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Maximizing your Adsense revenue (for forum owners)

Google Adsense – Probably the first way many people try to monetize their content. I don’t blame them, Adsense has the highest earning rates of all. It can be argued that no other ad companies can beat them. Many guides and tips you see online now are for maximizing Adsense on your blog, website, etcetera. So, …

Tutorial Webmaster

Social Networks Promotion: The Good and The Bad

Most of you are aware of the huge potential a Social Network campaign has, but there are also many things that could go wrong with those campaigns. First of all, Social Networks are different than forums and blogs. They are a constant stream of information: news, personal statuses, shared links, funny videos, cat’s and a …

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The Importance of Design

What is design? We all perceive design differently. For some, it might be lots of whitespace and less content, while others like bright colours. When you play webmaster, you have to make sure that your forum has the best possible design possible, because it is the first impression your user has of the forum. Sure, …

Forum Administration Webmaster

A Short Guide to Being a Rockstar Webmaster.

YOU can be this guy – a rocktstar webmaster! Starting a forum is easy. Running one, however, is not. There are several great articles here on Forum Promotion that touch upon the topic how to run a forum. But none talk about what it takes. The qualities and skills YOU must possess, to be a …

Forum Administration Webmaster

An Online Presence Part 3: Be you.

In a previous article, I discussed how to get people to trust you. In this article, I will discuss the next step in building an online presence. It now comes down to what you decide to do with the trust you have worked hard to gain. It is at this point in time a manipulator would flip …

Fighting Spam Effectively: The Three Layer Defense

Fighting spam effectively can be difficult, but using three different technologies, it can be quite achievable. Forums do not need to use member validation, or impose the requirement to first post in a particular forum. Instead, a forum needs to use the following three techniques to form a passive and active defense against forum spam. …

Tutorial Web Hosting Webmaster

Tutorial: Deploying your Forum on a VPS

A Virtual Private Server is the next step above shared web hosting for any website. If a website on a shared host is running slowly due to high volume traffic, or is having issues with its hosting provider due to maxing out limits such as bandwidth or disk space, then a VPS is a very good …

Forum Administration Webmaster

An Online Presence, Part 2: Trust

There are many different elements of reputation, the first being Trust. Trust is something many people struggle with in today’s society, even in the real world. It has become easier to break trust without true repercussions and for this reason it is no longer regarded in the same manner as it once was. Especially in …

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An Online Presence, Part 1: Words are your friend

Creating a presence online is not always an easy task, nor is it one that should be taken lightly. There are thousands of examples of people all over the globe who have attempted to create websites, forums and blogs but have never succeeded. The reasons for this can vary greatly, but one, which many fail …

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Making your Theme Shine Part 2: Customizing your Forum

In the previous installment of this series, you learned how to customize your forum’s header. Using the MyBB default theme, we made a significant change which made the website look less like a default MyBB site, and more like a unique website which has had some serious effort put into it. This tutorial expands on …

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The Importance of Design

A Short Guide to Being a Rockstar Webmaster.

An Online Presence Part 3: Be you.

Fighting Spam Effectively: The Three Layer Defense

Tutorial: Deploying your Forum on a VPS

An Online Presence, Part 2: Trust

An Online Presence, Part 1: Words are your friend

Making your Theme Shine Part 2: Customizing your Forum

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