Miscellaneous Hacks - FUZZY SEO Auto Linker (auto link words in posts to any URL)

UPDATED 8th October 2010:

Bug Fix: replacer_a issue SOLVED
Alternate Encodings: SOLVED (plugin now supports other character sets, ie. russian etc.)

Full Plugin DESCRIPTION, SCREENSHOTS, DISCUSSION and more...
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GOLD VERSION - BRAND FREE NOW AVAILABLE..
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SUPPORT & UPDATES:


Installation:
1) download the attached zip file.
2) upload the files in the /upload folder into your VB-Root directory
3) import the product XML

Configuration:
1) under [general settings -> SEO Link Replacement] you can choose whether to link the first occurance, or all occurances of your target words on a page to the URL of your choice. HINT: for SEO purposes just use the first one, for affiliate links you should use all occurances.

2) Adding Keywords / Viewing click statistics: In the main control panel choose: SEOforums.org Auto Link, then click manage. you can add/remove keywords and see their stats very easily in this screen.


USAGE LICENSE - PERMISSIONS - VERY IMPORTANT
This plugin is free to use for the community, as long as the footer link accreditation is kept intact.

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by Big-Pete

Sorry, A bit off topic, But im curious about cloud hosting, How does this work with VB? is it easy to integrate? I've got a amazon S3 account but it looks complicated to set up, so if Rackspace is easier i'll get an account there..

no problems - Ive looked at S3 as well, but have found rackspacecloud far, far easier to get to grips with.

Its not only an excellent dependable platform, but it handles spikes with total ease. I had a massive traffic spike about a year ago on a site that host there, and received 120,000 visits in the space of 3 hours to a wordpress site, and it handled it with no slowdown whatsoever.

Its not cheap (I think it starts at $150 per month these days, although Im grandfathered in on the old $100 per month rate) - BUT ITS TOTALLY WORTH IT.

In the last 10 years Ive used probably 25+ hosts, and this one is hands down the best.


EDIT: In response to your question on integration, yes, its super easy, the php hosting is dead straightforward, and the only modification to the db handling is an unusual hostname rather than "localhost". They will give you a free trial month to get to grips with it, give it a shot, you will be impressed, I GUARANTEE...

[KissOfDeath]

Originally Posted by MOGmartin

so both of these posts are basically about the same thing, so I thought I would answer them in one go.

At the moment, this plugin doesnt really have a huge amount of consideration for overheads or board size (bad of me I know, but Im on cloud hosting at rackspace and that can take a HUGE load, and my board is still tiny by comparison to many).

ALSO - this plugin was really built for my use, but Im releasing it here on vb.org for others to use as well (in exchange for links or donations of course!).

BUT - thats not to say that I wont take this stuff into consideration, its just I hadnt thought about it much pre-launch.

I will have a think about how it can be improved over the next few days and come up with a newer version mid next week. Any additional feedback you can give me in the meantime is highly valued, it all helps me to improve the product for me and for you!

thanks

MOGmartin

The first version was fine and i didn't notice and drain on resources at all

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by KissOfDeath

The first version was fine and i didn't notice and drain on resources at all

neither have I, but then my board while traffic heavy has a small database. My old board used to get a few thousand posts per day and was on a smaller VPS, back then resources were a big issue for me, but alas, not right now.

[MOGmartin]

NEW UPDATE

screenshots, description and more, see the two main links at the top of the description area.

[djbaxter]

1. In the demo thread on your forum, the auto-links don't seem to be working, at least not in IE8.

2. What is the difference between this version and the Gold Version?

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by djbaxter

1. In the demo thread on your forum, the auto-links don't seem to be working, at least not in IE8.

2. What is the difference between this version and the Gold Version?

the GOLD versions of all my plugins are now available at:
http://seoforums.org/seo-plugins/

Whats the difference between the gold ones, and the free ones here on vb.org?

1) they are branding free
2) fully supported in a private members area at seoforums.org
3) all new feature development is exclusively for the paid versions, the free versions will now get bug fixes, unless something is deemed absolutely necessary.
4) personalised seo advice from me, if you want it that is!

Best regards


MOGmartin

[MOGmartin]

New version released, mainly bug fixes, the linker wasnt working well on boards with heavy RSS traffic (like mine), and it was incompatible with some other plugins, all thats resolved now.

please redownload and reinstall.

GOLD VERSION OWNERS:
Please download the plugin from the priority support area at http://seoforums.org


Interested in Going GOLD on this plugin? Want full support? Want Branding Free???

Buy it here



thanks!

[abqtj]

Installed, working fine.

I'm still REALLY new at this kind of thing, but it seems to work for the one link I made. Any advice someone may have for links to create would be welcome, though.

So far, I just did one to change "amazon" to a link to our affiliate coded url. I guess that's correct?

[abqtj]

Oh, one other question. What was the second zip file within the initial package for? I didn't load anything from that.

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by abqtj

Installed, working fine.

I'm still REALLY new at this kind of thing, but it seems to work for the one link I made. Any advice someone may have for links to create would be welcome, though.

So far, I just did one to change "amazon" to a link to our affiliate coded url. I guess that's correct?

yes, thats correct, check out my blogpost for more inspiration as to what to do:

http://seoforums.org/seo-blog/vbulle...tolink-plugin/

Cheers!