For better Search engine rankings

**Exitilus** · 01-30-2007 06:53 PM

Question about the .htaccess edit ...

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

My site is at houseofcrazed.com (vbAdvanced) and my forums are forums.houseofcrazed.com

would I put this in my Forum Root? or Server Root ? and what would I set the URLS too ?

**jwashburn** · 02-15-2007 07:25 PM

I dont get Step 8.

How do I rename Archive to Sitemap?

**Pat** · 03-01-2007 05:57 AM

great thread! thanks a lot!

**thecashcow** · 03-03-2007 01:07 AM

You rename your archive to /sitemap within your VB SEO Admin Interface under VB Archive Options -> Rewrite Archive Root

**basketmen** · 03-13-2007 02:59 AM

I am not agree with

this

3. For individual thread pages, your HTML title tag should be ONLY the title of the thread. Most people agree that the HTML title tag is one of the most important basic SEO aspects. Forum software typically uses: "Title-of-board -- title-of-thread" as the HTML title. Pare it down to just "title-of-thread". Not only does this help with targeting your page towards the most relevant keyword or keyphrase for the thread, but it helps with the "semantic" SEO aspect. When searchers see their search term as the title of your page in the SERPS, they're more likely to click on it than a page title with extraneous information.

Remove $vbphrase[x_powered_by_vbulletin] and $vboptions[bbtitle] in Templates FORUMHOME, FORUMDISPLAY, SHOWTHREAD, MEMBERINFO, SHOWTHREAD_SHOWPOST

and this

8. Rename Archive to Site Map (Google looks for Site Maps not Archives) then go to Admin CP > vBulletin options > Search Engine Friendly Archive > Display Simple View of Threads. NO.

and this is just copy paste from here, hehe

9. Changing the navbits to an h1

hi there vbseo staff and customer share your seo knowledge, yeahh just simple answer : agree or not agree with point no. 3 and 8 above

**Majora** · 03-31-2007 11:05 AM

1) Have a look at my showthread template:

PHP Code:


 $stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
    $headinclude
    <title>$thread[title]<if condition="$pagenumber>1"> - <phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase></if></title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_post_loader.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
</head>
<body onload="$onload">
$header
$navbar


<br />



$bannerads



<br />

<br />
<h2>$navbits[lastelement]</h2>
<br />

$poll

<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
$spacer_close
<form action="inlinemod.php?threadid=$threadinfo[threadid]&amp;p=$postid" method="post" id="inlinemodform">
$spacer_open
</if>

<a name="poststop" id="poststop"></a>

<!-- controls above postbits -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="margin-bottom:3px">
<tr valign="bottom">
    <if condition="$show['largereplybutton']">
        <td class="smallfont"><a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$FIRSTPOSTID&f=28" rel="nofollow"><if condition="$show['closethread']"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply]" border="0" /><else /><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/threadclosed.gif" alt="$vbphrase[closed_thread]" border="0" /></if></a></td>
    <else />
        <td class="smallfont">&nbsp;</td>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['pagenav']"><td align="$stylevar[right]">$pagenav</td></if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / controls above postbits -->

<!-- toolbar -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-bottom-width:0px">
<tr>
    <td class="tcat" width="100%">
        <div class="smallfont">
        <if condition="$show['firstunreadlink']">
            <a href="$firstunread"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/firstnew.gif" alt="$vbphrase[view_first_unread]" border="0" /></a>
            <a href="$firstunread"><strong>$vbphrase[view_first_unread]</strong></a>
        </if>
        &nbsp;
        </div>
    </td>
    <if condition="$show['member']">
    <td class="vbmenu_control" id="threadtools" nowrap="nowrap">
        <a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_threadtools"<if condition="is_browser('ie')"> accesskey="3"</if>>$vbphrase[thread_tools]</a>
        <if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("threadtools"); </script></if>
    </td>
</if>
    <if condition="$show['member']">
    <if condition="$show['search']">
        <td class="vbmenu_control" id="threadsearch" nowrap="nowrap">
            <a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_threadsearch">$vbphrase[search_this_thread]</a>
            <if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("threadsearch"); </script></if>
        </td>
    </if>
</if>
    <if condition="$show['threadrating']">
        <td class="vbmenu_control" id="threadrating" nowrap="nowrap">
            <a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_threadrating"><span id="threadrating_current"><if condition="$show['rating']">$vbphrase[rating]: <img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_$thread[rating].gif" alt="<phrase 1="$thread[votenum]" 2="$thread[voteavg]">$vbphrase[thread_rating_x_votes_y_average]</phrase>" border="0" /><else />$vbphrase[rate_thread]</if></span></a>
            <if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("threadrating"); </script></if>
        </td>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['member']">
    <if condition="$vboptions['allowthreadedmode']">
    <td class="vbmenu_control" id="displaymodes" nowrap="nowrap">
        <a href="$show[nojs_link]#goto_displaymodes">$vbphrase[display_modes]</a>
        <if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("displaymodes"); </script></if>
    </td>
    </if>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
        <if condition="$show['popups']">
            <td class="vbmenu_control" id="imod" align="center" title="$vbphrase[moderation]"><script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register('imod'); </script></td>
        <else />
            <td class="thead" align="center">
                <input type="checkbox" name="allbox" id="checkall_all" title="$vbphrase[check_uncheck_all]" onclick="inlineMod.check_all()" />
            </td>
        </if>
    </if>
    
