Apr
7
2010
7
2010
smashing magazine forum closed – poor call
An article by Hannes 
Today Smashing Magazine closed its forum, due to lack in members, activity and (i think thats the biggest part) poor (not existent) SEO Visibility. There have been reasons for that:
none existent promo
SEO abuse by 1-post-members
I think after all the downfall was the lack of commitment to the Project as whole which i see as a huge let down, considered what SM (try) to stand for.
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I came across your post after a Google search to see why I couldn’t find a link to the forum anywhere. I’m surprised SM didn’t make a post about the closure (or if they did Google sure isn’t showing it).
Twitter and Facebook are fast killing off forums though.
They gave some free books away at the start and it was looking promising, but like you say, it lacked commitment from the team. Too bad they didn’t make use of the powerful community they have, by appointing some mods.
They also didn’t make any announcement regarding the closure and that proves your point. I, just like Dinu, found this while googling for “smashing magazine forum closed”. Strange communication from such a big name…