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NOTE: The sample settings below are the ones used on our website, http://www.vbseo.com/
General Settings
vBSEO Options

Activate Plugin?
Select 'Yes' to activate vBSEO static URLs (CRUs) and other SEO features.

 Yes No

vBSEO CP Interface Language
Select a language for the vBSEO Control Panel. Your language pack must be previously uploaded to the 'forums/includes/xml/' folder.

301 Redirect Original Content
'301 redirects' are "Google's Safe" way of moving content. Enable this option to redirect all previously dynamic generated pages to the new, static content. This option saves 'Page Ranking' gained from old incoming links.

 Yes No

Include Domain Name in URLs?
Search engines are thought to be more likely to follow links with absolute URLs (www.yourdomain.com/this_page.html). Enable this option to include your domain name in your forum links, thus, making your URLs look absolute (vs. relative).

 Yes No

Replace Non-English Characters in URLs?
Select 'Yes' to replace non-English characters with their English equivalent. Enable this option if your forums are not in English or if any non-English characters occur in your forums (E.g. Café)

 Yes No

Redirect ALL External URLs Posted in Private Forums
Enable this option to redirect all external links posted in private forums through an internal script. This will hide URLs from your private forums in server logs on external sites, thus protecting your privacy.

Note: The URLs will look like 'http://www.yourdormain.com/forums/redirect-to/?redirect=http://www.externaldomain.com'

 Yes No

Rewrite System Email URLs?
Set this option to 'Yes' to have vBSEO rewrite automatic notification emails.

Note: This option works ONLY with vB 3.5.x

 Yes No

Link Back to the vBSEO Admin Control Panel?
This feature will set a temporary link to this control panel at the top of your vBulletin forum pages, and works as a great time-saver while setting up your static URLs. NOTE: This link is only viewable by vBulletin forum admins (Usergroup 6).

 Yes No

"File Not Found" requests handling?
Select how 'File Not found' requests will be handled:
- Redirect to homepage
- Send 404 HTTP code and show a 'Page not found' message
- Include custom error page. NOTE: The filename should include the absolute path. (example: /home/user/public_html/error.php)

 Redirect to homepage
Send 404 HTTP code
Include custom script:

Exclude Pages?
Use regular expressions here to exclude scripts and/or pages from being affected by vBSEO. This prevents rewriting as well as copyright insertion.

Examples:(separate multiple expressions with returns)
^index\.php\?do=feature
VBGooglemap.php
geek-gallery-popup.php

Your vBSEO Affiliate ID HOT!
Earn Back 'Your vBSEO' Product Fees and More! Enter your vBSEO affiliate ID here to have the copyright footer link to your affiliate landing page.

More info: http://www.vbseo.com/aff/
Log & Tracking Options

Log Spider Activity in your Forums?
Set this option to 'Yes' to log Search Engine Spider activity on your Forums. This option requires the vBSEO Google / Yahoo Sitemap Generator installed.

Note: Access your spider activity logs via your sitemap reports interface (http://www.vbseo.com/vbseo_sitemap/)		 Yes No

Add Google Analytics Code to your Forum Pages?
Select "Yes" to add the Google Analytics code to all your forum pages. Google Analytics provides an easy way to monitor your traffic performance for both, organic and paid search engine results.

 Yes No

Enter your Google Analytics Code
Enter your Google Analytics Code in the following format: UA-9999-1

Add Google Analytics "Tracking External Link Clicks" Code?
Select "Yes" to add the Google Analytics External Link Tracking code to all your external links. This feature enables you to track clicks on outbound links via your Google Analytics account.

 Yes No

Enter format for Google Analytics External Links Tracking
Enter your Google Analytics External Links Tracking format.
Example: /outgoing/

Enable Google Analytics Funnel for Member Registrations?
Select "Yes" to add the Google Analytics code to all pages within your forum member registration process.

NOTE: You should create a new "Goal" in your Analytics account for your forums site and add the following steps for it (number of steps depends on whether you have enabled "Use COPPA Registration System" in vB admincp or not):
/google-funnel/coppaform.html (if applicable)
/google-funnel/enter-birthday.html (if applicable)
/google-funnel/agreement.html
/google-funnel/regform-show.html
/google-funnel/regform-submit.html
/google-funnel/registration-complete.html

What is a funnel?

