They are, and it also looks like more and more people get so used to it that they feel somehow unfonfortable signing up on a non-vbulletin forum.
Hmm, could not find anything on phpbb3 so far. A few sites that seem to be official placeholders for phpbb3 are down. So what do you know that makes it sound so good?
does this 2 ever compared to joomla or mambo ? i see lots of pro player use vbulletin, the SEO aspect of it is very very good...u don't have to worry about content in SERP anymore, hehe
nothing comes close to VB, invision power board is kinda nice though, its slightly more user friendly and the admincp looks better go with vbulletin though, they are good people it seems to me, always lots of support
If you take my SEO services for phpbb you're mind will surely change about phpbb and other boards: here's a thread about my SEO services. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=271850 I can install other Mods too.
Although vBulletin is a paid option it's worth the money, their support is excellent and there are always updates with vBulletin. I'm currently using vBulletin for my forums and I couldn't be happier with the way it works. If I were you I'd stay away from phpBB, there are many bugs and exploits as well as security issues all the time!
Another vote for vBulletin. Tried switching to SMF some time ago, and realised that was a bad move. So vBulletin.
I've never tryed vBulletin.. so i have no right to say, but i've used phpBB.. and i've never liked it!