Parent or Category Forums Don't Have Their Own Page?

[AdamCapriola]

I noticed this after I installed vBSEO...

My parent/category forums do not have their own page anymore (similar to how individual posts don't have their own pages).

1. Is there a way I can reactive this somewhere in the settings?

2. Is it bad SEO for them to have their own pages?

Incase I am not explaining this well, at the top of this thread there will be navigation that says: Forum -> vBSEO SEO Plugin -> General Discussion

If you try to click vBSEO SEO Plugin, it doesn't have its own page.

Thanks in advance,

Adam

[Brian Cummiskey]

This is a feature called Direct Category Links and can be disabled within the vbseoCP under the Other Enhancements heading.

The goal is to keep all of the main categories pointing to the index page to give it the most weight, as main category links are 100% duplicate pieces of the index more or less.

I personally do not use this feature on my own personal sites as I find the user experience not what is expected.