Google is toning down on the fact that archives can reach a high page rank and value, but it is still a very important thing.
I don't think many people realize how much of an improvement an archive that gets page rank can be. It can add thousands of visitors a day.
I think the reason it has not been brought up is because people really don't pay attention to the forum archive close enough.
But anyways, here is a link to someone on these forums who built a successful forum archive hack:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ht=vb3+archive
The person who created this hack is in no way related to me. But this hack does work for the purpose it was intended. The maker of the hack has a page rank of 3/10, showing that this hack does allow page rank to be given to an archive.
I highly suggest installing this hack for a short term solution.
My programmers will be finalizing a hack here within the next month that will give a full solution to the archive in VB3. I will release it on these forums.