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Hey everyone.  My web developer said that forums are old school.... that forums are a thing of the past.  When I look at other people's blog, I can't "post a thread". Is there any advantage to a blog vs a Forum like VENDiscuss? Need your opinion! Thanks, a San Diego Vendor.

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yeah the advantage of a blog is that the blog's owner keeps more control over what is posted.

So, if you are tring to sell a product, you can only allow positive blogs and comments on your blog.

Forums are the best way to have an open discussion

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Forums are old school?  I would say that forums are the best way to learn and teach on the web.  Almost anyone can post comments on a forum and this allows for a variety of different views and opinions. 

Blogs have their place, but you have to realize that blogs are just from one persons point of view.  I have ready a couple of blogs on vending and learned a lot, but I always chase it with a good dose of Vendiscuss. 

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HAHAHA caserri, that was funny. No worries, I'm not going to give you any competition.  At the most, I'll be guiding more traffic to Vendisuss. 

G-mann422, thanks for reminding me that blogs are a one person view point. One other thing I did notice about a blog is that I can't see all the comments as I can in a forum.  Any other opinions on Blogs vs. Forums?  I have never seen a Paypal button on a blog, but I have seen them on a forum.  I guess I should be making a donation soon, huh?

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I registered the domain name vendingtruth.com and put up a forum....Then I found this site and knew I did not have a chance. I pulled down the forum and put up some clickbank  links to a couple of ebooks while I decide what to do with it.

No need to worry Caserri, After finding vendiscuss I knew that I would be wasing my time trying to compete.

I was looking for a domain to use for full line location signups. with some craiglist post pointing to  the site.

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I've seen paypal links to donate on many blogs...

I think you may want to discuss your goal of having a blog or forum with your web person and together try to figure out what you want to achieve with either a forum or a blog (or both) and how either one is going to help you make more money.

Typically, some issues with forums are spam posts - possible pornographic, and with most blogs, I don't see much in the way of pictures, whereas in forums, it's often quite easy for even guests to post pics.

dbk

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I've seen paypal links to donate on many blogs...

I think you may want to discuss your goal of having a blog or forum with your web person and together try to figure out what you want to achieve with either a forum or a blog (or both) and how either one is going to help you make more money.

Typically, some issues with forums are spam posts - possible pornographic, and with most blogs, I don't see much in the way of pictures, whereas in forums, it's often quite easy for even guests to post pics.

dbk

Agreed. I would just forget about the forum idea alltogether.  ;)

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