Yes No

Enable Adsense Section Targeting? BETA
Select "Yes" to add Google AdSense section tags to relevant parts of your forum pages within forumhome, forumdisplay and showthread.

Yes No
vB's Archive Options

Archive Options:

301 Redirect vB's Archive Thread Pages
'301 redirects' are "Google's Safe" way of moving content. Select this option to save your 'Page Ranking' while redirecting spiders (and users) to the new, static pages.

Rewrite vB's Archive Thread Pages
This option rewrites URLs so that original content is linked from within the archives, providing an excellent vBulletin sitemap.

Rewrite + 301 Redirect Archive Pages
This is a combination of options 1 and 2 (above). This option rewrites URLs so that original content is linked from within the archives AND also adds 301 redirects to the archive thread pages. Therefore, (a) it works as a sitemap for the static site and (b) it ensures that incoming links pointing to the old archive thread pages are redirected to the new, static pages also.

Keep vB's Archive default settings
Keep vBulletin's default archive settings.

 Select One:

Rewrite Archive Root:
Use this feature to replace the default '/archive/index.php/' part of the archive pages to a more search engine friendly version.

NOTE: Old archive root URLs will be 301 redirected to the new custom formats. Therefore, previously indexed archive pages will still be found by both users and spiders.

Sample Custom Strings:
/hello/google/ or /sitemap/ or /archive/ etc.

/archive/index.php/
/archive/
/sitemap/
Custom:
 
 
General Options

Define Separator for URL Parts
This character will separate individual words in rewritten URLs. Using [ - ] is recommended.

Limit URL Length
Some users prefer to limit the length of their URLs. This setting "crops" URL parts, i.e. [forum_title] and [thread_title] to a maximum number of keywords.

NOTE: Set this parameter to zero (0) for unlimited length.

Define Forum Path Title Bits
Define how forum parts (within URLs) are going to appear when using [forum_path] in the URL formats below.

NOTE: Use [forum_id] or [forum_title] or both - In the rare instance that you have two forums with the same name, you will need to include the [forum_id] to prevent conflicts.

Sample Custom String:
f[forum_id]

 [forum_id]
[forum_title]
forum[forum_id]
Custom:
Forum URLs

Rewrite Forum URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have forum URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Forum URL Format
Create a virtual multi-level forum path using [forum_path] or show only the forum name (or id) using the variables [forum_title] or [forum_id]

NOTE: In the rare instance you have two forums with the same name, you will need to include the variable [forum_id] to prevent conflicts.

Sample Custom String:
f[forum_id].html

 [forum_path]/
[forum_title]/
forum[forum_id]/
[forum_title].html
Custom:

Forum Index Page URL Format
Define how the index URLs for each forum with multiple pages will appear.

NOTE: In the rare instance you have two forums with the same name, you will need to include the variable [forum_id] to prevent conflicts.

Sample Custom String:
f[forum_id]-[forum_page].html

 [forum_path]/index[forum_page].html
[forum_title]/index[forum_page].html
forum[forum_id]/index[forum_page].html
[forum_title]-[forum_page].html
Custom:
Announcement URLs

Rewrite Announcement URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have announcement URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Individual Announcement URL Format
Select an announcement URL format or create a custom layout using the field provided.

NOTE: Since announcements are posted by admins or moderators, there is little risk of having two announcements with the same title. Therefore, it is often safe not to use [announcement_id] in this setting.

NOTE: Since announcements are associated with forums, you MUST include a forum identifier such as [forum_id] or [forum_title]. You MUST also include either the [announcement_id] or [announcement_title] variable.

Sample custom string:
f[forum_id]-announcement[announcement_id].html

 [forum_path]/announcement-[announcement_title].html
[forum_title]/announcement-[announcement_title].html
forum[forum_id]/announcement[announcement_id].html
[forum_title]-announcement-[announcement_title].html
Custom:

Multiple Announcements URL Format
Select the 'View All Announcements' page URL format or create a custom layout using the field provided.

NOTE: Since announcements are associated with forums, you MUST include a forum identifier such as [forum_id] or [forum_title]. Do NOT include the variables [announcement_id] or [announcement_title].

