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DigitalPoint Forums 3 Years Old This Sunday – March 4 2007

This Sunday, March 4th, 2007 marks the 3 year anniversary that Shawn Hogan decided SEO Chat was not for him and he was going to take his ball and starting his own webmaster forum.

It did not take long to become a success.

Digitalpoint

Happy Birthday DigitalPoint! (its where I started and have learned so much).



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  1. Meext

    Hey I’m new here, because I figure that you are outdoors passionnates I just found the magazine about Decouvertes Touristiques of Annick Mclean but I was wondering if you knew his website adress because it I’ve heard that there seems that there is an internet form on their website.
    Thanks you

  2. Sylvielavoiet

    Allo
    J’viens de m’souscrire sur le forum! Vous m’avez l’air d’un famille de amoureux de exterieur et de tourisme , je crois qu’on va reussir a s’entendre car je part en vacances cette ete au Saguenay!! Ça l’air bien;)
    Tk, jvous re-ecris dans pas long..

  3. Misha

    I think there has to be some change in ALexa methodology or another change, because it is impossible to have such a heavy and noticeable traffic increase in that time.

  4. Ken Savage

    what happened to them in March 2006?

  5. MeetHere

    I am a member of DP ( MeetHere ) and learned a lot from the forum..
    The forum is having great success within a short time..
    Best of luck for future too :-)

  6. infonote

    DP is great from beginners to experts like ShoeMoney.

  7. Lee

    Kudos to DP.

    There is no better resource for todays webmaster.

  8. Misha

    DP is great, I have also learned much there and set a lot of deals. but this graph, as I noted on NBB, I havent noticed that DP recieved like twiced traffic within a two months during 2006. It is too suspicious for me. If it will be from wannabe webmasters from myspace, then a lot of newbies wuestions would flood the forums – that did not happen. If it would be from adsense, respective forums would be more targeted – it did not happened. So, what is the reason of these numbers?

  9. Nathan Hannig

    Thats cool, I have been a member there for over a year now.

  10. State Of Brain

    I wish I could fast forward in time three years. I am actually just starting up at DP. Congratulations fellas!

  11. Online Stopwatch

    wow, thats fantastic! I never even thought about how much the guy earns who owns it. lol.
    I love DP — the No1 forum i visit!!!

  12. jim

    Happy birthday DP! DP was the first forum I found and one that I still visit all the time. Eveyrone’s always been real chill and not quick to jump on newb questions.

  13. jim

    Someone must have told everyone to install the Alexa toolbar :)

  14. Bulbboy

    A lot of traffic means some pretty good hardware is needed.
    To quote a certain somebody:
    “Server fundraiser going on over here.”

    if you want to help out. ;)

  15. Marko

    Happy Birthday to Digital Point and thank you Shawn Hogan for starting it all.

  16. Dijo

    Yup its very good. some really great content there. highly recommended..

  17. ToddW

    It’s a bloody wicked forum though ;)

  18. john loch

    Shit – has it been that long already ?
    I remember my first days on DP poking around, and I’ll admit picking up some really useful tips from folk. Its grown now to a point where finding that gem is too time consuming, now reliant on Ypiping/filtering feeds for goodies.

    He’s done one hell of a job with DP, hernias, hacks and all :)

    DP does remain one of my first stops when freesurfing, (hell, its the feed of choice for my Macs screensavers at home too.. even when passing by I give it a glance), so I gotta say that all told I continue to watch it grow and find it a useful resource.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL DPers, AND CONGRATS TO SHAWN FOR EVOLVING IT TO WHAT IT IS. THE RELAXED STYLE OF ADMIN SEEMS TO PERSIST TO THIS DAY – PROBABLY THE REASON ITS ONE OF THE MOST USEFULL & WELL KNOWN FORUMS OUT THERE.

    CHEERS SHAWN !!

  19. Jenstar

    If I am remembering right, that drop at the very tail of the graph is normal because it was grabbed before the 24 hours was up.

    Congrats to Shawn on his 3 years :) I think DP rocks, but then as a mod, I might be a bit biased :P

  20. MoneyMan

    Anyone else notice the trends at the tail end of the graph? DP falls from .55 down to .35, the rest mirror that.

