How can we get more people to frequent thephins.com?

It is my personal mission to ensure that thephins.com becomes the biggest Miami Dolphins fan site out there. When I run into a Dolphin fan on the street, in the market, etc., two phrases are uttered from me to them almost immediately after I say hello. Thephins.com and Miami Mike's Sports Zone. I run into alot of Dolphin fans up here in Jersey. :up:

Understood that the original poster wants to share this incredible sight, and as Jt stated, it is still in its infancy, it is growing pretty much every day, and much of that is because of our members spreading the word as Miss Mary is.
Another thing to ponder is Quality over Quantity is very very important, at least to me it is.

"azfinfanmang wrote:

Another thing to ponder is Quality over Quantity is very very important, at least to me it is.

i agree very strongly with that. We have amazing members here. The quality of this site compared to others is amazing and i stays like that with each member we get

we dont want to get wildly busy like FH got after awhile. That helped to water down the quality of that once great site.

I'd like to touch on a subject mentioned earlier.

While we may or may not one day become the biggest Dolphins fansite out there, that is not one of our goals. In fact, at this point in time, we do not want that distinction. I wouldn't classify it as a stated objective, but we are certainly enjoying the current path the site is taking.

Indeed, we are all about quality over quantity. We have a good thing going right now and we'd hate to spoil it with undesirables 'gracing' us with their presence.

One way you can help us is by posting our link elsewhere. If you're replying to a blog somewhere and it has a URL field when in addition to your name/email, go ahead and put www.thephins.com in there.

However, we ask that you be cognizant of where you're posting it. If it's a toxic place with a high volume of garbage posts/posters, we'd rather they not know about our community.

"Muck wrote:

Indeed, we are all about quality over quantity. We have a good thing going right now and we'd hate to spoil it with undesirables 'gracing' us with their presence.

Certainly quality is a bigger part of the equation than quantity.

I couldn't stand it.. I HAD to click the "best answer" button to see what it did..

"cnc66 wrote:

I couldn't stand it.. I HAD to click the "best answer" button to see what it did..

Mor did that to one of my answers... then rescinded it :pity:

"HardKoreXXX wrote:

Mor did that to one of my answers... then rescinded it :pity:

Mikes a lot smarter than me.. I had no clue how to rescind it... not that I would.. it IS the best answer after all. :hi5:

I believe the best way to get the word out about our great site ThePhins is by word of mouth from our existing members.:up: It has been happening for a while now, and will continue. We want to continue to bring quality members here to add to our awesome family. I would also rather stay smaller, and maintain a great family atmosphere, then get too big. The members that I have met so far from ThePhins have been first class, and have always treated me like a brother. This is something that I feel we need to maintain no matter what.:hi5:

I hit thanks a bunch of times John, well said.

It has a lot to do with incoming links. The more links we have inbound, the greater our link popularity. To enhance that, we added the Add This feature. As we get to be more "known", our search engine rankings will improve. As Muck mentioned, you can help by adding links to good articles here on sites that are appropriate in content. You don't want to add a link to a blog unless the blog is largely a football blog for instance.

That said, according to Alexa, we are the second most popular Miami Dolphins fan site and we are only 9 months old.

I like the group we have here and, like Muck, we would rather not sacrifice quality for quantity.

I like the fact that I don't regularly see "Ronnie is a bust!" threads after a game... I guess the best thing you could do is, if you see a Dolphins fan.. then pass him the link. We have a foundation of very loyal members (everyone but az) so the base has been built. Word of mouth is how I found out about Finheaven when I was 15 and word of mouth is how I found out about ThePhins... I think that's the best way to bring people to ThePhins...

you can do a few things like making videos of the site and posting them on sites, linking to the site, etc. But all in all I agree with muck. I like the way it is now, I like the people, I like the content..................

not to mention i hate change :)

One big step is that the link to ThePhins.com has been added to the official Miami Dolphin site and its already bearing fruits as registrations have increased lately.

This site is about quality not quantity.

By and large our members are established frequent posters .They have a vested interest in maintaining the quality of this site .

Those of us who have been around for awhile have seen what can happen to a site when its flooded by the casual posters who bring their negative and antagonistic behaviour with them.They have nothing invested so they act like children whose parents are not at home.

Those type of forums quickly degenerate into a negative and bickering atmosphere .Celtkin and Muck dont want that here .

IMO the best kind of advertising is by word of mouth .:yes:

The only time I invited any one from other sites here, is after I read and/or posted and saw how they behaved. There were a couple I visited that I doubt any one would have wanted them visiting us. I never sign up until I read their posts.

Anyway--this is the best site anywhere and I love how we're family, not just posters on a board!

Hey Mal, how come I don't have a club level badge? LOL Don't even know if I'm supposed to, just thought I'd ask. :up:

"dolphindebby wrote:

The only time I invited any one from other sites here, is after I read and/or posted and saw how they behaved. There were a couple I visited that I doubt any one would have wanted them visiting us. I never sign up until I read their posts.

Anyway--this is the best site anywhere and I love how we're family, not just posters on a board!

Hey Mal, how come I don't have a club level badge? LOL Don't even know if I'm supposed to, just thought I'd ask. :up:

You do now.:wink2:

"unluckyluciano wrote:

you can do a few things like making videos of the site and posting them on sites, linking to the site, etc. But all in all I agree with muck. I like the way it is now, I like the people, I like the content..................

not to mention i hate change :)

is that why you don't shower or change your underweare?

"Mindwarp wrote:

is that why you don't shower or change your underweare?

no I dont do those things because 1) they cut off my water 2) I dont wear underwear.....

Theres too many white people on this forum...down with whitey! Other then that I love it/.

"enforcerfin33 wrote:

Theres too many white people on this forum...down with whitey! Other then that I love it/.

Have you looked in the mirror lately?:lol:

"Seeking Answers wrote:

How can we get more people to call thephins.com their home for Dolphins football?

When googling "Miami Dolphins Forum", thephins doesn't appear until page 3.

When googling "Dolphins Forum", thephins does not exist.

What can the average joe do to help spread the word? any suggestions?

I tweaked a few things and now we are on Google's front page for "Miami Dolphins Forums", on the second page for "Miami Dolphins Forum" and "Dolphins Forum":)

We should continue to move up over the next few days.

We should come up if someone types best Dolphin forums, site, best Sports forum, best NFL forum, ect. Also best Ladies Lounge :wink2:

"BuckeyeKing wrote:

We should come up if someone types best Dolphin forums, site, best Sports forum, best NFL forum, ect. Also best Ladies Lounge :wink2:

Try that: Miami Dolphins Ladies Lounge

miami dolphins ladies lounge - Google Search

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