Sample custom string:
f[forum_id]-announcements.html

 [forum_path]/announcements.html
[forum_title]/announcements.html
forum[forum_id]/announcements.html
[forum_title]-announcements.html
Custom:
Thread URLs

Rewrite Thread URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to rewrite thread URLs.

 Yes No

Thread URL Format
Select a thread URL format or create a custom layout using the field provided.

NOTE: You should always include [thread_id] within your URL format since threads can often have the same titles.

Sample custom string:
t[thread_id].html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title].html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title].html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id].html
[thread_id]-[thread_title].html
Custom:

Multiple Page Thread URL Format
Define how individual thread pages URLs with multiple pages will appear.

NOTE: You should always include [thread_id] within your URL format since threads can often have the same titles.

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-[thread_page].html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-[thread_page].html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-[thread_page].html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-[thread_page].html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-[thread_page].html
Custom:

'Last Post in Thread' Redirect URL Format
Define how links to 'last posts in threads' will appear.

NOTE: The native redirection functionality is used to redirect the user to the appropriate anchored post within the thread (i.e. thead_title.html#post-xxxx)

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-last-post.html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-last-post.html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-last-post.html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-last-post.html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-last-post.html
Custom:

'Newest Post in Thread' Redirect URL Format
Define how links to 'newest posts in threads' will appear.

NOTE: The native redirection functionality is used to redirect the user to the appropriate anchored post within the thread (i.e. thead_title.html#post-xxxx)

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-new-post.html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-new-post.html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-new-post.html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-new-post.html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-new-post.html
Custom:

'Go To Post in Thread' Redirect URL Format
Define how links to 'go to posts in threads' will appear.

NOTE: The native redirection functionality is used to redirect the user to the appropriate anchored post within the thread (i.e. thead_title.html#post-xxxx)

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-post[post_id].html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-post[post_id].html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-post[post_id].html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-post[post_id].html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-post[post_id].html
Custom:

Multiple page 'Go To Post in Thread' Redirect URL Format
Define how links to multi pages 'go to posts in threads' will appear.

NOTE: The native redirection functionality is used to redirect the user to the appropriate anchored post within the thread (i.e. thead_title.html#post-xxxx)

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-post[post_id]-[thread_page].html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-post[post_id]-[thread_page].html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-post[post_id]-[thread_page].html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-post[post_id]-[thread_page].html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-post[post_id]-[thread_page].html
Custom:

'Previous Thread' Redirect URL Format
Define how links to 'previous threads' will appear. These are the links at the bottom of thread pages.

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-prev-thread.html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-prev-thread.html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-prev-thread.html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-prev-thread.html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-prev-thread.html
Custom:

'Next Thread' Redirect URL Format
Define how links to 'next threads' will appear. These are the links at the bottom of thread pages.

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-next-thread.html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-next-thread.html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-next-thread.html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-next-thread.html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-next-thread.html
Custom:
Printthread URLs

Rewrite Printthread URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have print version (printthread.php) of URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Add rel="nofollow" to the Printthread links?
Enable this option to prevent search engines from following links to Printthread. It is thought that printable versions of threads (printthread.php) may be considered "duplicate content" by search engines and possibly penalized or excluded.

 Yes No

'Printthread' URL Format
Define how links to the 'printable version of threads' will appear.

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-print.html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-print.html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-print.html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-print.html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-print.html
Custom:

Multiple Page 'Printthread' URL Format
Define how 'printable version of threads' with multiple pages will appear.

Sample Custom String:
t[thread_id]-print-[thread_page].html

 [forum_path]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-[thread_page]-print.html
[forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title]-[thread_page]-print.html
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id]-[thread_page]-print.html
[thread_id]-[thread_title]-[thread_page]-print.html
Custom:
Showpost URLs

Rewrite Showpost URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have single versions of posts (showpost.php) URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Add rel="nofollow" to the Showpost links?
Enable this option to prevent search engines from following links to single versions of posts (showpost.php). Individual post pages might be considered "duplicate content" by search engines.

Smart rel="nofollow" for Showpost links?
This option prevents search engines from following showpost links conditional to the amount of postings in a thread. If there is only one (1) post in a page, rel="nofollow" will be applied to showpost (as both showpost & showthread are virtually the same). If there are two (2) or more postings in a page, rel="nofollow" will NOT be added, thus allowing search engines to follow all showpost links.