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / toolbar -->

<if condition="$show['inlinemod'] AND $show['popups']">
    <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="imod_menu" style="display:none" align="$stylevar[left]">
        $threadadmin_imod_menu_post
    </div>
</if>

<!-- end content table -->
$spacer_close
<!-- / end content table -->

<if condition="$show['threadedmode'] OR $show['hybridmode']">
<!-- thread posts list -->
$threadlist
<!-- /thread posts list -->
</if>

<if condition="$show['reputation']">
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_reputation.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
</if>

<div id="posts">$postbits<div id="lastpost"></div></div>

<!-- start content table -->
$spacer_open
<!-- / start content table -->

<!-- controls below postbits -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr valign="top">
    <if condition="$show['largereplybutton']">
        <td class="smallfont"><a href="newreply.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newreply&amp;noquote=1&amp;p=$LASTPOSTID&f=28" rel="nofollow"><if condition="$show['closethread']"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/reply.gif" alt="$vbphrase[reply]" border="0" /><else /><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/threadclosed.gif" alt="$vbphrase[closed_thread]" border="0" /></if></a></td>
    <else />
        <td class="smallfont">&nbsp;</td>
    </if>    
    <if condition="$show['pagenav'] OR $show['inlinemod']">
        <td align="$stylevar[right]">$pagenav
        <if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
            <div class="smallfont" style="text-align:$stylevar[left]; white-space:nowrap; float:$stylevar[right]">
            <if condition="$show['pagenav']"><br /></if><strong>$vbphrase[moderation]</strong><br />
            <select name="do">
                <optgroup label="$vbphrase[option]">
                    <if condition="$show['managethread']">
                    <option value="mergeposts">$vbphrase[merge_posts]</option>
                    <option value="moveposts">$vbphrase[move_posts]</option>
                    <option value="copyposts">$vbphrase[copy_posts]</option>
                    </if>
                    <if condition="$show['managepost']">
                    <option value="deleteposts">$vbphrase[delete_posts]</option>
                    <option value="undeleteposts">$vbphrase[undelete_posts]</option>
                    </if>
                    <if condition="$show['approvepost']">
                    <option value="approveposts">$vbphrase[approve_posts]</option>
                    <option value="unapproveposts">$vbphrase[unapprove_posts]</option>
                    </if>
                    <if condition="$show['approveattachment']">
                    <option value="approveattachments">$vbphrase[approve_attachments]</option>
                    <option value="unapproveattachments">$vbphrase[unapprove_attachments]</option>
                    </if>
                </optgroup>
                <optgroup label="____________________">
                    <option value="viewpost">$vbphrase[view_selected_posts]</option>
                    <option value="clearpost">$vbphrase[clear_post_list]</option>
                </optgroup>
            </select><input type="submit" class="button" id="inlinego" value="$vbphrase[go]" />
            <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
            <input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="$threadinfo[threadid]" />
            <input type="hidden" name="p" value="$postid" />
            <input type="hidden" name="url" value="$url" />
            </div>
            <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_inlinemod.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
            <script type="text/javascript">
            <!--
            inlineMod = new vB_Inline_Mod('inlineMod', 'post', 'inlinemodform', '$vbphrase[go_x]');
            //-->
            </script>
        </if>                
        </td>
    </if>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / controls below postbits -->

<if condition="$show['inlinemod']">
$spacer_close
</form>
$spacer_open
</if>

<if condition="!$show['search_engine']">
<br />

<div class="smallfont" align="center">
    <strong>&laquo;</strong>
        <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;goto=nextoldest" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[prev_thread]</a>
        |
        <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&amp;goto=nextnewest" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[next_thread]</a>
    <strong>&raquo;</strong>
</div>
</if>

<br />

<if condition="$show['multiquote_global']">
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_multi_quote.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var mqlimit = $vboptions[mqlimit];
</script>
</if>

