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Posted: Thu Mar 4th, 2021 05:57
 
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I think this is more likely to attract a broad range of readers.

We need to make the content attractive enough to retain them on their first visit, though!



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Posted: Thu Mar 4th, 2021 12:09
 
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....Nikon Digital Camera Photography...look, there are forums that proudly display the Brand`s name,...if we do n`t , then would not we loose our identity..??..



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Not necessarily - we can still have a section for Nikon, but we might gain people who are put off because they don't own Nikon.



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Posted: Thu Mar 4th, 2021 15:12
 
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Oh my goodness!

What you get up to while I am away in the wilderness!... o.O

Need to read up and digest.

BBS

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OK  I am going to put up some thoughts.....

1.  Do not want a domain name other than a *.com why? Because ot is found more easily by users all over the world. 
2.  The name needs to attract users from basic to advanced.
3.  The name should not be overly long i.e. easy to remember and type in!
4.   I am happy to rework layout and content of forums.



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Posted: Thu Mar 4th, 2021 17:33
 
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Because it is found more easily by users all over the world.
Google finds it for you - people don't type in URLs - they click on what Google shows them and that catches their interest.


The fact you get a lot of .com results is a reflection of the fact that most of the internet is american.



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Posted: Fri Mar 5th, 2021 09:06
 
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chrisbet wrote:
Because it is found more easily by users all over the world.
Google finds it for you - people don't type in URLs - they click on what Google shows them and that catches their interest.


The fact you get a lot of .com results is a reflection of the fact that most of the internet is american.

Maybe we should register 'thebestdigitalcameraforum.com' if that's the sort of google search being asked. :devil:



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Lol - actually it doesn't matter what the name is - it could be ah%88234j"!£g.com if you wanted.

Google nowadays searches more on content - the old days of shoving lots of keywords into meta data are long gone, so to get viewers you need to make sure that words like Nikon, digital, photography, etc. need to be used in the posts, which by and large they are.



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That is the other thing that needs to be done.   Get the new forum up the search engine lists!



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jk wrote:
That is the other thing that needs to be done.   Get the new forum up the search engine lists!
Apologies for being a tad negative, but we are in 'chicken or egg' situation here.
It's all very well attracting more visits, but the forum content needs to be sufficiently engaging to hold people's attention, if the forum is to survive as anything more than a few old mates putting the world to rights, in a virtual pub on a Friday night.

Understanding why so many people have left the forum or refrain from contributing, may go someway to formulating something new.

Forged in the last century when digital imaging was perceived as witchcraft, it's not surprising we had so many wanting to discuss and learn the mysteries.

Now that most people know enough to satisfy their day to day needs, it's going to have to be something really special to grab people's interest and enthuse their contribution. Opening the forum name to encompass other camera users widens the net for sure. How do we hold their interest?



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