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Dont give up, you probably get spurts of new members every so often and then nothing which makes you feel down. It takes a long time. I have all the same feelings.
A couple of things I know is working for me that may help:
. join some webrings - I did a few weeks ago and it has increased my hits
. join in some online forums (xoops/yahoo ect) about anything. Put your web address and slogan in your signiture and make lots of posts in them. In my case its easier as I was already a member of a few which directly relate to my site (4wd) but for you I guess the subjects endless. IT, carlovers, music lovers all loose dogs. evertime your address is out there it can get picked up by robots. The other thing is how many times do you look at someones posts in a forum and see their web address so you go and have a look. Just a small thing I have seen your posts and logo on here a few times but I find such a large logo in your sig distracting, and it doesnt really say "lost your dog come here to see if we can find it" )I hope thats ok - I am not trying to be a critic
. XOOPS forums seem to get good hits by search engines.
. get a site report from something like
Dr Watson. check out what they say and recommend about your meta tags and stuff.
pick just one term, for me I use "australia + xtrail) submit it in search terms once a week, and see where your site come up. then watch every week to see if you climb. For me a month ago I was page three on google, this week page 1.
At the end of the day, XOOPS is free, hosting is cheap (i pay about 20 aus a month) which is the same as a couple of beers. You are probably learning heaps about php and the net, and if you save one dog in a year, thats success.
That little doggie you have running around in your header. Why not put him up the top.
cheers
Pete
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