Constructive criticism on my forum Grind Factor

[tbworld]

Just, another point of view. I do not disagree with the points given above.

Most users know how to obtain an alternate link to the forum if they wanted it -- so to me landing pages are no big deal. Just make sure the search engine bots are scanning your forum correctly.

If your site is slow then landing pages have an advantage for the first time user. You can even pre-load some of your main forum/CMS images to the users browser cache, if your landing page is lightweight. The forum will appear to load faster, in actuality it doesn't. Again, this only works for the first time user, but that is when you want to give the best impression.