Keep or remove Vbseo?
 

Hello everyone.

I would like to hear some opinions about keeping or removing vbseo. Right now everything is working without problems and I if I have to delete it is due to big security problem.

If I delete it, is easy to reorganize the mess generated by the uninstall?

I'm running 4.2.2 Pl2 vbseo 3.6.1

Thanks!

remove and use dbtech seo its better

Remove and keep your fingers from other seo software. I removed vBSEO in June and have not had any negative effects.

Is there a security issue with it enabled right now?
If it's working I wouldn't change anything for now.

Since I have removed it, I don't monitor security issues for vBSEO anymore. But there have plenty of security issues in the past, and I seem to remember at least one serious since they vanished. Anyway: Of course you can keep it up and running, but you need to be prepared to remove it on very short notice if an issue pops up. I chose to do a controlled, well prepared removal instead, and have not suffered any setbacks on the google front. If anything, my seo has improved (seasonally adjusted).

That is what i want to know, because i've been locking for in this forum and I haven't found any thread or topic talking about it.

Cellarius, could you tell me which steps to follow? Can you give me a link? I'd appreciate it.

Thanks all!

Well, it's not all that difficult. You just need to make sure you have proper 301 redirection rules in your .htaccess file for everything that is important. I did it manually using one of the plenty redirection testers available online (I have a custom url structure). There also is some sort of generator that creates redirection rules if you upload your settings xml file.

Either get DBSEO, or get rid of all SEO mods all together.

vBSEO works fine for me. I made some of my own edits to fix up a few things and get it working with vB4. If you have it, I say keep it rather than spending even more cash getting a newer SEO mod.

You should move to a SUPPORTED AND SECURE seo mod, if you want to keep it. But don't stay on vBSEO, there were unpatched exploits prior to them closing, and no one is continuing to patch the code. Why leave yourself open for that?

I know that I should move to a product updated and secure, but, nowadays my forum with vbseo is working 100%... and I don't want to touch the urls and get everuthing screwed up... loosing all the google ranking.

I dont know what to do.

Security fix? Could you explain what you did? Thanks!

DBSEO supports the vBSEO settings 100%, it is a 1:1 transition. You can switch and be running in just a little bit.

Yep, agreed. I converted a client's forum from vBSEO to DBSEO and it worked just fine, all the URL's were converted and everything including the settings were picked up for the most part. So you should be fine using a product that has support for it and is not defunct.

DBSEO based VBSEO...
but all products coming with pro :)

I wouldn't touch it then but keep it in mind for a major forum upgrade & also know that your forum will have security holes.
I wouldn't move to another paid seo mod either. It wasn't all that long ago and we'd be having this discussion but vbseo was the one everyone suggested. (including myself)
Who's to say that dbseo will be around tomorrow?
I'd either stick with it, or remove it completely and setup 301's like mentioned above. Or option C is to change forum platforms to a more modern code where you don't need a "seo mod" to achieve what vbseo provided.