[Gene Steinberg]

Originally Posted by ssslippy

The simple fact is that there is nothing you can do with vbseo that is not possible with free mods with some basic work.

I'd think so as well. I've checked the source code for a forum with vBSEO installed, and mine, using free tools for similar purposes, and I see no distinctive difference in SEO-related stuff. I'm also concerned about the fact that the vBSEO people seem loathe to respond to emails unless you are a customer (I was asking something ahead of a potential sale) and they use marketing techniques that smell of snake oil. They are very similar to the junk mails you get in which they promise you SEO miracles if you pay them enough money.

This is not to say that I wouldn't buy it. I do use the free vBSEO Sitemap Generator, for example. But it's far too costly to justify purchase, compared to the license fee of vBulletin itself. Now if they were sensible and asked, say, $59 per license, I'd jump at it. Otherwise, it smacks of profiteering.

Meantime, Superjeff's TfSEO 2 has some bugs, which he's working on, but that already does a fair portion of what vBSEO does (when I add the sitemap generator of course).

Someone feel free to correct me.

Peace,
Gene Steinberg