<if condition="$show['quickreply'] OR $show['ajax_js']">
<!-- ajax errors table -->
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" style="display:none; position:absolute" id="ajax_post_errors">
<tr>
    <td class="thead">
        <span style="float:$stylevar[right]"><input type="button" class="button" value=" X " onclick="vB_QuickEditor.hide_errors()" unselectable="true" /></span>
        $vbphrase[vbulletin_message]
    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="alt2" colspan="2" id="ajax_post_errors_message">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="tfoot" colspan="2" align="center"><a href="#" onclick="vB_QuickEditor.abort(); return false;">$vbphrase[cancel_changes]</a></td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- / ajax errors table -->

<!-- scripts for quick reply and quick edit -->
$vBeditTemplate[clientscript]
<if condition="$show['quickedit']">
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_quick_edit.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
vB_AJAX_QuickEdit_Init('posts');
//-->
</script>
</if>
<!-- / scripts for quick reply and quick edit -->
</if>


<if condition="$show['quickreply']">
<!-- quick reply -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_quick_reply.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<form action="newreply.php?do=postreply&amp;t=$threadid" method="post" name="vbform" onsubmit="return qr_prepare_submit(this, $vboptions[postminchars]);" id="qrform">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
    <tr>
        <td class="tcat" colspan="2">
            <if condition="$show['quickreply_collapse']"><a style="float:$stylevar[right]" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('quickreply');"><img id="collapseimg_quickreply" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat$vbcollapse[collapseimg_quickreply].gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></if>
            $vbphrase[quick_reply]
        </td>
    </tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="qr_error_tbody" style="display:none">
<tr>
    <td class="thead">$vbphrase[errors_occured_when_submitted]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="alt1" id="qr_error_td"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td class="tfoot" align="center"><span class="smallfont"><a href="#" onclick="return qr_hide_errors()">$vbphrase[okay]</a></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody id="collapseobj_quickreply" style="$vbcollapse[collapseobj_quickreply]">
<tr>
    <td class="panelsurround" align="center">
        <div class="panel">    
            <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">
            <tr>
                <td class="smallfont" align="$stylevar[left]">$vbphrase[message]:</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td id="$editorid" class="vBulletin_editor" align="$stylevar[left]">$messagearea</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td align="$stylevar[left]">
                
                    <fieldset class="fieldset" style="margin:$stylevar[formspacer]px 0px 0px 0px">
                        <legend>$vbphrase[options]</legend>
                        <div>
                            <if condition="$bbuserinfo['signature']">
                                <div style="float:$stylevar[right]"><label for="cb_signature"><input type="checkbox" name="signature" value="1" id="cb_signature" tabindex="5" checked="checked" />$vbphrase[show_your_signature]</label></div>
                            </if>
                            <label for="qr_quickreply"><input type="checkbox" name="quickreply" value="1" id="qr_quickreply" accesskey="w" tabindex="4" />$vbphrase[quote_message_in_reply]</label>
                        </div>
                    </fieldset>
                
                </td>
            </tr>
            </table>
        </div>    

        <div style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
            <input type="hidden" name="fromquickreply" value="1" />
            <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
            <input type="hidden" name="do" value="postreply" />
            <input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" id="qr_threadid" />
            <input type="hidden" name="p" value="$qrpostid" id="qr_postid" />
            <input type="hidden" name="parseurl" value="1" />
            <input type="hidden" name="loggedinuser" value="$bbuserinfo[userid]" />
            <input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[post_quick_reply]" accesskey="s" title="(Alt + S)" name="sbutton" tabindex="2" id="qr_submit" onclick="clickedelm = this.value" />
            <input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[go_advanced]" accesskey="x" title="(Alt + X)" name="preview" tabindex="3" id="qr_preview" onclick="clickedelm = this.value" />
        </div>

        <div align="center" id="qr_posting_msg" style="display:none; margin-top:6px">
            <img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/progress.gif" alt="$vbphrase[posting_quick_reply_please_wait]" />&nbsp;<strong>$vbphrase[posting_quick_reply_please_wait]</strong>
        </div>    
    </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</form>

<if condition="!is_browser('ie') AND $show['wysiwyg']">
    <!-- Mozilla work around for focusing on QR in WYSIWYG mode -->
    <div id="qr_scroll"></div>
</if>

<br />

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
    // initialize quick reply
    qr_init();
//-->
</script>

<!-- end quick reply -->
</if>

<!-- currently active users -->
<if condition="$show['activeusers']">
    <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
    <tr>
        <td class="tcat" colspan="2">
            <phrase 1="$totalonline" 2="$numberregistered" 3="$numberguest">$vbphrase[users_viewing_this_thread_x_y_z]</phrase>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="alt1" colspan="2">
            <span class="smallfont">$activeusers</span>
        </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
</if>
<!-- end currently active users -->

