I've been conducting a little research exercise to try and understand why forum communities are having such a tough time. I've looked in the popular forum scripts and their search interests via Google Trends.
They all have one thing in common, decline.. Since around 2011 all the popular forum scripts have shown significant decline in search traffic.
Here's some samples:
phpBB
myBB
vBulletin
SMF
You can see the point i'm trying to put across. Social media groups and communities are killing off independent forums communites and scripts.
Thoughts?
They all have one thing in common, decline.. Since around 2011 all the popular forum scripts have shown significant decline in search traffic.
Here's some samples:
phpBB
myBB
vBulletin
SMF
You can see the point i'm trying to put across. Social media groups and communities are killing off independent forums communites and scripts.
Thoughts?