 Yes No Smart

'Showpost' URL Format
Define how links to 'single versions of threads' will appear.

Sample Custom String:
[post_id]-[post_count]-post.html

 [post_id]-post[post_count].html
Custom:
Poll URLs

Rewrite Poll URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have poll URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Poll URL Format
Select a poll URL format or create a custom layout using the field provided.

NOTE: We recommend using [poll_id] within your URL format since there is a chance that users will post polls with the same title.

Sample custom string:
p[poll_id].html

 [forum_path]/poll-[poll_id]-[poll_title].html
[forum_title]/poll-[poll_id]-[poll_title].html
forum[forum_id]/poll[poll_id].html
[forum_title]-poll[poll_id]-[poll_title].html
Custom:
Member's Profile URLs

Rewrite Member Profile URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have profile URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Member Profile URL Format
Select a member profile URL format or create a custom layout using the field provided.

NOTE: Since vBulletin does not allow for duplicate usernames, it is safe not to use the [user_id] variable.

Sample custom string:
u[user_id].html

 members/[user_name].html
members/[user_id].html
member-[user_name].html
Custom:
Member's List URLs

Rewrite Member's List URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have member index pages URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Member's List URL Format
Define how the member's list index URL will appear.

Sample custom string:
users.html

 members/list/
memberlist.html
Custom:

Member's Multi-Page List URL Format
Define how member index URLs with multiple pages will appear.

Sample custom string:
users-[page].html

 members/list/index[page].html
memberlist-[page].html
Custom:

Member's List 'By Letter Pages' URL Format
Define how individual member's list indexes by letter URLs will appear.

Sample custom string:
users-[letter][page].html

 members/list/[letter][page].html
memberlist-[letter][page].html
Custom:
Custom Avatar Image URLs

Rewrite Custom Avatar URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have custom avatar URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Custom Avatar URL Format
Define how custom avatar image URLs will appear.

NOTE: 'avatars/' will be added automatically to the address to prevent conflicting image URLs.

NOTE: Since vBulletin does not allow for duplicate usernames, it is safe not to use the [user_id] variable.

Sample custom string:
u[user_id].html

[user_name].gif
[user_id].gif
Custom:
Nav Bullet (Tree Icon) Image URLs

Rewrite Nav Bullet Image URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have tree URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Forum Nav Bullet Image URLs
Define how nav bullet image URLs for forums will appear.

NOTE: 'images/' will be added automatically to the address to prevent conflicting image URLs.

Sample custom string:
f[forum_id].gif

 [forum_path].gif
[forum_title].gif
forum[forum_id].gif
Custom:

Thread Nav Bullet Image URLs
Define how nav bullet image URLs for threads will appear.

NOTE: 'images/' will be added automatically to the address to prevent conflicting image URLs.

Sample custom string:
t[thread_id].gif

 [forum_path]/[thread_title].gif
[forum_title]/[thread_title].gif
forum[forum_id]/thread[thread_id].gif
[thread_title].gif
Custom:
Attachment URLs

Rewrite Attachment URLs?
Set this option to "Yes" to have attachment URLs rewritten.

 Yes No

Attachment URLs Format
Google and other search engines index image (.gif, .jpg, .png, etc.) and other file types such as Word documents (.doc) and Adobe PDF documents (.pdf). A special variable [original_filename] has been created so that attachments keep their original filename AND extension in the URL.

NOTE: 'attachments/' will be added automatically to the url to prevent conflicting image URLs.

NOTE: We recommend using [attachment_id] within your URL format since there is a chance that users will post attachments with the same 'original filename'.

Sample custom string:
[attachment_id]-[original_filename]

[forum_path]/[attachment_id]-[thread_title]-[original_filename]
[forum_title]/[attachment_id]-[thread_title]-[original_filename]
forum[forum_id]/[attachment_id]-[original_filename]
[attachment_id]-[thread_title]-[original_filename]
Custom:

Rewrite Attachment Alt Tag Attribute?
Set this option to "Yes" to have attachment alt attributes rewritten.

