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Originally Posted by JWL

I have a question, and I would appreciate some very serious and honest answers


How well does this really work and does it really improve site visits and crawling?

My personal observation is it looks ascetically unappealing with all those tags at the base of your forum, but that is just me.

I am trying to start a new site and really am bent to know end to get of off the ground and search able. So I am really wondering if this is simple "Snake Oil" No offense is intended

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I think "snake oil" is a bit harsh. But it does help some with crawling, depending on your setup and how well indexed you already are.... and for some like Loco it does not. Just like any option regarding SEO improvements, it's not one size fits all or a guaranteed traffic boom and love fest with Google (many who use vBSEO can attest to that) but for many it does help some or else we wouldn't have the number of installs we do have. I personally can't say whether or not it would be for you, but if you desire it just for SEO purposes and dislike many aspects of it, it might not be the best solution for you. While SEO is a component it is not the sole component as thread tagging is also really geared at connecting threads for users with the whole web 2.0 search concept in mind.

- Reid