<if condition="$show['popups']">
<!-- popup menu contents -->
<br />

<!-- thread tools menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="threadtools_menu" style="display:none">
<form action="postings.php?t=$threadid&amp;pollid=$pollid" method="post" name="threadadminform">
    <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
    <tr>
        <td class="thead">$vbphrase[thread_tools]<a name="goto_threadtools"></a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="vbmenu_option"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/printer.gif" alt="$vbphrase[show_printable_version]" /> <a href="printthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid" accesskey="3" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[show_printable_version]</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="vbmenu_option"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/sendtofriend.gif" alt="$vbphrase[email_this_page]" /> <a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=sendtofriend&amp;t=$threadid" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[email_this_page]</a></td>
    </tr>
    <if condition="$show['member']">
    <tr>
        <td class="vbmenu_option"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/subscribe.gif" alt="$vbphrase[subscription]" />
        <if condition="$show['subscribed']">
            <a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;t=$threadid" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_thread]</a>
        <else />
            <a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addsubscription&amp;t=$threadid" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[subscribe_to_this_thread]</a>
        </if>
        </td>
    </tr>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['addpoll']">
    <tr>
        <td class="vbmenu_option"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/addpoll.gif" alt="$vbphrase[add_a_poll]" /> <a href="poll.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpoll&amp;t=$threadinfo[threadid]">$vbphrase[add_a_poll_to_this_thread]</a></td>
    </tr>
    </if>
    <if condition="$show['adminoptions']">
    <tr>
        <td class="thead">$vbphrase[admin_tools]<a name="goto_threadadmin"></a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
        <if condition="$show['openclose']"><div><label for="ao_oct"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_oct" value="openclosethread" checked="checked" /><if condition="$show['closethread']">$vbphrase[close_thread]<else />$vbphrase[open_thread]</if></label></div></if>
        <if condition="$show['movethread']"><div><label for="ao_mvt"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_mvt" value="movethread" />$vbphrase[move_thread]</label></div>
        <div><label for="ao_cpt"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_cpt" value="copythread" />$vbphrase[copy_thread]</label></div></if>
        <if condition="$show['editthread']"><div><label for="ao_edt"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_edt" value="editthread" />$vbphrase[edit_thread]</label></div></if>
        <if condition="$show['deletethread']"><div><label for="ao_dlt"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_dlt" value="deletethread" />$vbphrase[delete_thread]</label></div></if>
        <if condition="$show['managethread']">
            <div><label for="ao_sut"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_sut" value="stick" /><if condition="$show['unstick']">$vbphrase[unstick_thread]<else />$vbphrase[stick_thread]</if></label></div>
            <div><label for="ao_mgt"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_mgt" value="mergethread" />$vbphrase[merge_threads]</label></div>
            <div><label for="ao_rrd"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_rrd" value="removeredirect" />$vbphrase[remove_redirects]</label></div>
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['editpoll']"><div><label for="ao_edp"><input type="radio" name="do" id="ao_edp" value="editpoll" />$vbphrase[edit_poll]</label></div></if>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite" align="center">
            <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
            <input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" />
            <input type="hidden" name="pollid" value="$pollid" />
            <input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[perform_action]" />
        </td>
    </tr>
    </if>
    </table>
</form>
</div>
<!-- / thread tools menu -->
<if condition="$vboptions['allowthreadedmode']">
<!-- **************************************************** -->
    <if condition="$show['member']">
<!-- thread display mode menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="displaymodes_menu" style="display:none">
    <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
    <tr>
        <td class="thead">$vbphrase[display_modes]<a name="goto_displaymodes"></a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <if condition="$show['linearmode']">
        <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_linear.gif" alt="$vbphrase[linear_mode]" /> <strong>$vbphrase[linear_mode]</strong></td>
    <else />
        <td class="vbmenu_option"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_linear.gif" alt="$vbphrase[linear_mode]" /> <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$FIRSTPOSTID&amp;mode=linear$highlightwords#post$FIRSTPOSTID">$vbphrase[switch_to_linear_mode]</a></td>
    </if>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <if condition="$show['hybridmode']">
        <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_hybrid.gif" alt="$vbphrase[hybrid_mode]" /> <strong>$vbphrase[hybrid_mode]</strong></td>
    <else />
        <td class="vbmenu_option"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_hybrid.gif" alt="$vbphrase[hybrid_mode]" /> <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]mode=hybrid&amp;t=$thread[threadid]$highlightwords">$vbphrase[switch_to_hybrid_mode]</a></td>
    </if>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <if condition="$show['threadedmode']">
        <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_threaded.gif" alt="$vbphrase[threaded_mode]" /> <strong>$vbphrase[threaded_mode]</strong></td>
    <else />
        <td class="vbmenu_option"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_threaded.gif" alt="$vbphrase[threaded_mode]" /> <a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$FIRSTPOSTID&amp;mode=threaded$highlightwords#post$FIRSTPOSTID">$vbphrase[switch_to_threaded_mode]</a></td>
    </if>
    </tr>
    </table>
</div>
<!-- / thread display mode menu -->
</if>
</if>
<!-- **************************************************** -->

