How to speed up the success rate of this SEO forum by 5x?

Do you have more specific proposal?

Not sure what you mean, but we can't open blog posting for general public. That would mean 99,99% of blogs being spam (either hidden or all-out links).

There shouldn't be any harm by inviting general public as a guest blogger and write on SEO or related topics. There can be a guideline and after approval only the guest posts should be published.

Or, in whatever way, if we can make this platform more content rich! Keep brainstorming. @ms

Hello @jaap, @Gamerseo, and others Can you please share your views on this!

When it comes to blog posts, there are some interesting topics to choose from that will surely attract traffic. We recommend that you use the surferseo tool when writing your posts. Once Posts are ready, it's a good idea to link to the article in other forums. Regarding guest posts, you can also suggest posts with topics most likely to be approved. If the administration is willing, we can write such a guest post ourselves :)

@Gamerseo I am in favor of making this forum platform content rich. There is a blogs post facility shown but currently limited to the admin only, as I guess. If other contributors too can participate to make this platform great then better. This is what I think...

Blog posts can be a good option if they are moderated by @ms before publishing. So no spam links etc. Content should be high quality and really add something. This way you can create a knowledge base worth visiting.

Good point @binayjha

There are some updates coming for the forum during the winter and I am thinking about blog posts, but it won't be for everyone. Only really good standing members would be allowed to blog in order to avoid leveraging long-form format for backlink strategies without providing value for our users.

@ms It should be allowed for everyone, if possible. Moderator will have the power to publish. The unique content which can enrich the platform should be published. Let's formulate it in the best possible way.

What is the motivation for random visitor to publish high quality unique content on a forum? In 99.99% cases it would be exploited to spam for links therefore a lot of work for mods. We have to take in account AI generated / spun content and how hard it actually is to identify.

I don't think it's a good idea and would stick with earning the option to publish articles first by posting on the forum. After reaching certain score, users would be allowed to post their blogposts.

Yes @ms, your idea sounds better. We users will eagerly wait for the moment.

Talking about updates. Active topics on top?

Ignore my last post here, found the button last posts :)