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Build Your Community, Not Your Infrastructure Building a social network sounds exciting until the technical work starts piling up. Hosting, updates, security, backups, performance, plugins, and day-to-day maintenance can quickly become a second project of their own. That is where a managed approach can make a real difference. Instead of spending your time looking after…

With recent changes at Twitter, many people and businesses are moving away and looking for alternatives. This is a great time for you to build your own alternative to Twitter! You can easily create a Twitter clone website with the SocialEngine Self-Hosted script. Why Build a Twitter Clone Site? Twitter was recently acquired by Elon…

From the ancient Greeks to modern-day Olympics, sports have been an important aspect of society that brings people together in an often divided world. SocialEngine Self-Hosted has all the tools you need to develop your own social network sports community. Creating a community for sports enthusiasts can provide you with numerous social and business opportunities.…

The SocialEngine Self-Hosted software provides you with all the tools you need to build your social network community the way you envisioned it. However, sometimes budgets can force you to make decisions about how to prioritize aspects of your community. Making these decisions can be tough so we want to give you some tips to…

Welcome back to our blog! This month, we’ll focus on How to Make Your SocialEngine Community a Breeze to Use. This is an important topic as first impressions are critical for the success of your community. It’s also crucial to keep your site user-friendly to keep your members coming back. Read below for some helpful…

Introduction “Why isn’t my website on Google?” can describe several different problems. Google may not know your URL exists, may know it but not have indexed it, may have selected another URL as canonical, or may have indexed the page but rank it too far down for the searches you are checking. That distinction matters…

Happy Spring! Spring is such a great time of year with flowers blooming, birds singing and yes, spring cleaning. Okay, so maybe the spring cleaning isn’t so much fun but it does need to be done. This article tackles spring cleaning and your SocialEngine website. We know what spring cleaning is for our home or…

With the recent General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) updates, we thought it a good time to go over Privacy and your SocialEngine Community. This article will go over the “why,” “what,” and “how” regarding what’s on everyone’s mind these days – user data privacy. What is the GDPR? In layman’s terms, the GDPR was enacted…

You do not need a huge budget to get an online community off the ground. What you need first is a clear idea, a useful reason for people to join, and a sensible plan for where your money goes. The Cheapest Community Is Not Always the One With the Lowest Price It is tempting to…

Networks are an incredibly powerful tool in SocialEngine Self-Hosted. With networks, your site can become a “niche-centric” community. This article will delve into networks and creative ways you can use them to help focus your community. What are Networks? In SocialEngine Self-Hosted, Networks are described as follows:Networks are generally used for determining what members see…