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I imagine that the high code to content ratio on forums has an effect on indexing. Within reason I don't think that the amount of code makes a difference, but this thread alone is nearing 4000 lines...

Thanks kingcobra, the thought of internal linking slipped my mind. I can see why a forum thread would not rank quite as well when you consider how fewer links might be pointing to it internally.

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Thanks Randy! That's what I had hoped/half-expected. Reassuring to feel that larger forum posts and content is unlikely to just be "going to waste".

Thanks again.

Does Google respect content in forums in the same way as a standard HTML page or Wordpress post?

For example, would Google value an article posted in a forum equally to the way it would value an...