Recent content by Golddisk

Interesting. Did you happen to check if ads weren't appearing on certain pages? I have heard a lot of reports of ads not showing up on all pages they're set to, and I am even experiencing it on my forum.

SEO is not based on content quality alone, although that is an important starting place to really boost your SEO. If you want to see more SEO growth, you have to look into finding ways to get good quality back links. Social network presence also plays a small role in your SEO rankings.

For your case in particular, you will need to focus on areas for your niche as your forum is very focused. The population who would be interested in it is limited primarily to civil engineers and people in similar professions. SEO related to keywords used by the community would be a key focus...

What type of ad unit are you using? Is it one of the recommended sizes? I have not heard many people have issues with ads showing due to a lack of keywords on a page, but certain ad units have more ad options available to them than others.

I have been using RotatingAds for awhile, and think its a great addon. However, I recently started having a weird issue. Every time I go to add a ad code for adsense, I get a 403 error and it won't let me save the ad. Any idea why this is happening? If I put in plain text to the ad code, there...

Yugensoft's message answered the question about the blog vs. forum thing very well. The Facebook question throws a whole another wrench into the situation though. You're right that Facebook can be unorganized and chaotic. However, the "friends" thing only becomes an issue depending on how you...

It depends on the dedication of the owner. You're right that many forums die within their first year. Unfortunately forums are not a matter of build it and they will come any longer. An owner needs to make sure that the forum has interesting content, an engaging community, and that they are...

Add-on domains are not usually an issue with using AdSense (unless it is a subdomain from a free host, in which case it is also almost always against the host's ToS to put your own paid ads up anyways.) It depends on the plan that you buy from Blue Host. It appears that their cheapest plans...