Crosslinking

[Patrick]

How do you guys feel about crosslinking between your forums?

Do you post announcements about a new forum your working on on already established ones you've made?

I'm torn on it. I'd like for my members on one forum to be under the impression that I'm solely devoted to that forum, and not that I'm commercializing and doing a bunch.

But on the other hand, I'm sure alot of people would check out an additional forum out of interest if they know the administrator on the forum made it.

I guess it depends on niche. If Daniel was to open a forum dedicated totally to publishing, that would be perfect to advertise on his WritingForums.org, and also if I was to open another TV fansite, it would be perfect to crosslink.

[Daniel]

Very good question.

In general, I don't. At least I don't announce it - I might post a link in the forum footer or something. I have advertised a tv forum when I ran about 3. In general, however, I don't.

[Savage X]

It does depend.

Sometimes members of one forum already know about the development of another. In that case I would tell them about the new forum and possibly put a link on the established one.

However, there is a good possibility the new forum has nothing to do with the established one. I think it's best to just let it be or maybe put a link in your signature if that is the situation.

[Patrick]

Yeah.

I think it depends on the type of site as well. I run four television geared fansites, and bill it as a "network" of sorts. I think that if your a member on one TV site, you would very well be interested in another of that type of site. Though I think subtlety is the key.