Most effective on-site-optimization

After having great success with vbseo and after doing my own work in on-site-optimization, I was wondering, what you are doing ... despite vbseo.

Which of your actions in on-site-optimization showed the best results?

Thanks a lot!
Marcel

H1 tags on the thread title is probably the next best thing.

Thanks! And how is this done?

i use the following in the navbar....

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumdesc']">
        <h1 class="descr">$navbits[lastelement]</h1>          
    <else />
        <if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == 'tags')">
            <h1 class="descr">Thread Tags</h1>
        <else />
<if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == 'blog') OR (THIS_SCRIPT == 'blog_post') OR (THIS_SCRIPT == 'blog_search') OR (THIS_SCRIPT == 'blog_ucp')">
            <h1 class="descr">MY.com Blogs</h1>
<else />
            <h1 class="descr">My.com Forums</h1>
</if>
        </if>
    </if>

I've got this here in the navbar

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumdesc']">
 <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
 <tr>
  <td class="alt1" width="100%"><strong>$foruminfo[title]</strong> <span class="smallfont">$foruminfo[description]
</span></td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
</if>

Can you help me again?
How to change that code to get correct for your h1-change?

Second question:
Do you user that one on other places like showthread too?

Thanks a lot!

Sorry that I have to ask for help on that detailed level
I'm not coding that much ...

i replaced what you posted with what i posted.

you can do with it what you want.

the main thing is using the right conditions for the right pages

You did what?
Sorry to ask. But I don't see any changes.

find the code block you posted in the nav bar.

replace all that with what i posted.

Hi,
I reduced it to the following

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumdesc']">
 <table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
 <tr>
  <td class="alt1" width="100%"><strong><h1 class="descr">$navbits[lastelement]</h1></strong> <span class="smallfont">$foruminfo[description]
</span></td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
</if>

it still works! But it's far too big.

4 questions:

1. If I change the h1-Format ... will it affect other things in the forum? (as far as you can now)
2. Where exactly do I change the h1-format? When I look into the design, I don't see anything. Can you give me a detail?
3. I've got a custom design. If it is in the custom-design-part at the end of the design-configuration ... under which code would I find it?
4. Is it a good idea to make it smaller or will google see that I use a h1 for a small title and rate it bad?

Thanks a lot!

I used a class on the H1, descr

you can add

.descr { style rules here }
to the bottom block of the MainCss editor in vb CP

size doesn't matter for weight, its the tag it self.

I added h2 too now (for the forum-name).

Other question:
Do you use that on forumhome and/or forumdisplay too?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by briansol

i use the following in the navbar....

Code:

<if condition="$show['forumdesc']">
        <h1 class="descr">$navbits[lastelement]</h1>          
    <else />
        <if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == 'tags')">
            <h1 class="descr">Thread Tags</h1>
        <else />
<if condition="(THIS_SCRIPT == 'blog') OR (THIS_SCRIPT == 'blog_post') OR (THIS_SCRIPT == 'blog_search') OR (THIS_SCRIPT == 'blog_ucp')">
            <h1 class="descr">MY.com Blogs</h1>
<else />
            <h1 class="descr">My.com Forums</h1>
</if>
        </if>
    </if>

starting from this i made a mod but only for the forums.
I'll update the mod when vbulletin 3.7 is released.
SEO TOOL: Adding H-TAG, H1 to your forum - vBulletin.org Forum

Why just h1 and not also h2? I read this somewhere else and added h2 too ...

hmm....good point

what do you think we could put in h2 ?

in h1 i have for forums : forumh1 (that can be defined) and for showthread i have threadtitle - forumh1