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vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator - vBulletin 3.5.x
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Note: Version 2.5 replaces all previous versions of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator, and now includes support for all the new URL types in vBulletin 3.8.x.

Overview
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Providing Google, Yahoo, Ask sitemaps is an essential step towards improving your forums.

The "vBSEO Google Sitemaps" plugin provides a solution that allows your forum to be indexed by the Google (and also Yahoo and Ask) search engines faster, more completely, more effectively, and with less bandwidth consumption.

The ultimate goal is to help you achieve more web traffic for your forum.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Google's Description of GSM

https://services.google.com/inquiry/publishertools?hl=en_US
Google Sitemaps is an easy way for you to help improve your site?s representation in the Google index. It's a collaborative crawling system that enables you to communicate directly with Google. You get a smarter crawl because you can provide Google with specific information about all your web pages, such as when a page was last modified or how frequently it changes.

Note: This plugin is fully compliant with vBSEO 3.x version. The current version is vBSEO 3.2. However, if you are running vBSEO, please upgrade to vBSEO 3.2 or greater before installing.

Compatibility
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Fully compatible with:

vBulletin 3.0.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x
vBulletin Blogs 1.0.x and 2.0.x *Optional
vBSEO 2.x, 3.x *Optional

What does it do?

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Auto-generates a Google XML sitemap for all of your specified forum URL types (including vBulletin Blog URLs).
Auto-generates a Yahoo text sitemap for all of your specified forum URL types.
Auto-notifies Google when a new sitemap is generated.
Automatically sends you a summary of the sitemap generation via email each time it is created.
Includes only publicly accessible forums and threads.
Allows Google/Yahoo to find all of your forum URLs without having to spider the forum to find the links.
Allows Google/Yahoo to find your forum URLs without having to account for query string and/or session ID information.
Allows Google to give precedence to crawling your higher priority forum pages.
Allows Google to give precedence to crawling your forum pages that change more frequently.
Allows you to conserve bandwidth by more efficiently facilitating the crawling processes for GoogleBot and Yahoo Slurp.
Is 100% compatible with the static CRUs (Content Relevant URLs) used by vBSEO-enabled forums.

How does it work?
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Whenever it is scheduled or invoked via the URL, this plugin will generate both the Google XML formatted and the Yahoo text formatted sitemaps. If you selected "Yes" to the Google auto-notification setting, Google will be notified each time the sitemap is generated. The Yahoo sitemap must be manually submitted to http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/.

Google Sitemap files are gzipped
Forum and thread pages are listed with pagination (i.e. all pages for each forums/thread are included in the sitemap)
Maximum Priority is set for Sticky threads.
Optimization for sitemap generation on large forums.

Automated Reporting Tool
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The vBSEO Sitemap includes a report tool, allowing you to track your progress. To access your reports enter the following URL:

http://www.example.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/

NOTE: Replace "http://www.example.com/forums/" with the full URL to your vB forum root.

You will be required to login by providing your "Sitemap Interface Access Password" from your vBSEO Sitemap settings in:

vBulletin Admin CP (for 3.5.x/3.6.x/3.7.x/3.8.x users) OR
vbseo_sitemap.php configuration file (for 3.0.x users) located in the vbseo_sitemap directory in your forum root.

Once you successfully login, you will be provided with a list of 'Useful Links'. Here are the 4 main links:

Show Reports List
The 'Show Reports List' link will display a report of each time your vBSEO Sitemap generator executed, including the (1) date, (2) run time, (3) total URLs included, and (4) and change in # of URLs included from the last generation.

Each vBSEO Sitemap generation record will include a (1) "View details" and (2) "Remove record" link. The "View Details" link shows more detailed information about the sitemap generated. The "Remove record" will permanently delete the record from your reports.

Show Sitemap Downloads Log
The 'Show Sitemap Downloads Log' link will display a report of each time your vBSEO Sitemap was downloaded by either a search engine (GoogleBot or Yahoo) or by another user agent (i.e. Web browser, etc.).

The report includes the (1) date, (2) name of sitemap file downloaded, (3) Bot, (4) IP address of the downloader, and the (5) User-agent.

Each vBSEO Sitemap download record will include a "Remove record" link which will permanently delete the record from your reports.

Run Sitemap Generator
The 'Run Sitemap Generator' link will automatically regenerate your Google and Yahoo sitemaps.

Your Forums Homepage
The 'Your Forums Homepage' link is a quick link back to your forum homepage.

Additional Links
Additional links to various other related SEO resources are also included.

