I think I suggested something like this before. Could the topical forums be split up and each category shifted to a niche site with the closest category? E.g Shift "Home" to DenGarden. Then when readers come to the forum for help, relevant articles could be suggested to them?
Eugbug, I love this idea.
Niche forums do well in SERPs from what I've seen. I always come back to BabyCenter and sites like that that offer forums and rank well.
This is something many of us suggested when the niche sites were launched, and I thought it was on HP's to-do list at one point. I have to assume there are reasons they haven't done it.
I agree it would be a great idea to have forum communities develop around the niche sites. If it happens, it would be smart if there were a way for people to sign up for the forums without signing up as writers.
I like this idea very much. All of the HubPages forums deal with the topic of writing on HubPages (except for the Freeform Discussion one). The topical forums include a mishmash of different topics. Splitting them up and putting them on the relevant niche sites makes sense to me.
I find on some of my articles, I'm a one man troubleshooting team answering everyone's queries. On a forum, topic posts could be answered by registered HubPages writers and also forum members who don't necessarily want to write on HubPages. The user interface would also need a facelift so that it functions and looks like typical forums. If the forums took off and became popular, moderating them could be become an issue. Who's responsibility would that be?
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by John Hollywood 8 years ago
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by Eugene Brennan 8 years ago
Now that the niche sites are up and running, wouldn't it be a good idea to add a "Forum" menu item on each site to link to the relevant topic forums on HubPages? (maybe there is a link already, but I can't find it).
by marcuscaine 6 years ago
I have noticed that the number of forums and interaction between hubbers has been declining over the past year. What do you think is causing it?
by Kylyssa Shay 9 years ago
Because they might not be visible on any of the topic or subtopic pages on the niche sites even if they get views, have comments, and a score of 99. Most of my views come from Google, so it hasn't been a handicap so far as I can tell but it's a bummer.
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