I am going to set up a new forum. I will also have a Wordpress-page. My question is, in SEO-terms, if the forum or the wordpress page should be on the landing page? There are no requierements that the wordpress-installation shares any members, files or databases with the forum.
As per my experience Forum is best, Here is a list of some forum scripts in the market XenForo. XenForo is a leading PHP forum software package that has been written in the PHP programming language. ... vBulletin. vBulletin or vB is one of the best premium online forum scripts. ... Invision Power Board. Invision Power Board or IP. ... phpBB. ... Simple Machines Forum (SMF) ... bbPress. ... Vanilla Forums. ... MyBB. As per my experience vBulletin is the best script, and If your thinking to write a blog with a forum script then there is an option to post articles in the script
If you want to do affiliate marketing then go for Wordpress CMS. If you want to sell memberships then go for Forum system like phpBB or MyBB.