Go easy on him guys, he's just asking a simple question. No need to cause a flame war over caps lock. Plus, there is a way to do it for free, though it's harder than doing it with pay.
@ StarFall: Here's some "free" ways to get you started:
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Google Webmaster Tools is a great way to enhance your SEO, or search engine optimization. You can submit a sitemap, which gives search spiders more access to your site. Or just
submit your site to Google this way, it, according to Google, "includes your site in its index. Once you submit the URL of your site Google will send bots to your site to check it out and index pages.
-If you have a
news section of your forum, keep it updated about what's new. For example, my news section gives updates about the forum, my YouTube channel, etc. Search spiders love the news sections =P
-Post original content! Nobody wants to go to a forum with nothing special about it from other forums.
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Submit your site to Bing and other search engines so that, whatever search engine you use, people can find your site. Remember that Google and Bing are the strongest search engines.
-Share your site with friends via social media--Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc. This can be a powerful source of traffic!
-And, of course, share it with friends you know in real life. Hope this helps.