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This is a discussion on Well I am about to make some changes.... within the General Discussion forums, part of the vBulletin SEO Discussion category; After reading this post: http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/s...671#post138671 I am going to retain the use of the archive. I will not redirect the ...
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| Well I am about to make some changes....
After reading this post: http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/s...671#post138671 I am going to retain the use of the archive. I will not redirect the archive urls anymore. I will be placing ads on the showthread archive pages and we will see how much my earnings increase. Granted I know it will take some time to get all those reindexed but I want to try this out. Anyone else retain the use of their archive and have adsense on it? How does it fair for you? So this is the changes I am making and sticking with for a good bit to get a good feel for the impact it will have: 1) Return the archive back to its stock form 2) Add rel=nofollow links to showpost pages 3) Add robot entry to deny access to showpost.php 4) Maintain the current URL rewrites. What I am looking for here is consistency.
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I have adsense on my sitemap pages, but I have the threads redirecting.
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Nah, I don't get many views of my sitemap anyway. I just threw the ads up there for the heck of it. They get maybe 10-20 views a day. I would like to just disable the archive completely, but they're indexed in search engines already, so I left it.
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Well as of now Archive has been returned back to normal for Mustangevolution.com and Conflictingviews.com Rel=nofollow has been added to the showpost pages and they have been removed from my sitemap generator Robots.txt file includes the following: Quote:
Adsense has been added to the archive pages as well: http://www.mustangevolution.com/forum/archive/ http://www.conflictingviews.com/forum/archive/ Look forward to seeing some improvements |
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NO! Please don't do this :( I'll ask Michael (t2dman) to elaborate more on the topic...
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I just want to pick one thing and stick to it for awhile. Sites like sprintusers.com use the archive and make good money through the archive.... |
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Yes, but they are not using vBSEO - I would elaborate more on the topic now but I want Michael to establish the basics and then, we can discuss further...
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Thanks for the invitation to discuss. The Simple truth The archive version of the threads should not be used. The archive system should be used as a sitemap for the site to get the actual threads to the top. Visually nicer, more inbounds links, the real content. Others have acknowledged vBulletin 3.5 now has an option for sitemap links to go straight to the actual threads. They did this at my insistence after hearing my logic. I have consulted with http://forums.seochat.com/ and they now have the sitemap going straight to the threads. Many others have seen the logic, made the change and reaped the reward of being as high as possible on Google. Reasoning
Summary Sites need an effective sitemap, and the archive system provides that, especially when the links go through to the actual threads. I want the best value for my users, and the best branding for me. My actual threads provide all of this, and these are what I want to get to the top. Long term revenue gain from doing things properly.
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*Hangs head* Turns back on Archive Forwarding lol |
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T2DMAN will you please cover some of the things mentioned by DChapman in this thread: http://www.theadminzone.com/forums/s...955#post138955 I am wanting to get these things cleared up and would like to hear your rebuttle. |
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A little summary of how I have mine setup: Showpost pages are NOT included in the sitemap and relnofollow tags are added to them ontop of being restricted via robots.txt Archive is Rewritten and 301 Redirected to original thread You may visit Mustangevolution to see how I have my url rewrites setup. I will be leaving this setup the way it is. Need some consistency in my site to get some good solid stats going and see where my search engine rankings end up at. I wish google would do this update so their damn stats would stop fluctuating so much |
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What is the reasoning for blocking access to your posts? I only ask because I have been doing some research lately with some boards and their rankings for various subjects. These posts tend to rank well very often. An example of this would be DigitalPoints multitude of threads and posts that seem to pop of for all kinds of searches that I do.
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I set my site up with vbseo in Novermber and let it ride. No changes made at all. I had the archive rewritten and redirected back to the main site. The only thing I can definately get out of this outcome is less income via adsense, and alot of lost traffic that used to come from the archive. I modified my vbseo settings for the first time today, turning the archive back on and rewriting it with /archive/ Now it is just a matter of putting adsense back in and seeing where it takes me. |
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