Search Engine Optimization Discussion Forum     General SEO discussion     Building Link Popularity         Social Media         Feeds     Website Meta Tags         Titles         Descriptions         Keywords     Image Alt Tags     Content Optimization     SEO News, Articles, and Feeds     General Website Development         HTML         Flash         PHP         Javascript     eCommerce Optimization         Feeds         Shopping Networks     Buy, Sell or Trade Web Services         Programming         SEO         Graphic Design Search Engine Specific Search Optimization     SEO for Yahoo     SEO for Google     SEO for MSN     SEO for other Search Engines    »User: »Password:   Remember Me?  SEO-Board Forums / Search Engine Optimization Discussion Forum / General Website Development / Way to add participation Pages: 1 Posted:  19 Oct 2007 04:18 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  55 Join Date: Sep 2007 I'm looking for a way for more viewer participation to my site - for example, commenting, voting, or that sort of thing. Does anyone have any links to a how-to for something like that? Posted:  19 Oct 2007 05:21 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  14 Join Date: Oct 2007 What exactly is the niche of your site? What do you want viewers to participate, vote, or comment on? Posted:  20 Oct 2007 23:44 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  142 Join Date: Sep 2007 Some people swear by contests.  The problem is coming up with the activity or item to be judged. Posted:  21 Oct 2007 06:47 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  14 Join Date: Oct 2007 Contests are a great way to get people to participate, if there is a good prize in store for the winner, usually. There are so many different contests too. You can get viewers to design logos, etc. I think those work pretty well. Posted:  21 Oct 2007 16:33 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  142 Join Date: Sep 2007 How about a scavenger hunt? You could choose or insert something into your site and then have a prize for finding either the phrase or item once, or for an accurate count of the number of times it appears in your site...sort of like guessing the number of beans in a jar. It will get people actually looking through your site which will lengthen their visit. Posted:  22 Oct 2007 06:18 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  14 Join Date: Oct 2007 Good one, SageMother. I think a scavenger hunt would hit the spot right on. If you are looking to get people to look around your site, a scavenger hunt would take care of just that. Posted:  23 Oct 2007 20:46 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  142 Join Date: Sep 2007 Glad I could help!  Scavenger hunts tend to stimulate the desire for more scavenger hunts, just as shopping can stimulate the desire to shop more.  You might get a lot of mileage from them. Posted:  24 Oct 2007 23:17 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  14 Join Date: Oct 2007 I had never thought about scavenger hunts leading to a desire for more, but the shopping example helped to make sense. I know that people love to compete, and I think that competition can be addictive. Posted:  02 Nov 2007 20:28 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  55 Join Date: Sep 2007 Specifically, what I'm looking for is instructions or software to add commenting or voting to pages of my site (like, say, blogs have). Posted:  02 Nov 2007 21:18 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  14 Join Date: Oct 2007 Ah okay, I understand now. Your first post was kind of ambiguous, and could have been interpreted a couple of different ways. I'm really not sure about software though. Posted:  04 Nov 2007 19:51 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  142 Join Date: Sep 2007 I guess I was going in the wrong direction there, LOL.  As far as software, you should try looking at Source Forge first.  Finding something suitable at no cost is always immediate profit! Posted:  16 Mar 2008 17:16 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  60 Join Date: Mar 2008 Depend on the kind of functionality you want you can find some rather simple Javascript programs that could do the job, there are hundreds of Javascript libraries floating around the internet. Posted:  21 Mar 2008 22:06 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  61 Join Date: Feb 2008 JavaScript is good if you program it correctly.  But, too many people do not and it messes with your system real good. __________________ Start-Up Phase, resources to help your new business grow! http://www.startupphase.com/forums/index.php Posted:  23 Mar 2008 14:38 Registered User Currently Offline Posts:  60 Join Date: Mar 2008 That's quite true, the handy thing about Javascript though is the majority of it can be cut and paste without many issues. It does display differently in different browsers though which can cause a lot of compatability issues. Pages: 1

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