How do I find good forums in any niche?

12 years ago

The Biggest Boards - Size Matters

Thousands of forums listed there and you can sort by almost anything you can imagine. Search by niche and you'll almost certainly find something.

Good luck!

Michael

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Malcolm Thomas

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Levanduski

The Biggest Boards - Size Matters

Thousands of forums listed there and you can sort by almost anything you can imagine. Search by niche and you'll almost certainly find something.

Good luck!

Michael

Beat me to it :p

This is the site I also use whenever I want to discover popular forums in a niche that I am in.

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seth3000

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Levanduski

The Biggest Boards - Size Matters

Thousands of forums listed there and you can sort by almost anything you can imagine. Search by niche and you'll almost certainly find something.

Good luck!

Michael

I just tried this resource and it was horrible. Is there any other recommended resources?

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Randall Magwood

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Levanduski

The Biggest Boards - Size Matters

Thousands of forums listed there and you can sort by almost anything you can imagine. Search by niche and you'll almost certainly find something.

Good luck!

Michael

You should also check out "Big Boards" also. They have a ton of forums in almost all categories, and each one has to have at least 500,000 posts, or they wont be accepted.

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totalprocessing.net 10 years ago

The Biggest Boards - Size Matters
I tried to sort according to category and it simply does not sort. Same results no matter what. Looks like it may no longer be supported. I see a July News 2008 headline
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megabuff

9 years ago

Hi i selected "category" on the biggest boards site but doesnt seem to work.

eg i selected computers, but it didnt bring up computer specific forums.

am i doing something wrong?

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agmccall

9 years ago

Originally Posted by megabuff

Hi i selected "category" on the biggest boards site but doesnt seem to work.

eg i selected computers, but it didnt bring up computer specific forums.

am i doing something wrong?

try adding "powered by vbulletin" to your search string

al

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megabuff 9 years ago

thanks mate, but it only lets you select one option, and neither seem to be getting the correct results
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- agmccall 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by megabuff
  
  thanks mate, but it only lets you select one option, and neither seem to be getting the correct results
  
  I am not sure what you mean here. But, for example, if I look for forums in the golf niche I type "golf forum powered by vbulletin" (without quotation marks) You can replace golf with whatever your niche is.
  
  The reason I use "powered by vbulletin" is I am familiar with that forum solution and it is easy to see if signatures are accepted or not. you can replace vbulletin with whatever forum software you like
  
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  megabuff 9 years ago
  
  on http://www.thebiggestboards.com/index.php
  
  i am seeing
  
  SEE WHERE YOUR FORUM RANKS: Choose ONE option below.
  
  i dont see anywhere to type in a search, only selecting one for the 4 drop down boxes!
  
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Teddy T

12 years ago

Have you tried using the google search options?

After you've entered the keyword you can set the results to being country specific and only from forums.

Just choose the 'Discussions' tab on the results page. Under 'Search tools,' change from 'All discussions' to 'Forums'.

Hope this is relevant

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Max Greenflame

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Teddy T

Have you tried using the google search options?

After you've entered the keyword you can set the results to being country specific and only from forums.

Just choose the 'Discussions' tab on the results page. Under 'Search tools,' change from 'All discussions' to 'Forums'.

Hope this is relevant

Thanks, though how do I set it to be country specific? Sorry for newbie's quick stupid question?

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Fazal Mayar

12 years ago

the biggest boards is indeed the way to go im really fascinated by the numbers. I thought WF would be up there but its lower

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tolaskool

12 years ago

extensive research is key to finding good and unbiased info so if i were you ill hit the keyboard

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Val Wilson

12 years ago

Try these search strings:
"Powered by Phbb" your keyword
"Powered by vBulletin" your keyword
"Powered by SMF" your keyword
"powered by IPB" your keyword
"powered by PunBB" your keyword

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vgnair

12 years ago

Your best friend to find the forum or any forum is just in front of you. JUST google! How nice and powerful!

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GetBack2it

12 years ago

“Powered by BlogEngine”
“Powered by Blogsmith”
“powered by Typepad”
“powered by scoop”
“Powered by PHPbb”
“Powered by vBulletin”
“Powered by SMF”
“powered by Simple Machines”
“powered by punBB”
“powered by expressionengine”
“Powered by Tagbox”
“Powered by DRBGuestbook”
“powered by bbPressPowered”
“Powered by PunBB” register.php
“powered by vbulletinpowered”

Here is more to add to the list of footprints; add your keyword/niche as well

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Max Greenflame

12 years ago

Originally Posted by GetBack2it

"Powered by BlogEngine"
"Powered by Blogsmith"
"powered by Typepad"
"powered by scoop"
"Powered by PHPbb"
"Powered by vBulletin"
"Powered by SMF"
"powered by Simple Machines"
"powered by punBB"
"powered by expressionengine"
"Powered by Tagbox"
"Powered by DRBGuestbook"
"powered by bbPressPowered"
"Powered by PunBB" register.php
"powered by vbulletinpowered"

Here is more to add to the list of footprints; add your keyword/niche as well

Wow, thanks, the whole list of formulas, lol

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Bayo

12 years ago

If it's outside IM you should try LinkedIn, that's where I get my forum information