 Yes No

Attachment Alt Tag attribute Format

Sample custom string:
[thread_title]-[original_filename]
[original_filename]

[thread_title]-[original_filename]
[original_filename]
Custom:
 
 
LinkBacks (Ping/Track/Refbacks)
Incoming LinkBacks

Enable Incoming Pingbacks NEW!
Select "Yes" to enable incoming pingbacks for discussions.

Note: Incoming pingback moderation for individual forums is set via your vBulletin Admin CP in: Forums and Moderators > Forum Manager > Edit Forum

 Yes No

Enable Incoming Trackbacks NEW!
Select "Yes" to enable incoming trackbacks for discussions.

Note: Incoming trackback moderation for individual forums is set via your vBulletin Admin CP in: Forums and Moderators > Forum Manager > Edit Forum

 Yes No

Enable Incoming Refbacks NEW!
Select "Yes" to enable automatic backlinks to referring URLs.

Note: Incoming Refback moderation for individual forums is set via your vBulletin Admin CP in:
Forums and Moderators > Forum Manager > Edit Forum

 Yes No

Email Notifications on Incoming LinkBacks NEW!
Select "Yes" to notify post owners of incoming LinkBacks (Ping/Track/Refbacks) when these occur.

 Yes No

Email copy of LinkBack notifications:
(Separate multiple emails with spaces)

Incoming LinkBack Keyword Ignore List NEW!
LinkBacks that include any of the words from this list will be filtered (NOT accepted) to minimize SPAM.

LinkBack "Blacklist" NEW!
LinkBacks from these domains will ALWAYS be excluded.

Examples:
spamsite.com (no 'http://www' required)
subdomain.spamsite.com
Outgoing LinkBacks

Enable Outgoing Pingbacks NEW!
Select "Yes" to send outgoing pingbacks when external links are included in posts.

 Yes No

Enable Outgoing Trackbacks NEW!
Select "Yes" to enable outgoing trackbacks for new threads.

Note: The trackback field is displayed when creating a new thread or when replying to a thread in advanced view.

 Yes No

Update Services NEW!
vBSEO can notify external services when your community publishes new threads and posts. These services work as Search Engines for the blogosphere and converging forumsphere.

Permalinks

Enable "Permalink" indicators in Postbits NEW!
Permalinks are basically links that point to posts as anchors in threads, allowing users to reference specific posts for incoming LinkBacks.

Permalink options:

Display Permalink in Postbit content
Will add the "Permalink" link above your post content, within the title area.

Display Permalink besides Showpost Link
Will add the "Permalink" link to the right of your showpost links.

Replace post number link with Permalink
Will replace individual showpost links with the "Permalink" link. Note: Posts will no longer be accessible individually.

Do not add Permalink indicator in Postbit
Not recommended if LinkBacks are enabled on your forums.

* You can add <!--PERMALINK_INFO--> to your postbit (or posbit_legacy) template to define a custom location for your "Permalink" link.

 
 
Define Custom Rewrite Rules BETA
You can apply vBSEO's Rewrite Engine to URLs not modified by the default feature set. Define your own rules using a regular expression format:

Both parts (left & right) are regular expressions: the first part is the original URL, while the second one is the rewritten URL using the matched pattern of the first part.

NOTE: The vBSEO Team will NOT provide "official" support for the regular expressions you enter when using this feature. Please use this feature ONLY if you know what you are doing. For further help, please visit the vBSEO forums at http://www.vbseo.com.

NOTE: Lines can be commented out by preceding them with two forward slashes (//). If any of your rewrite rules contain errors they will be automatically commented out when you click 'Save Settings'.

Examples:
'article\.php\?id=(\d+)'=>'showarticle-$1.html'
'browse\.php\?page=(\d+)'=>'listing-$1.htm'

 
 
Custom Redirects
Define Custom 301 Redirects BETA
You can setup the 301 redirection rules here. This can be used if you moved the location of certain document at your server.

Both parts (left & right) are regular expressions: the first part is the original URL, while the second one is the redirected URL using the matched pattern of the first part.

NOTE: The vBSEO Team will NOT provide "official" support for the regular expressions you enter when using this feature. Please use this feature ONLY if you know what you are doing.