    Any reason in particular? I’m guessing more competition.

  21. fivecentnickel.com

    Yeah, seriously. That’s a *huge* uptick.

  22. Manthem

    Does anyone have any recent numbers on Shawn’s success? Last I remember hearing, he was pulling in over 10k a month from Adsense alone.

  23. ian

    sitepoint was one of the first forums that I visited, had heard a bit about digitalpoint, but only signed up recently after it being recommended over here.

  24. Chris Alexander

    I started on there in December of 2005, and at that point it looked as if it had been around for years. I’m actually amazed that it is as young as it is.

  25. 2k a day

    I can’t believe it’s been that long! DP is an amazing resource. We’re lucky to have it.

    I like the site redesign Shoe!

  26. soul-healer

    I have learned alot from DP and i am gald they grow alot and i wish shawn alot of success in the futre. Shoemoney that DP is the point where i find you :) so DP is great resource for me.

    My best wishes are with all of you :)

  27. Ryan

    I guess it’s time I join up!

  28. Maki

    I think you mean Wicked Fire, Daniel?

  29. awesomo

    DP is great! We are all very thankful of Shawn for making such a great resource available to all of us.

  30. Stuart

    It looks like everyone wanted to be a webmaster :) But from what I can remember in those times, Myspace Resource webmaster wannabes bomed, maybe giving a jump in the Webmaster forum places, and Adsense was getting really big at that time.

  31. GeorgeB

    I remember when I joined. Didn’t like the conversations. I thought… this place is wack! lol. I came back a few months later and have been hooked ever since.

    If DP ever launches an enhanced marketplace they will likely crush all competition.

  32. Stuart

    Wow, I didn’t know digital point was so old.They did a great job though.

  33. natekapi

    Digital Point is the best! I’m really glad I found it. Happy Birf’day DP!

  34. filtalr

    Wow – three years? Happy Birthday to DP! I’ve only been a member there for a little under a year but LOVE the place — didn’t start out there but wish I’d have found it sooner. I have learned loads from the “fertile” minds there. It’s where I first found the Shoemoney living legend :)

  35. Brian Mark

    Maybe I should finally get around to joining up at DP. But then… WebProWorld keeps me too busy with being an admin. Too much RSS = overwhelmed me. Still, I’m curious about some of the other forums.

  36. SonicReducer

    It’s still the best forum out there. Shawn has done a great job with it and deserves his success.

  37. Ahmad Uzair

    Just join them last year.Hope to learn more and grab the success like you.

  38. ToddW

    3 Years wow, great growth!!!

  39. Manthem

    DP is easily the most useful forum on the net and ever since I discovered the Spy feature, I can’t get enough.

  40. Jacob Schlottke

    Wow, I cannot believe its been that long! I remember when I signed up back then- I just checked- id #46 – schlottke.

  41. Dastar

    DP rocks. I’ve had many a successful transactions there amongst fellow webmasters – far more then any other forum i’ve been a part of.

  42. Maki

    I wandered around various other forums but stuck with DP in the end. Feels like a second home sometimes. Congrats!

  43. Ed

    Don’t you just love those inflated Alexa graphs, lol

  44. wildbluff_matt

    I’m just getting started w/ DP. I’m grateful for a resource like that.

  45. Tyler Banfield

    Happy B-Day DP! That’s where I got my start in the SEO/SEM world, and I will always remain loyal/active to DP.

  46. Glen

    Great forum and congratulations on the success

  47. Daniel

    Yeah a lot of good information down there, definitely a must read for beginners.

    There is this new forum though, WickedForum, that is attracting a lot of new members also.

  48. SUP3RNOVA

    Not gonna lie, DP rocks the hizzhouse. It’s also where I started, and I’ve learned an incredible amount from it, and have acquired many contacts from it as well.

  49. Tam Denholm

    I also got started at DP, congrats to Shawn.

    PS: What happened at the first quarter of 2006?

  50. SEO Mash

    Yes, a big congratulations to Shawn and DP! What a great group of helpful individuals. BTW, does anyone actually visit the forums at SeoChat anymore?

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