Title without forum name

[vFranky]

Hello,

vBulletin is configured to add the <forum name> to each html <TITLE>. But the keyword relevance of the <TITLE> would be greater without <forum name>. What I have to do to remove <forum name>?

Thank you in advance.

Regards,
Frank

[Michael Biddle]

What page are you wanting to remove that from? The showthread or forumdisplay?

[vFranky]

Don't know exactly. What would you advice in the aspect of SEO?

[Michael Biddle]

What is the URL that you are wanting the title changed?

[vFranky]

For example --> Ägypten Forum - Nilkreuzfahrten, Rundreisen, Tauchen und Ägypten Pauschalreisen - Ägypten Bilder - Galerie
The title should be --> "Ägypten Bilder" (egypt pictures)

[Michael Biddle]

In your forumdisplay template find:

<title>$foruminfo[title_clean]<if condition="$pagenumber>1"> - <phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase></if> - $vboptions[bbtitle]</title>

and change it to:

<title>$foruminfo[title_clean]<if condition="$pagenumber>1"> - <phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase></if></title>

[vFranky]

Thank you very much. It works. But how can I shorten (without forum name) the threads too, like this one here --> Bilder der MS African Queen - Ägypten Forum

[Michael Biddle]

It would be similar. Find the </title> tag on the showthread template, and it is the last variable that needs to be removed.

[vFranky]

Thank you, this helped!

[vFranky]

Any other shorts hints for SEO in this case?

[Michael Biddle]

Please check this thread: Your Site Review - Stuff to Do First

[vFranky]

Thx!

[Michael Biddle]

Not a problem.