Hi, just wondering what you guys have on your sites for your visitors to do, beyond the polls and forums. What have you found to be successful, and what has not? What keeps em coming back? (question mainly aimed at webpages not selling stuff or services). Thx!

That's a very broad question...I think the best answer is simply compelling content.

yeah, the question is kinda broad. perhaps i should ask, "what interactive things do you have at your site that people actually do, like games or something." I have no idea wut i'm asking anymore lol

Wow, Disc13... do you know I have a domain / website named Disc13.com ? What a cute coincidence!

As to your question... I guess it has to be fresh content. Sometimes new ideas beyond the usual stuff that you see everywhere. Like an idea that you have thought of that you think nobody else has done.

As for games... usually they get tiring once in a while... unless you change the games on a periodic basis.

Well... should be the updates and good content I guess.

I'm also running an anime+manga site, I update whenever I have stuff to post...so its like its updated at least once for abt a month.

Info I provide is of local status, not exactly international, but I do hold a record of books+info so its like a mini library people can come back to surf on.

For my personal webby, its mostly on my artworks so.. it has to be good... and updated often... but well.. its not as popular as my hobby site :rolleyes:

Originally posted by Disc13
What have you found to be successful, and what has not?
What doesn't work? I'd have to say live chat. Live chat can work, but it doesn't seem to work all that well if it is web site based (or you'd need many more users coming to the site, like Yahoo). Home computer sucking java applications don't help either, which is probably the #1 problem.

As for what works (very limited expereince mind you) I'd also say that offering anything free helps. I have a crappy page (from when I first got on the net), and any hits it gets, it gets mainly from people looking for free downloads. The other hits it gets are from people searching how to build chicken coops (no info on the site for that). I suppose you could say that information is what they come for.