Re: TreeBuzz Partners With Lawn And Garden Webvisi
Odds are, it may bring a bit less than generic internet searches. That website does not have a PageRank, and barely has any posts. New of course, but it's presence introduces the question "to what profit?".
Lawnsite takes the Lion's share of Lawn forum traffic. And a year ago - February 2nd ?? - LawnTimes appeared, drawing a few new users, but a small chunk from LawnSite. LawnTimes forum has about 900 users: but the latest Tree forum to start-up even later this year, is already up to 700 users, in a matter of months. Definitely shows where there is room for growth. Apparently more in the Tree category.
The lawn forum users on established sites seem hesitant to change habits. Lawn forum users seem more dedicated to individual sites, whereas tree forum users seem more willing to visit several sites. Personally, I see little need for more lawn forums.
What the internet could really use, is another "Horticulture" forum. The UBC / University of British Columbia forums basically fill a lot of that niche with an expansive worldwide reach. The countries represented in the UBC forum posts are numerous.
Tree forum sites probably would gain better advantage by networking with the UBC or similar.
Of course, there will be an open door to TreeBuzz if that site offers a hyperlink back. Time will tell how much benefit there is. There is both the number of users to consider, and the number of users that are interested.
Ground Trades is a fairly solid landscape and design forum too. Not a huge following, but good content and well-indexed.