Growing a forum from zero members

Site speed moved my average position more than any backlink campaign ever did.

The hardest part of a new forum is the first hundred real members — everything before that is setup.

• Speed first
• Content people search for
• Consistent posting

— my entire SEO strategy.

I ditched GA for a lightweight self-hosted analytics tool and lost nothing I actually used.

I did a bit of searching but could not find a recent thread on this, so here we go.