NOTE: Lines can be commented out by preceding them with two forward slashes (//). If any of your rewrite rules contain errors they will be automatically commented out when you click 'Save Settings'.

Examples:
'article-(\d+)\.html'=>'articles/entry-$1.html'
'forum(\d+)\.html'=>'f$1/'
 
 
Define Relevant Replacements UPDATED!
Build dynamic phrases that get replaced by entering simple comments (up to three) in your forum templates.

<!--VBSEO_RR_1--> will be replaced by:
on forumdisplay pages (and)
on showthread pages.

<!--VBSEO_RR_2--> will be replaced by:
on forumdisplay pages (and)
on showthread pages.

<!--VBSEO_RR_3--> will be replaced by:
on forumdisplay pages (and)
on showthread pages.

For each set, the first phrase will be displayed ONLY in forumdisplay pages and the second phrase will be displayed ONLY in showthread pages.

You may use any of the patterns defined below to build your phrases:
[bb_title] - Your forum's main title
[default_keywords] - Your keywords as defined in vB's admincp

[forum_title] - The current forum's title
[forum_description] - The current forum's description

[parent_forum_title] - The parent forum's title
[parent_forum_description] - The parent forum's description

[thread_title] - The current thread's title (Use ONLY on showthread pages)
[first_post_X_words] - First X number of words from the page's first posting (Use ONLY on showthread pages)

[thread_page] - The thread's page number

Sample Relevant Phrases:
[Forum_title] discussions within the [parent_forum_title] at the [bb_title] (on forumdisplay pages)
Discuss [thread_title] at the [forum_title] within the [bb_title]; <em>[first_post_15_words]...</em> (on showthread pages)
 
 
SEO Functions
Dynamic META TAGS

Replace the 'META KEYWORDS' Content?
Replaces the 'META KEYWORDS' dynamically with content relevant to the page being displayed. Affects forums, threads, posts & member profiles.

Yes No

Replace the 'META DESCRIPTION' Content?
This option replaces the 'META DESCRIPTION' content with the first words of the first posting in the page to a limit defined in the option below.

Yes No

Define the 'META DESCRIPTION' Length?
The meta description tag usually consists of 150 to 200 characters or less.

 (150 to 200 characters max. recommended)

Meta Description for Member Profiles UPDATED!
Define a custom format for the meta description tag of member profile pages. You may use the following patterns for automatic replacements:

[username] - Member username
[usertitle] - Member user title ("Moderator", "Registered Member", etc.)
[bb_title] - Your forum's main title
[user_field_1], [user_field_2], etc. - Custom user fields as defined in the vB Admin CP

Sample Meta Description Phrase:
[username] is a [usertitle] in the [bb_title]. View [username]'s profile.

Direct Links

Replace 'Previous/Next Thread' redirect links?
Enable this option to replace the 'Next Thread' & 'Previous Thread' links with direct, Content Relevant links. Note: This option adds two queries.

Yes No

Replace 'Forum Links' with direct links to target URLs? NEW!
Enable this option to replace your 'Forum Links' with the direct target URLs.

NOTE: These Forum Links are the ones that would commonly be redirected when entering URLs via the Forum Manager in the admincp.

Yes No
Add Thread Titles

Add Thread Titles to Showthread Links Anchor Text? NEW!
Enable this option to create keyword-rich links by adding thread titles to URLs that point to showthread pages.

NOTE: This option works ONLY with vB 3.5.x

Add Thread Title Options:

Do NOT add thread titles
Keep vB's original functionality. Links posted in threads/posts are not modified.

ADD thread titles as "popup text"
This option adds the target thread title to the 'title' (popup) tag of every link that points to a showthread page.

ADD thread titles as "original-text (thread title)"
This is a combination of options 1 and 2 (above). The original link (text) is left untouched while the 'thread title' is added (within parenthesis) right after it.

REPLACE original anchor text
This option replaces any link pointing to a showthread page with the corresponding thread title.

*Links pointing to private forums are NOT replaced to prevent privacy issues (i.e. people determining titles of private forum threads by writing random 'showthread.php?t=xxxx' in postings)

Add Thread Titles to Showpost Links Anchor Text? NEW!
Same link replacements as above but for showpost URLs.

