advice on setup for my site

hi all, i am running vbseo and so far working great... i have also installed the sitemap mod from vbulletin.org

my site is Laser Pointer Forums - Discuss Lasers & Laser Pointers

the actual URL for it is at http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_...forums_3/forum

currently i have an .htaccess file in the /www folder as follows:
(note that index.htm is a blank file with nothing in it)...

Code:

redirect 301 /index.htm http://laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/

the .htaccess file within /forum/ looks like this:

Code:

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.laserpointerforums\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/
$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsi
temap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(removed/|blahremoved/
|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(adsfasdfsf|removed|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

is this setup ideal for me?

should i change anything and if so what specifically?

please advise and thanks for an awesome product!!

regards
-avery

Why do you do a 2-subfolder redirect when you don't have a homepage at all?

I'd HIGHLY suggest just installing the forum in root.

every/folder/you/go/up, the less each page is weighed.

anyone who goes here: http://www.laserpointerforums.com/la...nter_forums_3/ hits a dead end.

I'd highly suggest moving now before its too late.

i didn't think it mattered to be honest

my site already has quite a few links in google so i don't think its worth changing, is it?


can i hire u to help with this?

The only reason I would suggest installing in the root, is to limit the URL length.
I think it looks "cleaner" as well

yup i have fixed this now

Laser Pointer Forums - Discuss Lasers & Laser Pointers

Now it's looking like an actual forum, being in the root. By the way, I like that Dark Shadows theme.