@saavannah I think this question every day. I owned forums for 20 years.
I share every reply all of you said. I would add that a big (negative) hit has been done by search engines.
SEO has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, have you ever noticed that sometimes you have difficulties to find a really pertinent search result?
SEO is penalizing sites to give advantage to others and the only reason is this![:arrow:]( "Arrow")
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Forums were almost a free source of information and digital data for everyone. This is something that is not good for big entrepreneurs.
Things must be paid, who gives free things must not be seen on SEO or they lose money.
So yes, social media also made a big punch to forums, because they have to absorb people data to shot really targeted ads everywhere.
I'm so sad for this, I love the forums.
I share every reply all of you said. I would add that a big (negative) hit has been done by search engines.
SEO has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, have you ever noticed that sometimes you have difficulties to find a really pertinent search result?
SEO is penalizing sites to give advantage to others and the only reason is this
$.Forums were almost a free source of information and digital data for everyone. This is something that is not good for big entrepreneurs.
Things must be paid, who gives free things must not be seen on SEO or they lose money.
So yes, social media also made a big punch to forums, because they have to absorb people data to shot really targeted ads everywhere.
I'm so sad for this, I love the forums.
Statistics: Posted by Wario — Sun Jan 19, 2025 5:03 pm