Yes No
Add Titles to External Links

Add Page Titles to External Links Anchor Text? NEW!
Enable this option to create keyword-rich links by adding page titles to URLs that point to external domains. vBSEO will connect to external sites when new links are posted and extract the page title from them.

NOTE: This option works ONLY with vB 3.5.x

Yes No

Add Page Title to External domains "Blacklist" NEW!
Enter domains list that will NOT have titles retrieved and added as anchor text.

Examples:
example.com
site.com
abc.com
Stopword Filtering

Remove Stopwords from URLs?
Removing "stopwords" from URLs may increase relevancy for specific searches as some search engines filter these common words when people use them in their search queries.

Smart Stopword Removal from URLs? NEW!
Enabling this option filters "stopwords" from URLs ONLY when titles are longer than the specified number within the 'Limit URL Length' setting.

Yes No Smart

Define Stopwords
When the above feature is enabled, the following words will be ommitted in the URLs.

TIP: Find common stopwords for other languages in http://www.ranks.nl/stopwords/
Acronym Expansion

Acronym Expansion
This feature is great for increasing SE relevancy. It allows you to replace common acronyms for real phrases in your thread content and titles. Enter one (1) replacement per line.

NOTE: Acronyms are not case sensitive.

Examples:
'seo'=>'Search Engine Optimization'
'pr'=>'Page Ranking'

Apply Acronym Expansion to URLs?
Select "Yes" if you want to replace keywords in the URLs.

 Yes No

Apply Acronym Expansion to all text?
Select "Yes" if you want to replace keywords in the text.

 Yes No
Homepage Settings

Force Forum Root as Homepage?
When enabled, all links to your forum homepage will be directed to 'vbroot/'. If disabled, your forum homepage links will point to the 'script name' (E.g. forum.php) as defined in your vBulletin configuration settings. This allows users with high PageRank in 'index.php' to use it as their default homepage.

 Yes No

Define Homepage Aliases
This feature will help consolidate PR (Google PageRank) in your forum homepage. Many established forums will have different PRs in forum home (usually up to three), as an example:

www.yoursite.com/forums/ (PR = A)
www.yoursite.com/forums/index.php (PR = B)
www.yoursite.com/forums/index.php? (PR = C)

This is a typical "PageRank Leakage" issue and might also lead search engines to tag these pages as duplicate content.

Filenames entered here will be 301 redirected to your forum's homepage as defined through your vBulletin's Admin CP. Enter one (1) filename per line.

Examples:
index.php
index.php?
Internal rel="nofollow"s

Add rel="nofollow" to ALL Sorting Links
Enable this option to prevent search engines from following links to pages with the same content, but sorted differently. These pages might be tagged as "duplicate content". Therefore, we recommend enabling this feature.

 Yes No

Add rel="nofollow" to ALL Dynamic Pages
Enable this option to prevent search engines from following ALL dynamic links. Some examples are: 'Post Reply' links, 'Quote' links and 'Quick Reply' or 'Search' links. These pages have non-relevant (or "noise") content which should not be indexed by search engines , resulting in better SEO.

Yes No

Add rel="nofollow" to Links pointing TO Member Profiles FROM Postbit
Enable this option to prevent search engines from following links to member profiles found in posts.

 Yes No

Add rel="nofollow" to Links pointing TO Member Profiles FROM Forumhome
Enable this option to prevent search engines from following links to member profiles found in your Forum Homepage.

 Yes No
External rel="nofollow"s

Add rel="nofollow" to ALL External URLs
Enable this option to prevent search engines from following links to external pages (URLs that point to other domains).

 Yes No

External domains "Whitelist"
Enter domains to be excluded from the above rule. Rel='nofollow' WILL NOT be added to links pointing to domains in this list. Note: This can be used to give the benefit of NON rel='nofollowed' signatures to a group of friends.

Examples:
google.com (no 'http://www' required)
groups.google.com

External domains "Blacklist" NEW!
The following domains will ALWAYS have rel='nofollow' added to the links regardless of other configuration settings.

Examples:
google.com (no 'http://www' required)
groups.google.com
 
 
Other Enhancements
Cleanup HTML Code

Cleanup HTML code?
Select 'Yes' to remove unnecessary whitespace characters and HTML comments from the source code of your forum pages. This increases the C2C (Content to Code) ratio and reduces page sizes, resulting in a net performance increase and reduction in bandwidth required.

