Calling names of any kind will NOT be tolerated from anyone, whether you think the word fits or not. They are just as entitled to their opinion as you are to yours.

If you believe the program is worth it and it serves your purpose, then does it really matter what anyone else thinks in the long run? ;)

No I don't know what you mean cause I can't understand a thing you just said. I don't think you quite understand:

I paid, I got product, product works, me happy, you wrong. Simple

I didn't call Okie a name. I said * Edited for content, again, give me a break.

Because it's not a scam and Okie saying so pisses me off. Ok?

Dare I assume that most of the "No"s are from people who havn't used it?

Anyway, are you guys specifically asking about SEO in general, or this particular product? I see both in your arguments.

Me? I havn't used it, but it looks great, and everyone I've talked to who has used it, is glad they did. If my board wasn't more of a hobby site with low traffic, I would definitely try it out. For now, it's not worth it.

A few of the no's are from those that HAVE used it. ;)

And if I recall correctly, Dean C. released a version of this for free that supposedly will do the same thing or close to it. ;)

Can you read? I said the cursing will NOT be tolerated. Why are you pushing this? Please, do NOT curse again in this thread! That's it!

Oh. My. God.

I can read fine by the way, thanks for asking smart.... well you know!

Doesn't even touch it.

IMHO it is pretty similar.
If I am right, vBSEO basically does URL rewriting - which is what other Hacks (like DC SEO or vBRanking) do as well.

It does do rewriting but it rewrites many things and gives you the options on the different types of formats to use in the url. You can also easily manage all your custom rewrites that are outside the forum directory within the vbseo control panel. You can 301 redirect your archive to the actual thread which I love, instead of having a user see a vanilla style. You can rewrite the keywords and desription meta tags to include words specific to that page.

The list goes on. It takes 5 minutes to install and requires no knowledge of modrewrite.

Call me lazy, whatever, but time = money and time is not on my side this semester. 150 dollars got me what I wanted and even more. I actually tried Deans hack before I bought vbseo and found it to be very limiting compared to the options vbseo gives me.

Yeah, so it might be a bit simpler then DIY rewrites - but basically it's just that: URL rewriting (like you acknowledged yourself).
But you're right, time is money - so it might be worth it :)

deans mod took about 2 Min's to install
same with the google site-map :p
these are both free.
really the things i don't like about vbseo is one the price obviously, but really more that that is the hidden code.
maybe one of the beta testers or a paying member can answer this..
if vbseo goes down for some reason,
wont the links in google that point to your site like www.mysite.com/forums/vbseo-thread-a.html not work ?

if I'm correct ( which i may be wrong ) don't u have to register your site with vbseo or something for the script to work ?
seems like there would have to be allot of trust to spend so much when knowing it could be for nothing if vbseo.com were to disappear :ermm: