On bitcoin.org, the link to the forum now links to a google search for bitcoin forum.
Although I understand the concept of widening the discussion, to more places. This is stupid.
First of, the label "Forum" doesn't describe the link. It's a google search. For non-technical people (you know, the ones we need to convince), this is quite confusing.
Secondly, it's really not what you are looking for. Googles sorting of pages are not relevant. Many are for blogposts or arbitrary threads.
Third, bad pr tends to surface on google.
http://killercoke.org used to be the first hit on google for several years.
I applaud the initiative to diverse the discusison to various forums. But it should be done properly or not at all. Maybe some syndication of posts from good forums, a twitterfeed, selected blogposts etc.
regards