Forum optimization

Lately, there are so many articles, tips tricks for forum optimization.

In this article you'll learn why:

• search engine optimization of forum is needed.
  
• what seo solution to use.

Why the optimization of forum is needed ?

People want to optimize their forums because they know that if a site is frequently updated it is prefered by search engines, so the forums are one of most appropriate cms solution. They help build communities, idea exchanging etc.

What search engine solution to use for your forum ?
it depends on which forum you have installed at your hosting. If you run phpBB2 you may follow following links

• http://able2know.com/forums/about15132.html
• http://phpbb-seo.com
• http://seofilter.com
  

the first two solutions do require you to hack/patch the forum source code. Hacking forum's source code can be a quick fix but when you need to upgrade the forum due to some security issues you need to repeat the optimization again.

SEO Filter uses different approach for optimization. It collects the content and decides which links to optimize and no source code hacks are needed at all.