NOTE: If comments (or HTML tags) within your pages are not closed correctly with their corresponding end tags, then this option could cause your pages to display incorrectly. Be sure that your templates contain error free HTML tags and code.

 Yes No
Footer Archive Links

Footer Archive Links Options: NEW!

Add Links to the Archive Main Pages
Select this option to add links to the main archive sitemap pages at the footer of your forum pages.

Add Links to ALL Archive Pages
Select this option to add links to the main archive sitemap pages AND multiple (deep) archive pages at the footer of your forum pages.

Do not add Links to Archive Pages
Select this option to keep the default settings.

NOTE: Enter <!--VBSEO_ARCHIVE_LINKS--> in your footer template to specify a location for the archive links, otherwise, these will be added at the very bottom of the output.

Direct Category Links

Direct Category Links? NEW!
Set this option to "Yes" to enable anchor type links for forum categories.

NOTE: Link to categories will look like "http://yourforumsroot/#category_title"

Yes No
Guest Only Enhancements

Remove Forumjump Dropdown For Guest Visitors NEW!
The forumjump dropdown generates extra non-relevant HTML code, especially on larger, multiple-forum sites. Disable it for guests (and spiders) to lighten the content Search Engines will index. This will increase the content to code ratio which is desirable for SEO purposes.

NOTE: The Forumjump Dropdown appears at the bottom of your thread and forum pages. There's also an option via the vBulletin admincp to disable it completely.

 Yes No

Remove Thread Preview Text For Guest Visitors? NEW!
Thread titles in forumdisplay links often contain "contributory" keywords related to the parent forum. Removing the thread preview text for unregistered visitors may help increase the relevant keyword ratio for these pages.

NOTE: Thread Preview Text is the text that appears when hovering thread links within the forumdisplay links.

 Yes No

Direct Links to Threads For Guest Visitors? NEW!
This option replaces links to "First Unread Post in Thread" with direct links to Threads. Giving direct (not redirected) access for guests and spiders to your thread content.
It also strips the "New-Post" functionality from RSS feeds, enabling the same effect for guests and spiders reaching your board via RSS and RSS2 feeds.

NOTE: This option would reduce functionality for non-members, but could be considered an acceptable tradeoff for SEO.

 Yes No
Social Bookmarking

Display Social Bookmarking Icons NEW!
Social Bookmarking has evolved as a very effective way of sharing content with others and consequently bringing more traffic to your website. Check the Social Bookmarking Icons to be displayed in your forum pages.

Social Bookmarking Icons Display Options:

Display Icons in Both, Threads and Posts
Select this option to display social bookmarking icons for both, threads and posts within threads. Note that thread bookmarking icons appear within the 'LinkBack' drop-down menu, while post bookmarking icons appear at the bottom-left corner of each post.

Display Icons in Both, Threads and Posts
Select this option to display social bookmark icons for threads and not for posts individually. Thread bookmarking icons will appear only within the 'LinkBack' drop-down menu.

* Enter <!--VBSEO_BOOKMARKS--> in your postbit (or postbit_legacy) template if you want to specify a different location for the social bookmarking icons. By default, post bookmarking icons will appear at the bottom-left corner of each post.

digg.com
del.icio.us
technorati.com
furl.net

Image Size Attributes

Enable Dimension Attributes for IMG tags?
Select "Yes" to enable the Image Size Attributes feature.

 Yes No

Define Dimension Attributes
vB default templates do not include "width" and "height" attributes for images. Providing image dimensions for all images within your forum will speed-up page rendering in most Web browsers. Forcing image dimensions also ensures that search engines can better determine the relationship of images to surrounding text when calculating the keyword relevancy of your forum pages.

Examples:
'thread.gif'=>'20x20'
'icon12.gif'=>'16x16'

Examples (including folders to distinguish images with the same name):
'buttons/quote.gif' => '70x22'
'editor/quote.gif' => '21x20'
NOTE: If you have changed your forum's default image sizes, you MUST update the dimensions above before enabling this feature. Otherwise, all non-conforming images will be distorted.
 
This is a sample interface. No settings will be saved.
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