<if condition="$show['search']">
<!-- thread search menu -->
<div class="vbmenu_popup" id="threadsearch_menu" style="display:none">
<form action="search.php?do=process&amp;searchthreadid=$threadid" method="post">
    <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
    <tr>
        <td class="thead">$vbphrase[search_this_thread]<a name="goto_threadsearch"></a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">
            <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
            <input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
            <input type="hidden" name="searchthreadid" value="$threadid" />
            <input type="text" class="bginput" name="query" size="25" />$gobutton<br />
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td class="vbmenu_option"><a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]searchthreadid=$threadid">$vbphrase[advanced_search]</a></td>
    </tr>
    </table>
</form>
</div>
<!-- / thread search menu -->
</if>

<!-- **************************************************** -->

<if condition="$show['threadrating']">
    <!-- thread rating menu -->
    <div class="vbmenu_popup" id="threadrating_menu" style="display:none">
    <form action="threadrate.php?t=$threadid" method="post" id="showthread_threadrate_form">
        <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td class="thead">$vbphrase[rate_this_thread]<a name="goto_threadrating"></a></td>
        </tr>
        <if condition="$show['ratethread']">
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite" id="threadrating_options">
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_5.gif" alt="$vbphrase[excellent]" /><label for="vote5"><input type="radio" name="vote" id="vote5" value="5" $votechecked[5] />$vbphrase[excellent]</label></div>
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_4.gif" alt="$vbphrase[good]" /><label for="vote4"><input type="radio" name="vote" id="vote4" value="4" $votechecked[4] />$vbphrase[good]</label></div>
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_3.gif" alt="$vbphrase[average]" /><label for="vote3"><input type="radio" name="vote" id="vote3" value="3" $votechecked[3] />$vbphrase[average]</label></div>
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_2.gif" alt="$vbphrase[bad]" /><label for="vote2"><input type="radio" name="vote" id="vote2" value="2" $votechecked[2] />$vbphrase[bad]</label></div>
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_rating]/rating_1.gif" alt="$vbphrase[terrible]" /><label for="vote1"><input type="radio" name="vote" id="vote1" value="1" $votechecked[1] />$vbphrase[terrible]</label></div>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr id="threadrating_submit">
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite" align="center">
                <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[dbsessionhash]" />
                <input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" />
                <input type="hidden" name="pp" value="$perpage" />
                <input type="hidden" name="page" value="$pagenumber" />
                <input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[vote_now]" />
            </td>
        </tr>
        <else />
        <tr>
            <td class="vbmenu_option" title="nohilite">$vbphrase[already_rated_this_thread]</td>
        </tr>
        </if>
        </table>
    </form>
    </div>
    <!-- / thread rating menu -->

    <script type="text/javascript" src="clientscript/vbulletin_ajax_threadrate.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    <!--
    vB_AJAX_ThreadRate_Init('showthread_threadrate_form');
    var threadid = $threadinfo[threadid];
    //-->
    </script>
</if>

<!-- / popup menu contents -->
<else />
<!-- controls for non-popup browsers -->

        <if condition="$show['member']">
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center" style="border-top-width:0px">
<tr>
    <td class="thead" <if condition="!$show['search']">colspan="2"</if>>$vbphrase[thread_tools]<a name="goto_threadtools"></a></td>
    <if condition="$show['search']"><td class="thead">$vbphrase[search_this_thread]<a name="goto_threadsearch"></a></td></if>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
    <td class="alt1" <if condition="!$show['search']">colspan="2"</if>>
    
    <!-- thread tools -->
    <div class="smallfont">
        <if condition="!$show['search_engine']">
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/printer.gif" alt="$vbphrase[show_printable_version]" vspace="1" /> <a href="printthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[show_printable_version]</a></div>
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/sendtofriend.gif" alt="$vbphrase[email_this_page]" vspace="1" /> <a href="sendmessage.php?$session[sessionurl]do=sendtofriend&amp;t=$threadid" rel="nofollow">$vbphrase[email_this_page]</a></div>
        </if>