Click "Install"
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Please click "Install" to show your support for this script.

Installation & Configuration for vB 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x as a Plugin
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Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided in the docs/readme.html file.

Google Webmaster Accounts
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It is NOT required for you to have a Google Webmaster account to run the vBulletin Google Sitemaps plugin. If you decide to setup an account for testing purposes you can do so here:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login?sourceid=gsm&subid=us-et-about2

Copyright & Licensing

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vBSEO Google Sitemaps plugin is copyright protected by Crawlability Inc.
You are free to download and install this plugin on any vBulletin forum for which you hold a valid vB license.
Unauthorized distribution of any code and/or documentation, whole or in part, included here is strictly prohibited.
In addition, the following copyright notice must be maintained.

vBSEO(TM) ? 2005-2009 Crawlability, Inc.

Revision History
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02/22/2009 - Version 2.5 Released

NEW FEATURE: Blog tags URLs are included.
NEW FEATURE: Social Group Discussion URLs are included.
NEW FEATURE: Smart Priority applied for the following URL types

Show Post
Member Profiles
Forum Display
Poll Results
Blog Entries
Member Profile Albums
Social Groups
Social Groups Discussions
Social Group Pictures
Tags
Blog Tags

UPDATE: Compatible with vBulletin 3.8.x. Includes the following updated settings:

Priority Range - Show Post
Priority Range - Member Profiles
Priority Range - Forum Display
Priority Range - Poll Results
Priority Range - Show Thread
Priority Range - Blog Entries
Priority Range - Member Profile Albums
Priority Range - Social Groups
Priority Range - Social Group Pictures
Priority Range - Tags

Fix: Social Group Discussion database error is fixed.

Upgrade Instructions
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(1) Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided in the docs/readme.html file.

(2) For versions of vBulletin 3.6.x only: Open "Schedule Manager" in the vBulletin Admin Control Panel (admincp); Remove existing scheduled task for Sitemap Generator if you have one.
Note: The new task will be automatically setup when you import the XML product file.

Other vBSEO Plugins

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vBSEO Affiliate Program
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We welcome you to join the vBSEO Affiliate Program.

iojam · #**802** 03-22-2006, 08:04 PM

bada_bing

Quote:

I dont know if the ISAPI_Rewrite module is installed as my site is hosted my my ISP. How can I find that out and is it something they might be ok installing for one customer on a shared server?

You should contact your host regarding this.

Quote:

Just tried to enter this

Please PM me your forums URL.

Kevlar · #**803** 03-23-2006, 12:53 PM

I'm getting this error ... The requested URL /forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz was not found on this server.

I put the rewrite rule

Code:

RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

into my httpd.conf file for apache ... but still no go.

If I run /forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 I get Sitemap file not found

Any advice?

iojam · #**804** 03-23-2006, 02:56 PM

Kevlar,

this rewrite rule should be entered in .htaccess. For httpd.conf it may look a bit differently.
Is it working with rewrite rule in .htaccess?
Which section in httpd.conf are you using to insert rewrite rules?

Kevlar · #**805** 03-23-2006, 04:07 PM

We turned off .htaccess files to save the added step of checking for that file everytime a page is requested. We put all of that type of data into the httpd.conf file. It allowed us to squeeze a little more processing power out of our boxes.

I placed the rewrite lines into the virtualhost section for that particular URL. It essentially looks like this...

Code:

<virtualhost *:80>
servername forums.bimmerforums.com
documentroot /path/to/webroot

RewriteEngine on
-- some other rewriterules --

RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L] 
</virtualhost>

Kevlar · #**806** 03-23-2006, 04:35 PM

Update: If I punch
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...p_index.xml.gz

into the browser, I get the sitemap file. It just looks like I need to work on the rewriterule in the httpd.conf file.

iojam · #**807** 03-23-2006, 05:35 PM

Kevlar,

please try the following in your httpd.conf:

RewriteRule ^/forum/(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Kevlar · #**808** 03-23-2006, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iojam

Kevlar,

please try the following in your httpd.conf:

RewriteRule ^/forum/(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar... it now works. :banana:

iojam · #**809** 03-23-2006, 06:02 PM

Great!

And thanks

ugr|dual · #**810** 03-25-2006, 10:09 PM

version 1.61 just returns a blank page when run. won't do anything. it's in the functions file. the old one works great.

i have url's above forum root and according .htacesss

any hints on what to change? i wanted to use 1.61 because of the google loc format errors..

iojam · #**811** 03-26-2006, 10:22 PM

ugr|dual,

PM sent

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