Sorry for not posting yesterday. I really didn’t have much to talk about, and I was rather busy at work. Not much going on today in development either, but I do have an interesting topic to discuss today. That is post exchanges and paying for posts to help start up a forum.

  • Are Post Exchanges Bad?
  • Space Tweaks is Growing
  • Thinking of a Business Name
  • Phantasy Star Universe Mod Needed

Are Post Exchanges Bad?
A buddy of mine (we’ll call him Rob) approached me on MSN last week about problem he was having while selling a site of his. This just so happens to be a site I originally created and sold to Rob back in March/April 2006. Rob was listed this same site for sale on DP, and apparently several people interested in the site (it was a forum) asked him if he had ever done post exchanges or paid for posts. So after some research on webmaster forums Rob finds posts that I made back in January asking for 10:10 post exchanges for this particular forum. I have often used the post exchange method to help boost a brand new forum. I never thought it was a bad thing.

Rob told me that if he had known I did some post exchanges (and we’re talking with like 15 people maybe) he never would have bought the site from me. He told me that doing post exchanges and buying posts will give you a bad name and a bad reputation when you try to sell a forum.

I am curious as to what most of you think about post exchanging and buying posts at the beginning of a forum’s life. Is it an unethical way of getting members? Needless to say Rob was able to sell the forum for a couple hundred dollars more than what he bought it for from me.

Space Tweaks is Growing
Space Tweaks is experiencing steady traffic growth as of late. 450+ uniques in the last few days. We are loading it will all original content on a daily basis. It should only be a matter of another week or two before we starting seeing 1000+ uniques daily. We are getting hits from all over the place, but we are mostly excited about the nearly 100 profiles that are using our material. If you’re looking for unique content, check us out.

Thinking of a Business Name
The creative thinking part of owning is business is TOUGH. I have all my forms printed out for the LLC, I have my $130 ready… the only thing I am missing is a business name. Seems simple right? Wrong! This is a name that will be seen by thousands of people. It is the face of your business. I have seen a lot of people come up with creative names. I don’t want to just use my last name and stick Web Development after it … but I may end up doing it if I can’t think of anything catchy.

Phantasy Star Universe Needs a Mod
Finding people to post on a forum for a game that won’t be released for 2 more months is rather difficult. I need some help! If you have experience playing Phantasy Star Online and would like to be a moderator on my Phantasy Star Universe Forum, then please let me know asap!

I am also looking for link exchanges to all of my sites, especially Historum. If you are interested please drop me a line or send me a message on MSN.