This also gets on my nerves when the email says you opted into a partners affliate or whatever posh terms they use!
Ive stopped signing up to emails now as all I ever get is spam spam spammmm!!!!!
My brother is wanting one for christmas but, I dont want to pull out alot of cash for one as there so expensive, but that price seems fairly good for what you get!
I would create a forum when my website was on a high so to speak!
Make sure you have lots of members who are able to keep the forum running smoothly.
Theres no point in having a forum with no posts!
I would recomend using flash as it gives your website a touch of class rather than the standard html!
It also depends what your website is about and who its aimed at.
If its for the elderly then they wont all the flash images etc.
But young people will.
If i were you i would go professional when promoting your website see the classified ad i posted a while back and that maybe something you can look into not exactly that particular one as theirs many that offer this service and then at least you know it will be done proffesionally and correct.