Where to add new content

[FCBCO]

I run a vBulletin website and vBulletin isnt very SEO friendly.  I do fairly well in Google for most of my keywords, but forums dont necessarily build strong page authority etc.  My site deals with fishing reports across the state of VA and drives 15-18k sessions a month and close to 100,000 page views a month based on Google Analytics.

I want to start targeting new keywords and I am concerned about vBulletin inability to be SEO friendly.  Many of my new keywords arent dynamic like fishing reports that are added by members daily.  These are more like campgrounds, marinas etc.

My thought is to install a Wordpress blog and build out this content so I can efficiently deal with on page SEO.   the vBulletin software is installed in the root so I would install wordpress in something like mydomain/lake123/

Is the right thing to do, and will google see multiple sitemaps (one for vbulletin and another for wordpress) and index appropriately?  Am I missing something major here?

Thanks ~ Brian

[WilliamKammer]

Google will index the two sitemaps fine, just remember to submit them both if the root sitemap doesn't cover WordPress.

A blog could be a great addition, and you could share posts in the forums as a way to distribute the content.

Your plan is sound, as long as you install everything correctly and people like your blogs