        <if condition="$show['member']">
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/subscribe.gif" alt="$vbphrase[subscription]" vspace="1" />
                <if condition="$show['subscribed']">
                    <a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=removesubscription&amp;t=$threadid">$vbphrase[unsubscribe_from_this_thread]</a>
                <else />
                    <a href="subscription.php?$session[sessionurl]do=addsubscription&amp;t=$threadid">$vbphrase[subscribe_to_this_thread]</a>
                </if>
            </div>
        </if>
        <if condition="$show['addpoll']">
            <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/addpoll.gif" alt="$vbphrase[add_a_poll]" vspace="1" /> <a href="poll.php?$session[sessionurl]do=newpoll&amp;t=$threadinfo[threadid]">$vbphrase[add_a_poll_to_this_thread]</a></div>
        </if>
    </div>
    <!-- / thread tools -->
    
    </td>
    <if condition="$show['search']">
    <td class="alt1">
    
    <!-- search this thread -->
    <form action="search.php?do=process&amp;searchthreadid=$threadid" method="post">
    <div class="smallfont">
        <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
        <input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
        <input type="hidden" name="searchthreadid" value="$threadid" />
        <strong>$vbphrase[search_this_thread]</strong>:<br />
        <input type="text" class="bginput" name="query" size="20" style="width:175px" />$gobutton<br />
        <a href="search.php?$session[sessionurl]searchthreadid=$threadid">$vbphrase[advanced_search]</a>
    </div>
    </form>
    <!-- /  search this thread -->
    
    </td>
    </if>
</tr>
<if condition="$vboptions['allowthreadedmode'] OR $show['threadrating']">
<tr>
    <if condition="$vboptions['allowthreadedmode']"><td class="thead" $nodhtmlcolspan>$vbphrase[display_modes]<a name="goto_displaymodes"></a></td></if>
    <if condition="$show['threadrating']"><td class="thead" $nodhtmlcolspan>$vbphrase[rate_this_thread]<a name="goto_threadrating"></a></td></if>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
    <if condition="$vboptions['allowthreadedmode']">
    <td class="alt2" $nodhtmlcolspan>
    
    <!-- thread display modes -->
    
    <div class="smallfont">
        <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_linear.gif" alt="$vbphrase[linear_mode]" vspace="1" /> <if condition="$show['linearmode']"><strong>$vbphrase[linear_mode]</strong><else /><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$FIRSTPOSTID&amp;mode=linear$highlightwords#post$FIRSTPOSTID">$vbphrase[switch_to_linear_mode]</a></if></div>
        <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_hybrid.gif" alt="$vbphrase[hybrid_mode]" vspace="1" /> <if condition="$show['hybridmode']"><strong>$vbphrase[hybrid_mode]</strong><else /><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]mode=hybrid&amp;t=$thread[threadid]$highlightwords">$vbphrase[switch_to_hybrid_mode]</a></if></div>
        <div><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/mode_threaded.gif" alt="$vbphrase[threaded_mode]" vspace="1" /> <if condition="$show['threadedmode']"><strong>$vbphrase[threaded_mode]</strong><else /><a href="showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$FIRSTPOSTID&amp;mode=threaded$highlightwords#post$FIRSTPOSTID">$vbphrase[switch_to_threaded_mode]</a></if></div>
    </div>
    
    <!-- / thread display modes -->
    
    </td>
    </if>

    <if condition="$show['threadrating']">
    <td class="alt2" $nodhtmlcolspan>
    
    <!-- rate this thread -->
    <form action="threadrate.php?t=$threadid" method="post">
    <div class="smallfont">
        <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[dbsessionhash]" />
        <input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" />
        <input type="hidden" name="pp" value="$perpage" />
        <input type="hidden" name="page" value="$pagenumber" />
        <strong>$vbphrase[rate_this_thread]</strong>:<br />
        <select name="vote" onchange="this.form.submit()" style="width:175px">
            <optgroup label="$vbphrase[choose_a_rating]">
                <option value="5" $voteselected[5]>5 : $vbphrase[excellent]</option>
                <option value="4" $voteselected[4]>4 : $vbphrase[good]</option>
                <option value="3" $voteselected[3]>3 : $vbphrase[average]</option>
                <option value="2" $voteselected[2]>2 : $vbphrase[bad]</option>
                <option value="1" $voteselected[1]>1 : $vbphrase[terrible]</option>
            </optgroup>
        </select>$gobutton
    </div>
    </form>
    <!-- / rate this thread -->
    
