I would LOVE to use this mod and help my server loads to low down... How much should I expect to wait until my forum is indexed? I've submitted several weeks ago and still nothing...

The URL is www.elforro.com.ar

By the way, I've read that if I have any of your Mods installed, that "expedites board inclusion".. I WILL install them, but I don't understand why I would install any of them without my site indexed yet...


Thanks! Great mod!

we are rolling out a major upgrade to BT very soon and that board additions are temporarily on hold until the new version is out.

this is really good. nice work.

Thanks :)
The coming upgrade release will make it even better :) hopefully within 3 weeks

Very nice feature. A few questions before I install:

1. I assume that if I wanted private messaging areas searched that I have to give your spider a username/password to gain entry into the appropriate forums. Does this mean you now have all that private content indexed so that anyone can grab portions of that information if they search for those keywords? In other words, unregistered users can now see my protected even if only in part. (Note: I'm not saying this is a defect but I want to clarify)

2. Is this a free service? Your premium service for your searching service is steeper than I could justify for this feature at this point. Does the installation of the mod on my board have free and premium options too?

In order for the private content to be searchable, you will indeed need to confirm/approve the Koalas access to the private forums. In such a case, indeed the content will be searchable by anyone (on individual posts) but it will not give anyone access to thread or to the private forums themselves but only to partial snippet results. Users following the search result links will not gain access to the forum/thread and of course will not be able to post.

Yes, the search mod is free for anyone to use. (The premium service you refer to has nothing to do with the search mod)
Furthermore, our plan is to always offer an option that is totally free for the board owners.
Even if there were to be any changes in the future, we will give an adequate and long prior notice about that.

Thanks for your reply. I was ready to do this but am a little disappointed that it seems like I, and other interested parties, have to wait indefinitely for this mod to be of any use to us. Seems you've had new signups in the hopper for some time while you wait to release an upgrade.

Is this engine large enough and reliable enough to support me down the road? I don't mean to seem snide but it does concern me that all new signups have to take an indefinite pause while upgrades to the code have been ongoing for a month. Does this also mean that existing sites aren't having their sites crawled in the meantime?

When do you expect to be allowing new sites on board again?

sites that are already in the system are constantly crawled.
New sites will be added very soon as we are releasing the new system very soon.
BoardTrakcker is reliable and large enough to have already supported all the boards that use it for over two years now. This is what we do. This is what we are.

Roger. Thanks. I wasn't trying to pick a fight but I do have a large board and I wanted to make sure I had some confidence in the product before I entrusted my board to it. I appreciate your candor.

BoardTracker, I was most impressed with your replies over at vBulletin-FAQ. In in you said...

"As to why the mod is better than the local vb search - when your board gets big your servers will struggle. vB is a (very good) board software, but it is not a search engine nor should it try to be. Our search mod doesn't replace all features of vb search (yet) but it provides a fast, very relevant and advanced search system with NO LOAD on your servers at all and it can co-exist with the vb search - you can have both."

Is this still true (that you can have both) in the 'new version' you've been referring to? Also, I've submitted my board to BoardTracker today, so do I need to wait (on verification) before installing this MOD? Very nice work by the way! :up: