Integration with vBulletin - Zoints Thread Tags - GREAT for SEO

Demo:

http://network.zoints.com/tags

If you choose to send tags to Zoints (optional) you can see what we do with them and how we send you traffic and nice inbound links: http://zoints.com

A great article on the importance of tagging can be read here.

The Zoints Thread Tags System will improve forum side search, SEO, and traffic for forums that choose to utilize it. And in my opinion, it's just plain cool

When a member creates a new thread, they can now input a series of "tags". Tags are simply keywords that describe the thread.



If you then go to your-forum.com/tags you will be presented with what is called a "tag cloud". The more times a tag is used, the larger the text grows. As you can see, the tags are also searchable.



Clicking on one of the tags in the cloud then lists all of the threads that are tagged with that particular keyword. The default option lists tags in a forumdisplay format. There is an option in the admincp to use a simple format.



Clicking on the thread title of one of the above threads then takes you to the thread. If you have the option on, the tags the thread are tagged with are also listed above the thread. Clicking one of those tags takes you to all the threads on the forum tagged with the same tag. Search engine spiders are going to have a field day with this



The thread starter and moderation staff have a slightly different view which allows for administration of tags:



The forum's tags are also searchable via the search dropdown. The advanced search option allows for a variety of additional criteria to be seached for. Your members create a whole new (and highly efficient) forum search engine!



If you have the option on in the admincp and register your forum, once every hour, your tagged threads in publically viewable forums are linked via the corresponding interest tag on the Zoints Forum Network. For example, if you go to http://zoints.com/tag/children you will see what is pictured below. Not only is this a great relevant inbound link for SEO, but you will get traffic from Zoints direct to these threads!

Another example of this in action: http://zoints.com/tag/music




The admincp options

















Official support for this modification will be at http://network.zoints.com in this forum.


Change log:
2008/05/01 - 1.2.3
* vBulletin CSRF Protocol Compatible
2007/12/24 - 1.2.2
* Security patch

2006/10/24 - 1.2.1
* Bugfix: breaking inline moderation when tag cloud below posts
* Bugfix: ajax input not working when tag cloud below posts
* Bugfix: seo hook effective for "results as threads" option
* Bugfix: Autogenerated tags have "quot" removed
* Bugfix: Automated template edit screwing up styles
* Improved instructions for manual template edits

2006/10/19 - 1.2.0
* Option to display results as threads
* Advanced search page
* Popular tag cloud pagination
* Popular tags displayed in forums
* Option to display tags in showthread at the top/bottom
* Fix for vbadvanced products navbar links
* Other minor fixes and tweaks

2006/10/02 - 1.1.2
* Bugfix: Foreign language characters in thread description
* Bugfix: Commas showing up when removing first tag in showthread via ajax
* Removing some redundancy in the tags AJAX removal

2006/09/30 - 1.1.1
* Bugfix: Preventing all HTML from being parsed inside tag descriptions

2006/09/30 - 1.1.0
* Adding and deleting tags from showthread via AJAX
* Mass-deleting single tags from entire cloud for admins
* Automatically generate tags for older threads (with option to show or hide on main cloud)
* Automatically stripping out tiny (2 or less characters) tags

2006/09/28 - 1.0.8
* Minor bugfix

2006/09/28 - 1.0.7
* Bugfix for required tagging

2006/09/28 - 1.0.6
* Character replacements
* Tag limit per thread
* Option to require tags for a thread
* Bugfix where stopwords may not have worked properly
* Bugfix for vBSEO / main cloud not showing up

2006/09/xx - 1.0.5
* Unreleased dev build

2006/09/23 - 1.0.4
* Ability to add multiple tags via showthread.php
* Ability to exclude certain forums from utilizing tags
* Addition of custom hook for developers to change thread urls

2006/09/21 - 1.0.3
* Ability to add and remove tags from showthread.php
* Bugfix for older versions of mysql

2006/09/21 - 1.0.2
* Small bugfix

2006/09/20 - 1.0.1
* Showing tags list on showthread.php

2006/09/20 - 1.0.0
* Initial release

[abramelin]

any news for the char replacement issue ? i still have no answer for it

[tansu]

Originally Posted by abramelin

any news for the char replacement issue ? i still have no answer for it

Hi abremalin,
I realized that the last update did not correct this issue too.
Bu as I said before, since members can not use this feature (tagging old threads) in fact,it is not a big problem for us. I just type g instead of ğ when I tag old threads...
It was a big issue when creating new tags but it is solved..

[Zoints]

Originally Posted by abramelin

any news for the char replacement issue ? i still have no answer for it

We'll have it fixed as soon as possible We can reproduce it now which is all we needed to be able to find the issue.

[abramelin]

and here is an another bug;
i set the Show tag results in forum display format on and my tag result page completely messed up

[Lizard King]

Originally Posted by abramelin

and here is an another bug;
i set the Show tag results in forum display format on and my tag result page completely messed up

That is probably because of a customized template and an error in the customized template.

[StarBuG]

Another question

Would it be possible to define the length and word limits of tags in the adminCP?
I have a german medical community and many words are longer then 20 characters.

That would be great.
If it is not possible because of the optional zoints network affiliation, could you give me a workaround for this, because I wount/can't join Zoints with my community. It is not the audiance for zoints

[perfphysio]

Originally Posted by perfphysio

HI guys, I am loving the new features of this upgrade. Unfortuntely the sidplay for th threads is a bit funny on mine when I click on one of the tags. The table structure of the top area above the individually tagged threads is a bit off. I will try to attach a screen shot to see if someone can perhaps assist to fix this slight display issue

Well I have posted this on the zoints site as well and they have not given nay more info there. My site is not so complex so I am wondering why the heading part of the tag results table is looking like this. If anyone can tell me where to look to find the template that is arranging this table of results then maybe I can work it out. But I am not even sure where to look!

[abramelin]

Originally Posted by perfphysio

Well I have posted this on the zoints site as well and they have not given nay more info there. My site is not so complex so I am wondering why the heading part of the tag results table is looking like this. If anyone can tell me where to look to find the template that is arranging this table of results then maybe I can work it out. But I am not even sure where to look!

i have the same problem and i have the char replace problem too (verified bug) about 2 weeks. i like zoint groups mods very much but i dont like their support because its very poor so you have to wait for their answer or just uninstall it if you cant :tired:

[perfphysio]

Originally Posted by DChapman

I'm hoping this is automatically fixed in the newest build. Please give it a shot.

Unfortunately it wasn't

[Zoints]

Originally Posted by perfphysio

Well I have posted this on the zoints site as well and they have not given nay more info there. My site is not so complex so I am wondering why the heading part of the tag results table is looking like this. If anyone can tell me where to look to find the template that is arranging this table of results then maybe I can work it out. But I am not even sure where to look!

Please try reverting your footer template.