    </td>
    </if>
</tr>
</if>
</table>
<br />
</if>

<!-- / controls for non-popup browsers -->
</if>

<!-- forum rules and admin links -->
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr valign="bottom">
    <if condition="$show['member']">
    <td class="smallfont" align="$stylevar[left]">
        $forumrules
    </td>
</if>
    <td class="smallfont" align="$stylevar[right]">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
        <if condition="!$show['popups'] AND $show['adminoptions']">
        <tr>
            <td>
            <div class="smallfont" style="text-align:$stylevar[left]; white-space:nowrap">
            <form action="postings.php?t=$threadid" method="post" name="adminoptionsform">
            <input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
            <input type="hidden" name="t" value="$threadid" />
            <strong>$vbphrase[admin_tools]</strong>:<br />
            <select name="do" onchange="this.form.submit()">
                <if condition="$show['openclose']"><option value="openclosethread" selected="selected"><if condition="$show['closethread']">$vbphrase[close_thread]<else />$vbphrase[open_thread]</if></option></if>
                <if condition="$show['editthread']"><option value="editthread">$vbphrase[edit_thread]</option></if>
                <if condition="$show['deletethread']"><option value="deletethread">$vbphrase[delete_thread]</option></if>
                <if condition="$show['movethread']"><option value="movethread">$vbphrase[move_thread]</option>
                <option value="copythread">$vbphrase[copy_thread]</option></if>
                <if condition="$show['managethread']">
                        <option value="stick"><if condition="$show['unstick']">$vbphrase[unstick_thread]<else />$vbphrase[stick_thread]</if></option>
                    <option value="mergethread">$vbphrase[merge_threads]</option>
                    <!--<option value="splitthread">$vbphrase[split_thread]</option>-->
                    <option value="removeredirect">$vbphrase[remove_redirects]</option>
                </if>
                <if condition="$show['editpoll']"><option value="editpoll">$vbphrase[edit_poll]</option></if>
            </select>$gobutton
            </form>
            </div>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <br />
        </if>
        <tr>
            <td>
            $forumjump
            </td>
        </tr>        
        </table>
    </td>
</tr>
</table>
<!-- /forum rules and admin links -->

<br />

$similarthreads

$footer

<!-- temp -->
<div style="display:none">
    <!-- thread rate -->
    <if condition="$show['ratethread']">
        <!-- thread ratings form here -->
    <else />
        <if condition="$show['threadrating']">
            $vbphrase[you_rated_this_thread]: <strong>$threadinfo[vote]</strong>
        </if>
    </if>
    <!-- / thread rate -->
</div>

</body>
</html>

I just removed the "Search this Thread" "Linkback" and "Thread Tools" etc. menue to guests, because they aren't relevant for the threads and should not be indexed. In addition you can increase the relevant Keyword Density:Keyword Density Checker Tool.

Example: Linares / Morelia 2007!

2) I have changed the permalink structure and replaced the showpost link wie permalink.

Goto > Display Permalink besides Showpost Link

Set as > replace post number link with permalink.

By changing that option your showposts will drop out of google index, leaving only the whole threads indexed. Which is what you want seeing as the posts are causing 2 urls with the same text and content.

Right now your getting no traffic from having both indexed so by dropping one you will actually increase traffic as google will rank the whole threads rather then neither.

3) Building Backlinks

When you begin the task of acquiring quality and relevant backlinks to your website there are many factors that can increase or decrease your search engine rankings. This article outlines the difference between good and bad backlinks.
A quality backlink pointing to your site should be in the same category and relevant in content to your website. The page where your link is located should be indexed by Google and the page should also have a Google page rank. The webpage where your link is located should also contain no more than 30 other out-going links to other websites. Link pages with more than 30 out-going links are less relevant to the search engines. Having your link posted on this type of webpage can affect your search engine rankings in a negative way. Other excellent techniques of acquiring backlinks are directory submissions, posting articles, blogs and forums.
For directory submissions select the proper directory category and take a look at how many other websites are contained in the category where your link would be posted, if you can manage to get on the first or second page of the listings, this is a quality backlink. Also look at the Google page rank of the landing page for your link. If the page has a Google page rank this is also a quality backlink.
Stay within your category, relevant content is very important to the search engines. Write an article preferably relevant in content to your website and submit the article to high quality article directories. Blogs are an excellent way to get quality one-way backlinks, Blog sites also receive tons of traffic, which in turn give your site more exposure. Posting your link on forum pages is also an efficient method of aquiring backlinks instantly.
Backlinks to avoid would be a 0 page ranked webpage, especially if the home page has a zero page rank. Links posted within framed webpages which will also steal your traffic. Especially avoid link farms, webpages which contain more than 100 unrelated outgoing links, This type of link page is frowned upon by many major search engines. Avoid Webpages with mirror sites containing the exact same content with a different URL, also pages that utilize redirects and URL cloaking. Never post your link on a webpage that contains a "no follow" or "no index" robots meta tag within the source code. Dynamic websites with question marks in the URL should be avoided because they are not always indexed by the search engines.
Also avoid posting your link on a page that opens very slow or contains mostly ads and flash banners. Try not to aquire or purchase great numbers of backlinks in a short period of time, backlinks should be accumulated gradually. Also avoid webpages and directories that list their results in alphabetical order, as their database increases your link could be moved to a less relevant page with less pagerank. Quality backlinks are one of the most important factors involved in the process of acheiving high search engine ranking.
Source: Link Building For Effective Search Engine Optimization - free article courtesy of ArticleCity.com

