Forums are a great way of not only getting traffic to your site, but getting quality traffic. More importantly, you learn and build relationships with other bloggers.
Whether you’re posting at forums just to meet new people, learn new things or even teach; forums are definitely an essential part of blogging. I have seen so many familiar faces already and have built friendships with a bunch of people from forums. Not only that but I continue to learn from more experienced webmasters.
If you haven’t tried out any forums as a blogger, then you are definitely missing out. Below is a list of blogging forums (in no particular order) that I think you should check out (and join):
I put it into a table so you don’t have to scroll down on my site, but just scroll down within the post.
The one and only, Digital Point.
If you have never heard of this forum before, you are definitely missing out. This is probably one of the biggest and well-known forums out there now (in general). It’s not only a forum for bloggers but for anyone doing business online.
It has almost everything that I can think of – search engines information, marketing, web designs, advertising, tools… and the list goes on and on.
Matter of fact, a lot of people who are now rich from their internet businesses, first started off just learning at Digital Point. That says a lot.
This site is not only a high ranked directory where you can submit your site to, but they also have blog reviews and a forum. This forum has a great environment with lots of friendly people and it continues to grow everyday.
Matter of fact, it’s ranked pretty good in search engines and when you’re able to post in the “Show Off your Blog” section, you also get a linkback and authority in Technorati!
This site is a good overall community. It’s not filled with thousands of people that will bury your topic, but there are plenty of people that are willing to lend a helping hand.
Though, I just feel like it’s missing a couple things a forum should have like a quote button, and certain limitations to prevent from possible spammers. I mean, I haven’t seen any spammers yet, but just a heads up.
This site is a very simple and straight to the point forum. There are actually a lot of interesting bloggers on there, and pretty friendly. Though, they are starting to become a little stricter to prevent from people just spamming their links and never coming back. But that’s a good thing! Plus, you always, I mean, always have a moderator there to help you out and answer any questions needed.
The main thing I didn’t like was the fact that everything is a little clumped up. I think it should have more sub-categories and more posts rather than one very large post. For instance, the “Introduce Yourself” thread has about 16,000 views and over 700 replies. Did I mention that it’s all in one thread?
But I think they did this so it doesn’t get all jumbled up and unorganized with hundreds of different threads. That’s just not my personal preference, but hey, it seems like its working.
This site is fast growing forum with lots of information on internet business and entrepreneurship. It’s not only limited to that, they also have “members only” sections to further help you with successfulness of internet businesses, and yes, that includes blogging.
One thing I’m not a big fan of is the fact that you have to be a member to read certain sections. I’m just not too fond of the forcing people to register to simply read something. I can understand if I want to post something, but I don’t want to log in each time I want to just view a specific thread.
But I guess it’s their way of attracting more members to register. And with 2,447 members, I guess its working!
It is exactly what the title says – it’s a community for web development. So, if you’re a blogger or just want to know anything about web development, then this is the place to go.
I haven’t had a chance to experience it personally, but I just signed up. They have a lot of interesting posts, and with almost 40,000 members, you know that there are plenty of people to build relationships with and learn from!
This site is a good way to learn how to build a better website. Though, just browsing through some of their sections, there are a lot of views on each thread but I don’t see too many responses. Now, that’s not a bad thing. I mean, one person can really answer the question and tons of people can just learn from that one answer.
But when you have over 1,000 views and about 7 responses, I just find that a little weird. And I’m not a big fan of the layout, but luckily it’s all about the content and the community!
This site is a very detailed forum for web development. It doesn’t really focus on blogging but very, VERY detailed aspects on web development such as XML, CSS, Site graphics, technology issues, ecommerce, and good lord, the list just goes on!
This forum has well over 50 sub-categories, which is a lot for a forum, but that’s how much they go into detail.
They do not reveal how many members but just based on some of their sub-categories and the number of threads on there, I would assume there are thousands. I mean, some single sub-categories have 6-figures in posts.
For instance, “Google Search News” has 454,369 posts. If you ask me, that’s a whole lot!
Is a forum focused more on the hosting aspects of the web world. If you have questions or concerns on hosting, then this is the place to go.
It is exactly what it is, a forum to discuss webmaster topics. I particularly like the “Marketplace” section because they have tons of things for sale from templates to domain names to advertising to even web hosting deals!
I think the downfall is almost similar to Cre8aSite, there are plenty of threads but not too many replies. At least from the ones I got to glance at. But don’t get me wrong, at least there are replies.
This forum is different from all the other ones I have mentioned. This forum actually focuses on the writing aspects whether it’s your grammar or if you need tips on how to write a short story, this is the place to go for it.
And I know a lot of you guys need help with your grammar! Okay, fine, I do too. So what?
This forum was actually one of the first forums I ran across when I first started blogging. I ran by this forum because they actually have a bunch of free template designs, which I did use some of them in my blogging lifetime.
On top of that, they also have a bunch of the standard blogging topics. This forum is still growing, with over 6,500 members.
And lastly, The Blog Experiment forum
This forum is basically like a Blogging 101 class. I think this blog is focused for the beginning bloggers to ask the questions they need answered. Things like choosing the right blogging platform, what makes a good blog, topics, etc.
Again, basically covering the basics of blogging.
So, there you have it. The 13 forums that I have come across that I think would really help any blogger out (beginners or experienced).
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