Forum software that google can spider

[LindaQuickBooksAdvisor]

Google seems to favor 'forums' for the key word phrase we seek.

So I'm going to try and get a forum going on our site. I know it is alot of work but I'm willing to give it a try.

I need a forum software package that can be spidered by Google. I took a look at a few packages and the most popular seem to be PHP. I'm not a programmer and neither is my partner, but he does know a bit about ASP.

I would appreciate your experience in telling me if Google can spider a forum that is ASP and other than speed what are the pros and cons of choosing a forum software and what features I need to seek out that will help Google find the forum and the posts.

Thank you,

Linda Saltz,
Certified QuickBooks Advisor
http://www.qbalance.com

[hugoguzman]

I would recommend a PHP driven forum like VBulletin.

My firm specializes in configuring and managing forum sites. Send me a private message if you would like to see some examples of our work.

Hugo

[fathom]

All are indexable... so take your pick.

phpBB is easy but the asp and cfm ones are just as good.

[Dave Hawley]

I use one from XMB http://www.xmbforum.com/ and all pages have always been grabbed by Google.


All are indexable... so take your pick.


Are you sure? I see many with long SID numbers that don't get indexed by Google.

[fathom]

I use one from XMB http://www.xmbforum.com/ and all pages have always been grabbed by Google.


All are indexable... so take your pick.


Are you sure? I see many with long SID numbers that don't get indexed by Google.

...a quick mod fixes that!

[Dave Hawley]

Would that be a mod_rewrite?

[fathom]

You could do it that way if no board support is provided but most come (or have available) board modifications.