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Once it was directories, then blogs, now forums... maybe.
I have no empirical evidence for this, but it seems to me that Google is increasingly returning results from forum posts...
The thread did provoke a few responses of note. For example, SEO consultant Jaan Kanellis says, "It is normal for Google to favor forum threads for certain queries. Naturally websites do not optimize themselves for long-tail queries that forums are automatically optimized for by way of user-generated content."
When it comes down to it, webmasters will probably do well to not harp on things like this too much, and put more effort into the user experience of their own sites. As repeatedly, traditional SEO tactics aren't necessarily as likely to be as helpful moving forward as simply improving your site's quality.
How is Google Weighing Forum Results?
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