Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Add Search Engine Optimized Keywords & Description to each Forum

Add Search Engine Optimized Keywords & Description to each Forum
Keywords: SEO, Search, Engine, Optimization, Meta-tag, Keywords, Description, Meta, Tags

Context:
This plugin gives you the facility to add some special keywords and descriptions to each forum thus allowing you to optimize each of your forum for its relevant keywords. No need to inform you that Search Engine Optimized (SEO) keywords and description for your forums is essential to enhance your presence in search engines as well as increase your web traffic for relevant keywords.

How this Works?
http://www.sikhphilosophy.net (View the source of each forum to realise the effect of this plugin on your forums.)

Recommended Usage:
Only Text based information should be added in keywords and description for maximum results.

*** Installation Instructions: (Also attached here)
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1.     Installing the Plugin:

      Admincp > Plugin System > Manage Products
     Click: Import Product
      Browse: Your computer for downloaded file "product-forum_seo.xml" 
     After selecting the file, click Import button. 

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2.     Only Template Edit: headinclude


     i)    Edit - headinclude Template:
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        Find:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />

        Replace With:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
        
        **********************************************************************

        Find:
            <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean], $vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

         Replace With:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

And you are done with modification !!

Now, simply Go to > Forum Manager > Edit a forum > Towards the bottom you will find the fields to enter your relevant keywords and description. You can play with the template modification to suit your needs.

Enjoy !!

If you installed this plugin, please click INSTALL for future support. :devious:

Thanks

[imedic]

Installed. Very good mod.
Hope it has impact in SEO and wait for possible improvements . I still get in google webmaster tools 6000+ duplicate title tags and meta descriptions (same number as threads in forum) and short meta descriptions as well.

[Jon_Simmonds]

I personally went for the following edits

<meta name="keywords" content="<if condition="$threadinfo['taglist']">$threadinfo[taglist], </if>$threadinfo[prefix_plain_html] $threadinfo[title], <if condition="$foruminfo['forumkeywords']">$foruminfo[forumkeywords]<else />$vboptions[keywords]</if>" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[prefix_plain_html] $threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />

<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean],<if condition="$foruminfo['forumkeywords']">$foruminfo[forumkeywords]<else />$vboptions[keywords]</if>" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if><if condition="$foruminfo['forumdescription']">$foruminfo[forumdescription]<else />$foruminfo[description_clean]</if>" />

I use vbseo so it automatically uses the thread first post content to create the description, hence no edit there, and for the keywords I used the conditional to replace the defult keywords with specific keywords for particular forums - I have a generic set across the board and plan to goto some indepth ones on a per forum basis

Wondered what peoples thoughts were towards this angle?

[Alfa1]

That is an excellent approach.

[cionfs]

Thank you. It works fine on vBulletin 3.8.1.

[abdobasha2004]

just add $foruminfo[forumkeywords], in any place you wantr the key words to appear
most probably in : <meta name="keywords" content=

[LilPimp]

does this work on vb 3.8.3

[crouzmind]

can i use this mod with vbulletin 3.8.1 if yes then i cant find this in headerinclude template . where can i find it or fix it .

<meta name="keywords" content="$threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />

[abdobasha2004]

you can add :
$foruminfo[forumkeywords]

where you like the keywords to appear

[BrotherX]

Originally Posted by LilPimp

does this work on vb 3.8.3

This is terrible, it not working at all. I was not seen any changes after I installed this, plus added keywords and desc for specific forum. It just not added any keywords or meta.

[Xtrigit]

Does this work for FORUMS only? will it work for SHOWTHREAD pages?

I would like to fetch the showthread message body to the Meta description tag. Just like the text in the TITLE box is added to the Title tag.

VB 4 has this by default. I'm running 3.8

Thanks