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Bobby Asburn

12 years ago

How to Find Relevant forums

KEYWORDS “powered by phpbb” inurl:/forum
KEYWORDS “powered by vbulletin” inurl:/forum
KEYWORDS “powered by smf” site: /forum

KEYWORDS “powered by phpbb” inurl:/community
KEYWORDS “powered by vbulletin” inurl:/community
KEYWORDS “powered by smf” inurl:/community

How to Find Relevant .edu forums

“powered by vbulletin” site:.edu
“powered by phpbb” site:.edu
“powered by smf” site:.edu

How to Find Relevant .gov forums

“powered by vbulletin” site:.Gov
“powered by phpbb” site:.Gov
“powered by smf” site:.Gov

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DURABLEOILCOM

12 years ago

Biggest Boards is def. the first place to check you can also use alexa.com

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avowzone

Banned 12 years ago

Try bellow method:

Your Keyword inurl:/forum

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talfighel

12 years ago

Max,

You can usually find a good quality forum by doing a search on Google for the:

Keyword+forum (Example: Dog forum, motivational forum.)

The forums that are on the first page, are pretty decent and get the most traffic.

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Sandra Martinez

10 years ago

I second this...

Originally Posted by talfighel

Max,

You can usually find a good quality forum by doing a search on Google for the:

Keyword+forum (Example: Dog forum, motivational forum.)

The forums that are on the first page, are pretty decent and get the most traffic.

Also you can use:

Keyword+community

all forums target those keywords. So... they lead you to the most relevant ones.

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icoachu

11 years ago

Besides the steps outlined above, I suggest an added step

Feed the domains of the forums you find into Opensiteexplorer.org

Look for high DA sources

Also, if you are looking for DIRECT traffic, feed your results through Alexa site info so you can get a ROUGH idea re their traffic volume.

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jherewini

11 years ago

The earliest bird gets the best worms hahah I was going to say check out The Biggest Boards - Size Matters but looks like I am just joining the chain sorry bout it

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MMartin89

10 years ago

I would definitely use Google with niche/subniche/niche-keyword + forums

Or you can use any aggregators like people have mentioned here but I would still use google first

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preciousscic

9 years ago

Originally Posted by MMartin89

I would definitely use Google with niche/subniche/niche-keyword + forums

Or you can use any aggregators like people have mentioned here but I would still use google first

I agree! Definitely the best starting point.

That's what I do and it's worked well for me too.

Steph

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yogibeezy

10 years ago

Use some search operators. Bobby Asburn provided a good list.

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maxsi

10 years ago

GOOD WAY => use Google with niche/subniche/niche-keyword + forums

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extrememan

10 years ago

Your best option would be to do a google search like: your niche + forum

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FreedomBlogger

10 years ago

Hi Max!!

Forums are a great way to gain more exposure online! .. it is great to see you implement this strategy!!

There are a few sites that I have used, to find different forums online.

Have you tried these sites:

boardreader.com
omgili.com

These are great sites to search for forums in any niche.

You just have to take the time to do a research and find the forums you want to use.

I hope this helps!

Keep up the great work!

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beautifulBeamon

10 years ago

Google "Best forums to follow in [your niche]"

That's the only way I know which works like a charm every single time

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sameon

10 years ago

Thank you very much! I've been finding ways to build a list of forums, this will help me a lot!

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Shane Williams

10 years ago

Check out Findaforum.net and click on the categories tab.

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Responster

10 years ago

Obviously just googling "{niche name} forums" and variations of relevant topics to that audience will be your first step, but if the community is in your opinion big or engaged enough but nothing out there is servicing the need, why not create a forum yourself? Quite easy to do these days and you could literally dominate the expert space for your market by being the most popular forum in it. Just a thought

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Sandra Martinez

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Responster

Obviously just googling "{niche name} forums" and variations of relevant topics to that audience will be your first step, but if the community is in your opinion big or engaged enough but nothing out there is servicing the need, why not create a forum yourself? Quite easy to do these days and you could literally dominate the expert space for your market by being the most popular forum in it. Just a thought

Have you ever managed a forum?

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salegurus

10 years ago

Originally Posted by Responster

why not create a forum yourself? Quite easy to do these days and you could literally dominate the expert space for your market by being the most popular forum in it.

BS.........................

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vishwa

9 years ago

I usually find forums related to my niche by searching it for in Google.

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9 years ago

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spartan14

9 years ago

put "niche" + forums and second method powered by buletin and you search your niche there

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brettb

9 years ago

I built www.findaforum.net back in 2013. I included most of the big-boards forums plus a few new ones.

I also included a bit of data that I thought might be useful, like whether a forum solicits donations (cheap advertising 4 U!!!), and whether it uses AdSense. There's also a search facility.

If you've got a forum, submit it and I'll try and add it sometime.

If there isn't a forum in your niche, then start one! I've had really good ad conversion on mine. On the downside spammers and scammers are a nightmare. For this reason a lot of forums are closing down [this is also a good business opportunity, especially if you have a programmer to help you outwit the spammers].

I've also heard more discussions are going to social media, but forums do have their die hard audiences.

FYI the cars niche is about the best one for us little guys. You can get stacks of traffic and it's easy to monetise.

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