SEO What is your main way of getting traffic to your site?

[Cedric]

Every forum needs a steady flow of traffic to thrive, but how do you make that happen? Are you relying on good ol’ SEO, social media promotions, paid ads, or something else entirely? Maybe you've got a unique strategy that sets your forum apart?

 

[Cpvr]

I currently rely on SEO and social media to drive traffic to my forum. In addition to that, I receive traffic from a few other websites on Neocities, as well as a couple of forums. Right now, there’s about 6-10 Neocities sites are directly linking to my forum.


Generally, I get around 10-30 visits per day from social media, while search engines send me about 80-200 visits daily. I focus on diversifying my traffic sources to maintain a steady and consistent flow of visitors.



For promotion, I actively use Threads, Reddit, Quora, Bluesky, and Twitter. If it’s possible, I’ll try my best to share my forum on any platform that allows it.

I also submit to my forum to online directories and other forums to get more visibility & to enable it to be seen by more users. I believe by adding it to directories and other forums its a great way to attract new users. I like adding my forum’s link to my signature as well.