Removing VBSEO

[DAMINK]

I was after a little advice if possible please.

I am running forum 4.2 patch level 3.
Also running VBSEO 3.5.0 RC2.
PHP version 5.3.21 on a crappy shared server.

All has been running beautiful until today.
For some reason today all links are not redirecting at all, rather going back to forum home.
Now in order to even access the admin panel etc i had to edit the .htaccess file removing the redirects and ultimately disabling vbseo.

Now i am not really interested in continuing with vbseo. (unless its a super easy fix lol)

However the obvious problem is all the back links.
How would i go about this?
I dont know a great deal about .htaccess and the correct redirects for bots to re index.

Any help or advice on what to do at this point would be appreciated.

[betterthanyours]

All you would do is uninstall vBSEO, remove the .htaccess entries (which you have said you already done) and re-submit your site to google and search engines to re-index your site...oh and wait. That's about it really :)

[DAMINK]

So have to wear the loss of incoming links ofcourse?
Does duplicate content become an issue here during the re indexing?

[betterthanyours]

I'm not expert on this issue however, I would assume the vBSEO links will become invalid and eventually dropped and the content rediscovered/updated on the new links. I've certainly seen invalid links on analytics which were eventually dropped

[Lazorbeam]

I'm not expert on this issue however, I would assume the vBSEO links will become invalid and eventually dropped and the content rediscovered/updated on the new links. I've certainly seen invalid links on analytics which were eventually dropped

I think he's referring to links from other sites. If I'm linking to your site like this:

www.yoursite.com/super-relevant-URL

And your remove VBSEO, the thread URL will become something else. Don't want that to happen. Of course it all depends on how important his links are. I know I couldn't possibly lose mine, and that's the only reason I still run VBSEO.

[DAMINK]

Yes i am talking about inbound links that have been long established.
I know i am going to take a huge dive in the search engines.
Sucks i know but not sure what else i can do?
Latest update of php has prevented .htaccess redirects to work correctly and my host is beyond useless and cant/wont help.

Thanks for your advice guys.
I think i simply have to wear it now rather than later.

[betterthanyours]

I think he's referring to links from other sites. If I'm linking to your site like this:

www.yoursite.com/super-relevant-URL

And your remove VBSEO, the thread URL will become something else. Don't want that to happen. Of course it all depends on how important his links are. I know I couldn't possibly lose mine, and that's the only reason I still run VBSEO.

Ah yes...you will lose your inbound links unless these can be redirected

You might want to check this out

http://www.vbseo.com/blogs/mert-goekceimam/how-uninstall-vbseo-238/

[DAMINK]

Thankyou betterthanyours.
The redirect offered in the vbseo blog worked just how i was hoping.
Very pleased.
Thankyou.
VBSEO is gone and no lost inbound links.
Honestly could not ask for a better result.
Cheers :)

[kushal]

I could not get to know the script which can redirect back to original vb URL, as vbseo is already gone. Any help?

[betterthanyours]

Hi, here are the rewrite rules

Hash out:
#RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
#RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|downlo ads)/
#RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]


Add, replace yourdomain.com

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteRule [^/]+/[^/]+-([0-9]+)/ http://www.yourdomain.com/showthread.php?t=$1 [L,R=301]

[RichieBoy67]

The redirects you use depend on what urls you selected with vbseo and which Vbulletin urls you want to use.

[kevinh]

Add, replace yourdomain.com

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteRule [^/]+/[^/]+-([0-9]+)/ http://www.yourdomain.com/showthread.php?t=$1 [L,R=301]


Thanks so much for this, got me out of a hole!

Is there a still a need to get the search engines to re-index the site?

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Can anyone shed any light on why vbSEO suddenly causes a "too many redirects" browser problem after years of running smoothly (even after the company who made vbSEO shut down)?

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UPDATE: I spoke too soon! The site comes up okay, but clicking on any forum or thread link just reloads the home page.

All I have done is modified the .htaccess file in my /forums/ folder

I am unable to access the vbSEO control panel - when I click on it in admincp, it just loads my site home page!