Can I SEO forum links, and is it worth risking my 615k pages in Google?

[rob]

personally..... unless you have major major bandwidth restrictions, I would not worry about usign another style. Remember that googlebot will not load up images, javascripts and CSS.

I too have a shed load of forums, and every single one is indexed.

Here's the deal,

Buy vBseo, install and configure it (or I can do it for a small charge) and if after 4 weeks, you are not 100% delighted with the results, then you can ask for your money back.

(Can a vBseo Team member back this up??)

[Juan Muriente]

Here's the deal,

Buy vBseo, install and configure it (or I can do it for a small charge) and if after 4 weeks, you are not 100% delighted with the results, then you can ask for your money back.

(Can a vBseo Team member back this up??)

That's a good idea and certainly we'll look at ways to incorporate some sort of warranty or even a free trial. However, this is something that needs to be explored/analyzed further. On the other hand, we do intend to introduce a vBSEO certified consultant program in combination with the affiliate program shortly. This will be both, a good business opportunity for SEO consultants and very beneficial for end users looking for SEO services

Juan

[rob]

That's a good idea and certainly we'll look at ways to incorporate some sort of warranty or even a free trial. However, this is something that needs to be explored/analyzed further. On the other hand, we do intend to introduce a vBSEO certified consultant program in combination with the affiliate program shortly. This will be both, a good business opportunity for SEO consultants and very beneficial for end users looking for SEO services
Juan

Well, Definitely count me in to that.

[jamesk]

Apparently my hack for friendster style profile fields doesn't work with vbSEO.

We've only just installed vBSEO and have encountered exactly this problem.

A quick examination of the config_vbseo.php file suggests that it should actually be quite easy to resolve:

// ****** PREVENT vBSEO FROM REWRITING SPECIFIC LINKS ******
// Enable this feature to prevent vBSEO from rewriting links when rel="novbseo" is added between
// the '<a' and the 'href=' (i.e <a rel="novbseo" href=/thispage.php)
define('VBSEO_ALLOW_REL_NOVBSEO',   1);

We then rewrote your modification to member.php as follows:

if ($profilefield['type'] == 'checkbox' || $profilefield['type'] == 'select_multiple' )
{
        $profileLinks[$ii] = ' <a rel="novbseo" href="'.$vbulletin->options['bburl'].'/memberlist.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'].'do=getall&amp;'.$profilefieldname.'[]='.urlencode(trim($profileLinks2[$ii])).'">'.trim($profileLinks[$ii]).'</a>';
}
else
{
        $profileLinks[$ii] = ' <a rel="novbseo" href="'.$vbulletin->options['bburl'].'/memberlist.php?'.$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'].'do=getall&amp;'.$profilefieldname.'='.urlencode(trim($profileLinks[$ii])).'">'.trim($profileLinks[$ii]).'</a>';
}

However, vBSEO appears to be ignoring the rel="novbseo" tag.

Perhaps it is still being tested?

[Juan Muriente]

Hi, try using <a rel='novbseo'...> (i.e., using ['] instead of ["]) - It should work.

Note: We've added the ["] option in 2.3.3

[jamesk]

Hi, try using <a rel='novbseo'...> (i.e., using ['] instead of ["]) - It should work.

The single quotes are rewritten as double quotes.

This happens even after disabling the vBSEO plugin and our .htaccess file, so I have no idea what might be responsible.

[Juan Muriente]

PM Sent.

[buro9]

I've updated my hack to include the single quoted rel='novbseo'

[Juan Muriente]

I've updated my hack to include the single quoted rel='novbseo'

Neat - That is what I call teamwork

[buro9]

It was actually someone's moaning that my hack wasn't compatible that led me to investigate what the hell it was