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Old 05-29-2008, 02:21 PM
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Disabling vBulletin Archive?
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How can I disable vB Archive? There is no need for it after installing vBSEO right?

How do I change traffic/spiders from going to archive/ to vBSEO sitemap feature?
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Old 05-29-2008, 02:31 PM
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vbseo sitemap is NOT a replacement for the vB archive. They are two totally different things. the xml sitemap is for spiders, not humans.

That said, turning off the archive is a good idea.
You can turn it off within the vb general options panel in the vb acp.

If you don't have significant traffic going to the archive, i would just turn it off and not even direct traffic.
set up a custom 404 page to handel errors (see member articles forum for a how-to).
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vbseo sitemap is NOT a replacement for the vB archive. They are two totally different things. the xml sitemap is for spiders, not humans.

That said, turning off the archive is a good idea.
You can turn it off within the vb general options panel in the vb acp.

If you don't have significant traffic going to the archive, i would just turn it off and not even direct traffic.
set up a custom 404 page to handel errors (see member articles forum for a how-to).
Doesn't vBSEO replace or do something to vBulletin's built-in archive system?
For one thing, it changed my forum's directory /archive/ to /sitemap/..

It is safe to have correct? I just don't want any duplicate content problems etc.
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the entire archive IS duplicate content. It was made because vB default isn't very SEO friendly. With vbseo, the archive is basically useless.
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the entire archive IS duplicate content. It was made because vB default isn't very SEO friendly. With vbseo, the archive is basically useless.
I think that perhaps I am wording it wrong. I am referring to vBSEO's sitemap feature. Not Google Sitemap but user sitemap...ie, links to threads etc...not actually an archive containing post like default vBulletin.
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