Originally Posted by id242
"FORUM LIST" = List of all your forums, aka the "forum summary" page. This is the default home page if the portal is turned off.

"PORTAL PAGE" = Main forum entry page, if it is enabled. If the portal is not enabled, the home page will be "FORUM LIST"


What is the best or optimal way to go or is there no difference? If one way is better than the other, what is the fix?


Thanks for the below.


Regarding trailing slashes in your URL -
https://moz.com/community/q/trailing-slash-at-end-of-url
and
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/to-slash-or-not-to-slash.html