Largest forums

[akula]

here's a good list: http://rankings.big-boards.com/

via http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/200...cial-networks/

with a 12k alexa rank, ye would be like 330th largest
@ 15k members ye would rank about 1200th largest
and with a posts/members ratio of 4.07, ye ranks at 1800

as suspected: this site doesn't give members much incentive to post as often as on other boards

[WanganRunner]

This is a horribly flawed ranking system.

They have NICOforums (a Nissan board) ranked at 525, like 200 spots under DragVA. I moderate on NICO and am a longtime DragVA user, and DragVA doesn't have anywhere close to the active traffic NICO does.

I'm not sure what's screwy about it, but something definitely is. I have a tough time believing that NASIOC is more active than Slashdot.

[sicnarftea]

long has there been debates about the accuracy of alexa ranking. I say disregard it until they find a better way to calculate the traffic.

But then again, there is really no definitive way to calculate traffic on the internet, because its just.. too bloody hard

[tomkuegler]

Yes... Alexa is flawed, but MANY people do put some weight to it. We recently sold a company and got a small premium because the Alexa rating was rather high (under 10,000).

[akula]

good points

with acquisitions, any of you fellas worried that you're looking at fake hits and alexa, or am i just paranoid?

[MsNadi]

What kind of incentives can you offer for users to post more?

[safronelectronics]

maybe some sort of reward for being most informative or something, that would certainly gather more interest, maybe make a forum that awards prizes for best member

[akula]

check out http://www.ibankingoasis.com/ or http://www.namepros.com/

i'm partial to points systems

but there's alternatives

just saying....not that anyone cares...