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rogerd - 3:42 am on May 15, 2004 (gmt 0)
Link popularity effects are likely to be indirect. If the forum becomes very popular, it will probably pick up a few links on its own. Individual threads may occasionally pick up a link or two.
Welcome, frankbyme. Forums CAN be traffic generators by virtue of creating a lot of keyword based content. Putting a forum on your site won't necessarily improve your ranking for a difficult keyword, but it may generate traffic for lots of other phrases.