please.  | ||||
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01-23-2006, 11:36 PM
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Title: Apprentice
Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 450 | Yeah, definitely. I think even with a forum, you still get a lot of people who never register, but just want to read what was written. If your site provides the info, it doesn't matter if there is no forum. | ||||
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01-24-2006, 12:08 AM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,139 Location: Maryland, US   
| yes because there are allot out there that are  | ||||
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01-24-2006, 12:40 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 10,246 Location: Athens, GA | Exactly, of course you can have a site that is successful without a forum...I don't understand why you could not? lol There are hundreds of thousands of sites out there that are not forums but successful...
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01-24-2006, 01:29 AM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,139 Location: Maryland, US
| theres probably more sites without forums then with that are successfull lol | ||||
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01-24-2006, 05:35 AM
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Title: Forum Addict
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,948 Location: Michigan | I've also seen sites that still allow visitors to interact without having a forum in place. Some have polls or sections where you can submit information which later is posted on the site. Forums are more immediate but still, that isn't required to make a site successful.
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02-20-2006, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 23 | With my Dutch site I started off without a forum and as an incentive used pictures for members to register, it worked, so a forum is not a neccesity. If you like the interaction go for a forum.
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02-20-2006, 09:11 PM
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Title: Still Alive
Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,088 Location: Michigan, USA Recent Blog: New SWTOR Dev Article and Blog
| I think if you run a content-based site then forums can be important because the users can comment on the news, etc, but a forum is never a necessity. I think if you run a site and a forum, the site should be a higher priority than the forum.
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