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 Post subject: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:13 am 
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I'm creating this thread so that we can brainstorm ways to get more people visiting ABT to increase the traffic and get apoppin more hardware for review. I think the site has done great; it's definitely done better than I had expected it to. That said, it can certainly become as big a site as HardOCP or Tom's Hardware; we just need to figure out how to do it.

My suggestions so far:

- go all black with the main page layout similar to how HardOCP does it; I find the gradients too busy and distracting
- promote the site (unfortunately I don't know much about how to do this)
- re-establish a relationship with AMD


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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:19 am 
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The last one is easy. Grow ABT and it is automatic.

As to "promotion", whenever someone asks for information that is well-covered in one of our articles or reviews, link to it - or at least the chart.

We also need to get back to contests. We have a new active editor covering the mobile tech. If you or your friends are interested in smartphones or tablets, encourage growth there. 3D also.


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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:21 am 
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Aren't there ways to promote the site on Google so that you get near the top of search results? When I was building my site, that was of utmost importance apparently.


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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:50 am 
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We do pretty good in the google searches.

Our problem is that we don't have a regular news guy. And we need to restart our news feeds again.


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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:44 pm 
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Yeah i found ABT somehow lacks in news department.That is why i post so many news :P
As i told u in another thread the news should appear at the top of the page,it can have a horizontal scrolling as well.


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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:54 pm 
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I actually like the layout of AT, it is more professional imho
Whenever u r at the homepage of AT u immediately get the impression that they review
a lot of different stuffs,that makes a good impression on the first comers.Make ur review stuffs scroll horizontally on top of the actual review.It can be thumbnails.


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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:55 pm 
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Hey why don't we create a way for the members to post news for the site?


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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:57 pm 
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That would be uber cool :P


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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:02 pm 
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We would need someone or several members to access wordpress and actually post news regularly. So far, no one has volunteered to do it
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 Post subject: Re: We need to grow ABT
PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:06 pm 
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I'll do it but I don't know how.


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