I'm finding it difficult to write good descriptions for each forum; it seems like they all end up being some variant of "Come discuss x here!". What are some examples of great forum descriptions you've seen or written yourself?
When it comes to forum descriptions, I spend hours working on em' - I'm a perfectionist. I'll find some examples and post them up here.
I'm extremely satisfied with my forum descritions... I think I've managed to keep them fresh and different. A few examples: Introduce Yourself! New to RCTgo? Get welcomed into the community while introducing yourself. We'd love to say hello! RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Discussion Discuss and get help for all versions of RollerCoaster Tycoon 3. Be sure to post about the expansion packs in their appropriate forums! The Originals: RCT1 and RCT2 Discuss the games that started it all! Talk about both RollerCoaster Tycoon 1 and 2, as well as their expansions in this forum. The RollerCoaster Tycoon Exchange Share all of your creations for all games of RollerCoaster Tycoon here. Get comments on your latest park, coaster, group park, and post a link to the download when it's finished, if you'd like. The NoLimits Exchange Share and discuss all of your NoLimits creations. Plus, discuss and ask questions about NoLimits, one of the most realistic coaster simulators. All That Ever wanted to talk about anything? Do it here - just make it tasteful!
The problem with forum descriptions is making sure that they are long enough to describe the subject matter but short enough not to distract members.
Michelle, because I am frequently faced with the same problem, something new I've been trying is adding some kind of fact or statement to the description before you say exactly what it's for. Here's an example: Very lame, but it kind of shows what I meant.
I've had a bit of practice. But if you want to use that go ahead. I just offered that as an idea of a better description.
Actually I'm thinking an amalgam of yours and Blackout's might be the better choice, Savage X... you squeezed a couple more keywords in the first sentence, but your second sentence turned into the old "Discuss x here!" standby I reworked it a bit to a definite improvement from
I'm never really good at writing descriptions, but in my case, they have been picked up (and are heavily focused upon) by search engines, so I have disregarded any sense-making and turned them into keyword-heavy and relevant descriptions: There are very few stop words in there. As I said, they're horrible to the human reader, but I have adjusted them to please the search engines and return highly-relevant results for searches. And it's worked a treat, so I am definitely willing to make that trade.
