Theoden King, Yes. It would be nice to have more folks on the Forums. The place to present your ideas is to the top Valar ... "The One." Log in ... go to the "Member List" ... scroll down the list until you find "The One." Click on his name and leave him/her a private message with your ideas. You will get a response. I think all three ideas have merit. And if I am not mistaken some if not all may have been tried. I am only a Bear with a sleep fogged memory. "The One" is where these ideas might (or should) go first. I will be glad to draw my sword and stand beside you, Bear
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I tend to be more like the dwarves on this front and am more inclined to hide my arknestone under a mountain. I don't want this forum flooded with dribble and teens with a crush on Orlando Bloom. I don't know where everyone else's hearts lie but I'd rather not wade through the spam posts to get to the meat of a subject. This forum is a bit still at times but I've always heard that still waters often run deep. May Eru's will be done, however, and with no insubordination from me.
Iomonduin... You do make a good point, but we can still advertise along with the fact that we care more of the lore of the land, than the movies and actors.
We have had various advertising 'campaigns' in the past, I think the site is listed on quite a few other Tolkien sites, which can be seen on the links page. Plus, something we haven't posted about in a while, the four 'voting' banners halfway down the home-page, where members can vote daily for the site which keeps it up on the list. I think those voting sites are some of the main Tolkien/Middle-earth voting sites out there.
Plus, having done some searching myself, there are quite a few search engines and directories where sites can be submitted to on the web.