Forum with over 1,000,000 Posts

[patsfans]

I have a forum that is large, with:

Threads: 105,596,
Posts: 1,126,839
Members: 10,750

I have heard of database issues on huge sites, and while I'm very close to making a purchase I'd like to hear about any potential difficulties with installations. The forum is also located in a second tier directory (ex: http://www.site.com/topic/messageboard) and would like to hear if there are any tricks or challenges involved in a case like this. I have one day (tomorrow) to get this done and would like to know if it's going to be easy or if I should tell my wife not to expect to see me tomorrow

Ian

[Mert Gökçeimam]

Hello Ian ,

Lots of big boards are running vBSEO without a problem. In fact the most visited vbulletin forum is also using vBSEO . You can read the story at $1400 in One Day with vBSEO!

You can install vBSEO in any folder you want. The important factor is that your licensed domain should meet you forum url.

Installation of vBSEO tooks maximum 15-20 minute with the initial configuration and settings. However if you donot have enbough tech knowledge you can always order our Installation Service

[patsfans]

I just placed my order and am now waiting for the script. I will also post a follow-up as a courtesy and will update with my own experience and am hoping this works as well as people seem to say it will

Ian

[Michael Biddle]

Welcome to the team Ian,

You are showing as a licensed customer, so you should be able to download

[patsfans]

I appreciate that. The test install on my test forum worked fine, so I'm running the full site backup right now and will be installing to the main board when I'm finished.

In the meantime I guess I'll start the stats now:

43,200 pages indexed in Google for my forum currently
Pages (374,417) | Inlinks (3,554) in Yahoo
16,200 pages in MSN

So we'll see how it goes. I won't report Adsense earnings now...but I'm hoping that improves as well.

From what I can see I really hope this works well, and I'll post an update as soon as the changes begin

Ian

[briansol]

instead of 'pages', track 'visits' from the search engines via google analytics.

since vbseo reforms all the duplicate links from stock vB, you may end up with LESS url's in google, but none will be dupes.

See my guide in my sig for help on getting set up in what i feel is the best way.

[patsfans]

Got it. I guess we'll start here:

Google 2,839 Visits
Yahoo 85 Visits

I'll keep you posted