signature rules limited to 2 links now?

[Paul M]

Text is fine as long as its relevant, and not deemed promotional (So yes, I have Cable Forum instead of www.cableforum.co.uk)

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Text is fine as long as its relevant, and not deemed promotional (So yes, I have Cable Forum instead of www.cableforum.co.uk)

alright, good deal
Just wanted to check before I changed mine up :up:

[kevcj]

I would like to voice my opinion on this matter.

I have 3 active vbulletin licenses, but can only display 2 signature links.

Amend the rules so that people can only display links to sites that they have an active license for.

Moderators on .org and .com are quick to spot members that do not have a VB license. So I am going to guess that there is something in postbit, or in the members profiles that only mods can see. Something that displays the members active licenses.

Even though a link in your signature is not included with the price of VB, the people that spend the money should get the perks.

And - this would prompt people to renew their licenses faster. Mainly because they do not want to lose their backlinks.

Simply Put:

No active license = no signature links.

Active license = signature links, up to 4 or 5 forums.

Someone that owns a dozen VB forums, it would be intrusive to display a dozen links.

I agree with limits, but disagree with only 2.

[King Kovifor]

Actually, as vBulletin.org staff, I can only see if you own a license. We cannot see how many, the urls, or any other data. License checking is automatic and I believe just returns yes / no. That's all we have.

i would agree with no signatures that promote anything... i just have that tagline, and everybody is happy with it..

[Zachariah]

I do not see a problem. I am working on not allowing them @ all on my sites. I think all of that should be in your profile where it belongs. All they do is clutter up the threads.

It's nice that they allow anything

[Dismounted]

Originally Posted by King Kovifor

Actually, as vBulletin.org staff, I can only see if you own a license.

We don't even know if you own it... We only know if your email is on someone's allowed support list.

[kevcj]

Originally Posted by Dismounted

We don't even know if you own it... We only know if your email is on someone's allowed support list.

Maybe its time to upgrade what kind of information the moderators can see?

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Someone owns 1 VB license - they can have 2 signature links to that site.

Someone owns 2 VB licenses - they can have a signature link to each site.

Someone owns 3 VB licenses - they can only have signature links to 2 sites.

This is not just about me, there are people out there that have spent a LOT of money on this software. And now we are being told that we can not use VBulletin.org to build backlinks.

I know that my opinion will not change anyones mind on this issue. And that the 2 link limit will probably stay in place. I just think the limit is unfair to people who have bought more then 2 VBulletin licenses.

Originally Posted by kevcj

there are people out there that have spent a LOT of money on this software.

the license is not a permission to advertise in their signature, i don't see the point here...

[kevcj]

Originally Posted by nexialys

the license is not a permission to advertise in their signature, i don't see the point here...

Thank you, but my main forum does not need "advertising" - it gets 2.9 - 3.0 million page views a month, 1,500 - 2,000 post everyday, 1,440 members visiting every 24 hours and 4,229 members visiting every 30 days.

This is about backlinks and keywords for Google.

Out of all of the forums I post on, vbulletin.org gives some of the best backlinks.