Ok this is a way that I use to get some more money from my forum and I must say it works. Here it goes: 1. I've made a forum, optimized it and hired some posters. 2. Pretty soon I was getting around 20-30 people per day for some keywords used in topics from google that had 1 page view. And of course that is due to the fact that they didn't find what they were searching for. 3. That is why I've placed a google search on my forum so those 20-30 people can continue with searching and it is also a very good feature for my members and regular guests. Result: Those 20-30 people per day now use that google search engine on my forum that brings me some extra dollars per day + search option on main site is very usefull ! here it is: www.cyclingboard.com I hope this post helps (I wanted to give something back to DP). I will answer your questions. Thank you
I use this in my webmaster forum and I am sattisfied, because users search easier the whole site and it makes some money too