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Originally Posted by Gene Steinberg

Let me add one more thing: It appears some of the vBSEO supporters have made it into a quasi-religion. I attempted to participate in a forum about vBulletin enhancements where any negative comment about the product, however legitmate, was met with hate and filth. This is tragic. Folks, please don't fall into that trap.

Yes, organized religion can be a great comfort to most people, but investing your faith in a mod for a message board seems a bit much.

Peace,
Gene

That would suck, I'm always up for a good debate of facts, but I dont think i'd ever resort to hate and filth, well unless of course i was getting beat then i'd start the mud slinging!

And i do agree, vBSEO isn't necessary to SEO your forums, you can cut down on duplicate content with a simple robots.txt file, along with some rel=nofollow mods, and nifty template editing.

You can build your backlinks without it, and thats what really matters, don't buy into the hype that it will increase your traffic, or buy your BMW, that can all be done with free modifications/ good template editing.

However, if you're lazy like me, like pretty URL's and the linkbacks, its a decent product to have, however, I've pretty much stopped promoting/endorsing/pushing it to people, as everything can be done without it as well.