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I have been reading a lot that controversal topics are a great way to get people to visit your site and talk about it + make comments. Has anyone tried this? What are some topics, I thought of a few:
1) America's war in iraq
2) Prosecuting certain races more than others
Any other ideas?
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Posted 25 August 2006 - 05:35 PM
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dirkfirst said:
2) Prosecuting certain races more than others
Any other ideas?
Any other ideas?
lol, that's an awfully long way of saying racism. But yes, a good way to get traffic is to make your site controversial.
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Posted 04 September 2006 - 12:58 PM
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lol, it was wasn't it? I don't want to promote it but I do want to get topics that like as it usually flares people into commenting.
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Posted 06 September 2006 - 04:04 PM
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Yes, I can say from experience that this stuff works! You can get a ton of visitors if your topic gets discussed a lot.
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Posted 08 September 2006 - 04:12 PM
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Stay on niche. That's about all I have to say if you want a quality site.
If you're site is related to politics... go for it (and get ready for some flame wars).
If you're site is related to politics... go for it (and get ready for some flame wars).
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Posted 10 September 2006 - 02:37 PM
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Remember that just because your site is controversial doesn't mean it will get visitors. It's as hard to build a controversial site as it is any other. Well, usually.
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Posted 14 September 2006 - 02:20 PM
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Gay Marriage
Any type of Political topic these days
Conspiracy theories
Those such would help you also I agree with Kaabi, just cause you have a viewpoint will not increase your traffic. If they wanted to talk about it, what place better then a forum?
Any type of Political topic these days
Conspiracy theories
Those such would help you also I agree with Kaabi, just cause you have a viewpoint will not increase your traffic. If they wanted to talk about it, what place better then a forum?
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Posted 14 September 2006 - 03:19 PM
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And you run the risk of alienating users whose viewpoint differs from the majority so could end up losing users
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Posted 19 September 2006 - 05:19 PM
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Still, you would probably gain more users than you would lose, and you might even gain people from the opposite viewpoints... for a variety of reasons.
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Posted 21 September 2006 - 05:47 PM
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I know that the "PHP Sucks" thread you created got a lot of attention so I'd say that controversal topics are great for traffic unless they get out of hand.
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Posted 22 September 2006 - 06:33 AM
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Hmm perhaps
Sex before Marriage?
Should Porn be banned?
Should kids browse the net on their own?
Sex before Marriage?
Should Porn be banned?
Should kids browse the net on their own?
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Posted 22 September 2006 - 03:42 PM
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Which [insert items here] is the best?
Unless you choose something stupid (like...deoderant or brand of socks), that's going to be a controversial topic. :)
Unless you choose something stupid (like...deoderant or brand of socks), that's going to be a controversial topic. :)
