Which forum platform has the best "SEO Functionality"?
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I have used vBulletin with vBSEO for a number of years and have been happy with the SEO results that I have achieved. However, vBulletin's recent releases have become unstable, full of bugs and are not secure.
I am intending on starting some new forums in the near future and would like to move away from vBulletin.
I have heard good things about Xenforo and IP Boards. Does anybody have any experience with either platforms built in SEO functionality?
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Looks interesting! I have never heard of that platform before, it might be a tad expensive for what I require.
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Thanks - that helps a lot!
I think Xenforo seems the most logical choice at the moment!
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Have a look at http://vanillaforums.com/ I quite like the way they add gamification and badges etc You can see it in action on Penny Arcade http://forums.penny-arcade.com/categories/artists-corner
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I have experience with IP Boards (invisionpower.com). Their software could be very powerful, but you will need to know some coding to be able to do certain things. I haven't used it in over 1 year, but everytime I wanted to do something basic, it seemed like I had to do coding. At the time I thought those features were something that should be standard with no coding required.
Xenforo was AWESOME. Look at their demo. You can request one and I think it's for 3 days. You can extend it too.
I work with vBulletin and they have too many security issues. I used to need to upgrade almost once per month.
If I was able to rank them in order, it would go like this:
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Xenforo
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vbulletin
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IP Boards
I have never used VBSEO so I can't say anything about it.
Hope that helps.
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