SEO

basicaly im no where on google
grantes the site is only 6 weeks old, but im probs our of my deapth with this search engine stuff

i installed the google vbseo from vbulletin.org and basicaly doesnt seem to have done a thing ?

so i have 2 questions

1. am I doing this right ?
2. is it worth me buying this software if the free version doesnt seem to do anything ( although , its probs my own fault)

any help / advice would be very much apreciated..

thanks in advance

(EDIT) (sorry i just noticed i probs put this in the wrong place)


wez
www.cgempire.com - CG Empire

Firslty i noticed that you are currently running vBSEO Sitemap 1.5, make sure you are running the latest version (which i believe for you is 1.6). Also are you actually running the sitemap on a regular (weekly) basic and submitting the sitemap to your Google Sitemaps account?

Secondly getting yourself indexed and increasing your general popularity within search engines is never an imminent process, usually being painstakingly time demanding, unpredictable and unstable. Whilst by implementing and using the vBSEO Google / Yahoo Sitemap you are ensuring that Google is being directed to your content, you need to ensure that you are correctly implementing onpage SEO to help ensure that Google and other leading search engines are aware of what topics and keywords your pages are relevant towards. These two points combined with relevant and plentiful two way link exchanges will ensure that search engines start to take more notice of your website, increase your indexation and lead to your website getting more SE referrals.

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umm,, your asking this to a bunch of webmasters that have bought vbseo already

what do u think we'll say

My site is not in google index yet, since before but I was in yahoo and it increase traffic and crawl everyday. 1, YES, IT IS A PEICE OF ART.2, YES and NO First of all, sitemap generator is only sitemap. Plus if your site hasnt been index, sitemap wotn help either. You gotta have hope, keep on promoting and you will get there.
Sorry for the lining and spacing on my post, my zonealarm is creating trouble with vb js file on this editor.

Your visible PR will not go up for a long time, as Google doesn't update the toolbar very frequently. If you notice your site isn't indexed very good, the first thing to do is build quality inbound links. Try free directories, swap footer links with other game sites etc. Once you notice your homepage ranks better, you can start thinking about your deeper URL's. But to be honest, it's better to have vBseo from the start, so your forum links don't change over time. So if you think you have the budget, I sure recommend installing it right now.

thats not really fair, im sure for every 100
webmasters, maybe 1 or more might be
successful, not all of them. 95% of all businesses
fail...im sure 99% of new internet businesses fail.
Im sure they are a ton of VB lovers here, that does
not mean they are all successful...

sucessful can be defined 100 ways.

money?
members?
posts?
or rankings?

even if you have 10 topics on your board, vbseo will help you to get better placement in the SE's for particualr search strings.

true.