vbseo is now dead - BUT I need help running vbseo on my 3.8.7 forum

[mdawg]

I have a 3.8.7 vbulletin forum, was running vbseo 3.3.2 and all was well.

Recently vbseo convinced me to upgrade at least to vbseo 3.5.0 PL2 I finally got around to doing it yesterday, and now my site links don't work (are not SEO optimized) and tables and images are not loading properly.

Anyone know anything about this issue?

I would be happy to revert to 3.3.2 but am not sure how to do that.

vbseo's website is down, emails to them are returned undeliverable - the company has closed down entirely.

[reflekt]

Same problem. Tried to upgrade a while ago - their system would not let me, I wrote to support never heard back. Today, about 12 hours ago, MySQL and Apache load went way up, all links have reverted to original "showthread.php?t=xxxx" format and VBSEO.com is down for the count.

I have a hunch that it's doing a license check, which fails / times out, and then stops working.

If someone has the "final" version of VBSEO and a way to hack out the license check please contact me. I will send the upgrade fee to the charity of your choice and donate the money in a name of your choice - there is no way to purchase an upgrade to the final version from VBSEO and this problem is critical.

EDIT: I also cannot log in to the VBSEO backend via my VB3.8.7pl3 anymore. Assume the problem is related.

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Solution here:

http://admin-talk.com/threads/dear-v...y?quote=494594

[Simon Lloyd]

All fixed: http://admin-talk.com/threads/dear-v...23#post-494652

[mdawg]

I am not convinced that the problem is because the license check is not working. Anyway, I gave up on the 3.5.0 PL2 I deleted all traces of 3.5.0 PL2 - all traces whatsoever of vbseo - and reinstalled 3.3.2 But then I had the same issue with license check!

So, in desperation, I restored the entire site to the way it was before the ill fated upgrade. (I did not touch the SQL databases of course.) All is well now - or at least as it was - with 3.3.2

This soured me badly to vbseo, and if I decide to upgrade my site to vbulletin 4.2.1 or whatever the latest version of vb 4 is, I will not use vbseo at all.

I have another forum running vb 4.2.1 with NO vbseo in it, and it works fine. There seems to be no real need for vbseo with vbulletin 4 and above.

Also, although vbseo's website is back up, their SUPPORT section of the website is not up at all, and the ticket I created for this issue two days ago has not been answered. As well, the email to their "techical staff" is returned undeliverable. The last communication I received from vbseo was many days ago when they told me that they have no plans to create any future versions of vbseo - no further updates - and nothing for vbulletin 5.
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....7&postcount=14

[Simon Lloyd]

VB4 has no need for vbseo

[Brandon Sheley]

Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

VB4 has no need for vbseo

Are you sure about that? :erm:

[Zachery]

I'd ask why you think you need vBSEO at all, same goes for you Brandon

[TheLastSuperman]

ssssshhhhh let it go quietly into the night... v b s e oooo zzzzzzzz. . . . .

[FreshFroot]

If anyone DOES have problems with the key activation not working. Or the license not updating, give me a shout and I can help you get it working once again.

I already helped a few people and they are STILL using the latest vBSEO on their forums.

[ozzy47]

Why not just post the solution here?