Best regards,
Majora

**Majora** · 04-05-2007 08:00 PM

The vBSEO package has the ability to rewrite the meta description and meta keywords. The meta description becomes the first x words of the first post.
In most times the first words of the post will not be search engine optimized - they will not include the first words of the title in the first lines of the post therefore disable the option "Replace the 'META KEYWORDS' Content?" and "Replace the 'META DESCRIPTION' Content?"
and insert the following meta Tag Codes to the top of your headinclude Template:

PHP Code:


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=$stylevar[charset]" />
<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin $vboptions[templateversion]" />
<if condition="$show['threadinfo']">
<meta name="keywords" content="$threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
<else />
    <if condition="$show['foruminfo']">
<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean], $vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />
    <else />
<meta name="keywords" content="$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="$vboptions[description]" />
    </if>
</if>

Best regards,
Majora

**Majora** · 04-06-2007 06:50 AM

*Bump*
Anyone?

**kenfuzed** · 04-09-2007 09:05 PM

I've already implemented most of the mods, hacks, etc you've mentioned and took your advice on some others.

I have another one that I've never seen mentioned and want to know if it would have any value in seo. I added some code to my postbit_legacy template to convert the first post's title into a link.

On my regular sites I've always had great success with keyword rich text links and figured I'd give it a shot on my forum as well.

Here is my code. Find in postbit or postbit_legacy:

Code:

<strong>$post[title]</strong>

Replace with:

Code:

<if condition="$post[postcount] == 1">
<strong><a href="$scriptpath">$post[title]</a></strong>
<else />
<strong>$post[title]</strong>
</if>

Interested in hearing your opinion.

**basketmen** · 04-10-2007 10:34 AM

Yup same as me, one of my site top 3 in google for keywords with 1.000.000 queries because i have keywords in url on page

maybe this can do it to in vbulletin

**T2DMan** · 04-10-2007 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by kenfuzed

I added some code to my postbit_legacy template to convert the first post's title into a link.

On my regular sites I've always had great success with keyword rich text links and figured I'd give it a shot on my forum as well.

...
Interested in hearing your opinion.

How can a link from a page back to itself do any good??? Of the live links on that page, now 1/100th PR comes back to that page.

You already have links via the sitemap, similar threads, forum pages...

If it is to do any good its such a small amount. How about in terms of value to visitors. If it does not do much value for them???

But it wont be doing any harm.

**kenfuzed** · 04-10-2007 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by T2DMan

How can a link from a page back to itself do any good??? Of the live links on that page, now 1/100th PR comes back to that page.

You already have links via the sitemap, similar threads, forum pages...

If it is to do any good its such a small amount. How about in terms of value to visitors. If it does not do much value for them???

But it wont be doing any harm.

Actually I was under the impression that the link when crawled wasn't weighed for its destination as much as just having a link using keywords. Aside from being almost invisible (no decoration) the link is only available to bots/guests and wasn't intended to provide direct value to visitors. I considered it similar to the permalink on every vBulletin forum which also points back at the thread. This is just an extension of that permalink except it uses the title keywords and only occurs once. I could have the link point at the next thread or even the forum home if it really made that much difference.

I have no way of measuring the link's effectiveness but just wanted to know if it could have any detrimental effect.

**mattyk72** · 04-17-2007 01:28 PM

good info here, thanks!

**AnonBBdotCom** · 04-20-2007 07:41 PM

VBSEO already came with this rewrite

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

i'm not really sure what the difference is, and if you're supposed to put it at your server root or forum root. my forum is at www.domain.com/forum

So I filled in my domain info and put the corrected Rewrite code in my HTAccess file in my server root AND forum root. I dont really notice a difference though.....what did it do?

**pixie** · 04-26-2007 08:32 AM

Just to have this confirmed again. Are these settings correct?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.pixelplausch\.de
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.pixelplausch.de/$1 [R=301,L]

Or do I have to set it like this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.pixelplausch\.de
RewriteRule (.*) |[ pixelplausch.de ]| - Das deutsche Forum für Computergrafik und digitale Kunst/forums$1 [R=301,L]

Thanks a lot!!

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